WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Chris Murphy (D-CT) applauded a commitment from the U.S. Navy to invest $5.4 million in the design and replacement of Pier 32 at Naval Submarine Base New London (SUBASE). The funding will be used to upgrade one of eleven operational piers at SUBASE that homeport the... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL APPLAUD $5.4 MILLION FEDERAL INVESTMENT IN SUBASE NEW LONDON

HARTFORD – On a Tuesday conference call, the White House called on Congress to pass U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and U.S. Senator Al Franken (D-Minn.)’s Mobility and Opportunity for Vulnerable Employees (MOVE) Act to prohibit employers from requiring low-wage employees from signing non-compete contracts. Last year, Murphy... Read More about WHITE HOUSE CALLS FOR PASSAGE OF MURPHY-FRANKEN BILL TO BAN NON-COMPETE AGREEMENTS FOR LOW-WAGE WORKERS

NORWICH, CT —This morning, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02), Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), and Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) joined Connecticut Department of Transportation (ConnDOT) Commissioner James Redeker and officials from the New England Central Railroad (NECR), a subsidiary of Darien-based Genesee & Wyoming Inc., for a... Read More about MURPHY, COURTNEY, BLUMENTHAL JOIN THE GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY FOR NEW ENGLAND CENTRAL RAILROAD INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADES

WASHINGTON — Following an announced Social Security cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) of close to zero for 2017, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Tuesday urged Congress to pass the Seniors and Veterans Emergency (SAVE) Benefits Act, which would boost Social Security and other critical benefits for seniors, veterans, and Americans with... Read More about MURPHY PUSHES TO SECURE AN EMERGENCY SOCIAL SECURITY PAYMENT OF $580 FOR EVERY CONNECTICUT SENIOR

HARTFORD – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced on Monday that Consolidated Industries of Cheshire is this week’s “Murphy’s Monday Manufacturer.” Consolidated Industries is a metals forging manufacturing facility that produces aluminum, steel, nickel base, and titanium components for the aerospace,... Read More about MURPHY HIGHLIGHTS CHESHIRE MANUFACTURER, CONSOLIDATED INDUSTRIES, AS “MURPHY’S MONDAY MANUFACTURER”

WASHINGTON, DC — Today, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Chris Murphy (D-CT), along with U.S. Representatives John Larson (CT-01), Joe Courtney (CT-02), Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Jim Himes (CT-04), and Elizabeth Esty (CT-05) applauded a U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) grant for $5,123,777 to The WorkPlace to provide job training and... Read More about CONNECTICUT CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION APPLAUDS OVER $5.1 MILLION TO PROVIDE JOB TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES IN CONNECTICUT

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Chris Murphy (D-CT) today joined 16 of their Senate colleagues in urging federal appropriators to include funding for dairy farmers across the nation in the Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 budget. Specifically, the senators in the bipartisan letter urged appropriators to authorize the... Read More about MURPHY & BLUMENTHAL JOIN BIPARTISAN GROUP OF SENATORS IN URGING APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE TO UNLOCK FEDERAL FUNDS FOR U.S. DAIRY FARMERS STRUGGLING WITH HISTORICALLY LOW MILK PRICES

WASHINGTON, D.C. —Today, Representative Joe Courtney (CT-02), along with Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), and Representatives Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), John Larson (CT-01), Jim Himes (CT-04), and Elizabeth Esty (CT-05) announced they sent a letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) along with... Read More about CONNECTICUT AND RHODE ISLAND DELEGATIONS JOIN TOGETHER TO CALL ON EPA TO FINALIZE RULE FOR EASTERN LONG ISLAND SOUND DREDGING SITE

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Wednesday decried Tennessee-based Wellco Enterprises for the fraud they were charged with perpetrating on taxpayers and the U.S. government with mislabeled footwear. After receiving at least $138 million in a U.S. Department of Defense contract intended to buy American-made footwear, Wellco... Read More about MURPHY DEMANDS ACCOUNTABILITY ON “BUY AMERICAN” VIOLATIONS COSTING TAXPAYERS $138 MILLION

NORWICH, CT —Today, Representative Joe Courtney (CT-02), Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), and Representative Elizabeth Esty (CT-05)  released a letter they sent to Shaun Donovan, Director of the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB), requesting assistance for dairy farmers struggling with... Read More about MURPHY, COURTNEY, BLUMENTHAL, ESTY SEND LETTER TO THE WHITE HOUSE BUDGET OFFICE URGING ASSISTANCE FOR STRUGGLING DAIRY FARMERS

HARTFORD – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced on Monday that Accurate Threaded Products (ATP) Company of Newington is this week’s “Murphy’s Monday Manufacturer.” Veteran-owned and family-operated, ATP is a custom manufacturer of commercial and military aerospace components. ATP maintains a high quality... Read More about MURPHY HIGHLIGHTS NEWINGTON MANUFACTURER, ACCURATE THREADED PRODUCTS COMPANY, AS “MURPHY’S MONDAY MANUFACTURER”

U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Saturday applauded the landmark international agreement to amend the Montreal Protocol to phase down hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), a powerful planet-warming chemical used in air-conditioners and refrigerators. The HFCs prevented from entering the atmosphere in this deal is equivalent to 70 billion tons of carbon... Read More about MURPHY HAILS INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE AGREEMENT TO PHASE OUT HARMFUL HYDROFLOUROCARBONS

U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn) and Congresswoman Elizabeth Esty (CT-5) released the following statement today regarding news that a Connecticut Superior Court Judge has dismissed a lawsuit by the Newtown families against the maker of the rifle used in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings citing the... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL, ESTY STATEMENT ON DISMISSAL OF SANDY HOOK LAWSUIT

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) joined U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) and a bipartisan group of senators in sending a letter to Senate Appropriations Committee leaders urging the committee to provide critical assistance for dairy farmers in appropriations legislation for... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL, JOIN BIPARTISAN GROUP OF SENATORS IN URGING ASSISTANCE FOR DAIRY FARMERS

HARTFORD, CT. (OCTOBER 14, 2016) – Today, U.S. Senators Chris Murphy and Richard Blumenthal, Congressman John Larson, and Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin announced that $4.75 million in federal public safety grants are being awarded to the City of Hartford, helping the state’s capital city make its streets safer for kids and... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL, LARSON, AND BRONIN ANNOUNCE $4.75 MILLION IN FEDERAL PUBLIC SAFETY GRANTS FOR HARTFORD

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee and a founder of the bipartisan U.S. Senate caucus on Poland, on Wednesday applauded reports that Poland will purchase Sikorsky Black Hawk helicopters. Lockheed Martin will work with Leonardo-Finmeccanica SpA of Italy to supply... Read More about MURPHY APPLAUDS SIKORSKY BLACK HAWK DEAL WITH POLAND

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), and U.S. Representative Jim Himes (CT-4) on Wednesday announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services awarded a three-year, $179,776 per year federal grant to the Council of Churches of Greater Bridgeport, Inc., to... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL, HIMES ANNOUNCE $500,000 FEDERAL GRANT TO SUPPORT HOMELESS YOUTH IN GREATER BRIDGEPORT

HARTFORD, CT – U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) today applauded approval of the agreement between Lockheed Martin and Teamsters. After the deal between Lockheed Martin and the State of Connecticut passed both houses of the state legislature by overwhelming bipartisan majorities, a... Read More about MURPHY AND BLUMENTHAL APPLAUD UNION APPROVAL OF AGREEMENT WITH SIKORSKY

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on the Near East, South Asia, Central Asia and Counterterrorism, released the following statement on Saturday after the White House announced an “immediate review” of U.S. support for the Saudi Arabia-led... Read More about MURPHY: U.S. MUST END SUPPORT FOR DISASTROUS SAUDI BOMBING CAMPAIGN IN YEMEN

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) joined U.S. Senator Al Franken (D-Minn.) and nine of their colleagues on Friday in urging Secretary of State John Kerry and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy to take a strong position to rapidly phase down the use of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) in the upcoming... Read More about MURPHY, COLLEAGUES URGE U.S. CLIMATE NEGOTIATORS TO PUSH FOR SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION IN HARMFUL GREENHOUSE GASES