In a letter to Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Robert M. Califf, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) led U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Bob Casey (D-Pa.), Al Franken (D-Minn.), and Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.) in applauding the FDA for proposing a rule to ban electrical stimulation devices (ESDs)... Read More about MURPHY LEADS COLLEAGUES IN URGING FDA TO BAN ELECTRONIC SHOCK DEVICES

U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) on Thursday introduced the Green Bank Act of 2016. The bill would create a national green bank to utilize public seed money to attract larger, private investments in clean energy and energy efficiency projects. The first green bank in the country,... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL, WHITEHOUSE INTRODUCE GREEN BANK ACT TO SUPPORT CLEAN ENERGY INITIATIVES

By invoking the Arms Export Control Act of 1976, U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Rand Paul (R-Ky.) on Wednesday forced a vote in the U.S. Senate on blocking the $1.15 billion U.S. sale of 153 Abrams tanks and associated major defense articles to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. 27 senators supported allowing a full vote on the joint... Read More about MURPHY, PAUL, FRANKEN, LEE STATEMENTS ON SENATE VOTE ON RESOLUTION TO BLOCK MILITARY EQUIPMENT SALE TO SAUDI ARABIA

U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) spoke on the Senate floor urging the body to support his joint resolution, introduced with Senators Rand Paul (R-Ky.), Al Franken (D-Minn.) and Mike Lee (R-Utah), to block the $1.15 billion U.S. sale of 153 Abrams tanks and associated major defense articles to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Murphy highlighted the... Read More about On Senate Floor Murphy Urges Support for Joint Resolution to Block Arms Sale to Saudi Arabia

U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and U.S. Senator Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.) on Wednesday applauded the advancement of their bipartisan legislation to help Americans plan in advance to help ensure they do not outlive their retirement savings. Isakson and Murphy’s Lifetime Income Disclosure Act was included in the Retirement... Read More about ISAKSON & MURPHY’S BIPARTISAN LIFETIME INCOME DISCLOSURE ACT PASSES FINANCE COMMITTEE

U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Congressman John Larson (CT-1), Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-2), Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-3), Congressman Jim Himes (CT-4), and Congresswoman Elizabeth Esty (CT-5) released the following statement after Lockheed Martin announced they would build nearly 200 new... Read More about CONNECTICUT DELEGATION APPLAUDS LOCKHEED’S DECISION TO BRING CH-53K KING STALLION HELICOPTER ASSEMBLY TO CONNECTICUT

Today, Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT), Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Congressman Jim Himes (D-4) along with Congressman John Larson (D-1), Congressman Joe Courtney (D-2), Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-3), and Congresswoman Elizabeth Esty (D-5) sent a letter urging the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to reduce dangerous air pollution... Read More about CONNECTICUT DELEGATION URGES EPA TO REDUCE DANGEROUS AIR POLLUTION FROM NEIGHBORING STATE’S COAL PLANT

U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced on Monday that Advanced Composite & Metalforming Technologies (ACMT), Inc., of Manchester is this week’s “Murphy’s Monday Manufacturer.” Celebrating its 30th anniversary this year, ACMT is a complex sheet metal fabrication and composite manufacturing company that also... Read More about MURPHY HIGHLIGHTS MANCHESTER MANUFACTURER, ACMT, INC., AS “MURPHY’S MONDAY MANUFACTURER”

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.V.), along with U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-Wash.), on Wednesday introduced a bipartisan resolution to officially recognize September as... Read More about MURPHY, CAPITO, ALEXANDER, MURRAY INTRODUCE BIPARTISAN RESOLUTION TO RECOGNIZE SEPTEMBER AS “NATIONAL RECOVERY MONTH”

U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) issued the following statements today regarding news that Pratt & Whitney will hire approximately 8,000 new workers in Connecticut. "These jobs are great news for Connecticut workers, our economy and our national security,” Blumenthal said. “I have been a strong,... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL STATEMENTS ON 8,000 NEW PRATT & WHITNEY HIRES IN CONNECTICUT

WASHINGTON  – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), and thirty-nine Democratic senators called on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to prevent any language from being inserted into any 2017 appropriations bills that would prohibit the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) from requiring... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL, 39 SENATE DEMOCRATS TO MCCONNELL: REJECT EFFORTS TO BLOCK CORPORATE POLITICAL SPENDING DISCLOSURE

U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) today led a successful amendment to the Water Resources Development Act to return the Old Stonington Wharf back to the town for future development. The wharf is an historic landmark of great significance to Stonington and the region, symbolizing the community’s strong... Read More about BLUMENTHAL, MURPHY SECURE SENATE VOTE TO RETURN OLD STONINGTON WHARF TO TOWN

Today U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Chris Murphy (D-CT) applauded Senate passage of legislation to support the continued restoration of Long Island Sound through 2020. Key provisions from Blumenthal and Murphy’s Long Island Sound Restoration and Stewardship Act were included in the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA), which... Read More about BLUMENTHAL & MURPHY APPLAUD SENATE PASSAGE OF LONG ISLAND SOUND STEWARDSHIP ACT

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Thursday applauded the U.S. Army for committing to reforming its policies, regulations and documentation practices in the wake of its multidisciplinary review of misconduct separations of soldiers with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). In a written... Read More about IN RESPONSE TO MURPHY LETTER, U.S. ARMY UPDATES REGULATIONS SURROUNDING SOLDIERS DISCHARGED FOR MISCONDUCT WHILE SUFFERING FROM PTSD & TBI

Today, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and U.S. Representatives Rosa DeLauro (CT-3), John Larson (CT-1), Joe Courtney (CT-2), and Elizabeth Esty (CT-5) announced $339,612 in Museums for America grants from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). The federal funding will be used to support projects... Read More about BLUMENTHAL, MURPHY, DELAURO, LARSON, COURTNEY, ESTY ANNOUNCE OVER $330,000 TO SUPPORT CONNECTICUT MUSEUMS AND HISTORICAL SOCIETIES

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Wednesday hailed the Obama administration’s announcement of a new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Israel. According to the White House, the new $38 billion assistance agreement represents the largest military commitment in American history. Murphy released the following... Read More about MURPHY APPLAUDS DEAL TO INCREASE DEFENSE AID FOR ISRAEL

HARTFORD – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), and U.S. Representative John Larson (CT-1)  on Tuesday applauded a major $2.7 million federal grant from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) for United Technologies Research Center in East... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL, LARSON APPLAUD $2.7 MILLION FEDERAL GRANT FOR UNITED TECHNOLOGIES RESEARCH CENTER IN EAST HARTFORD

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, joined the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) members on Tuesday to unveil a year-long commitment by television and radio broadcasters from across the country to air public service announcements (PSAs)... Read More about MURPHY JOINS NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS IN ANNOUNCING PSA CAMPAIGN TO COMBAT THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) joined U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.), Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), Bob Menendez (D-NJ), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), and Tim Kaine (D-Va.), all members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on Tuesday in introducing a resolution to commemorate the 15th anniversary of... Read More about MURPHY, DEMOCRATIC MEMBERS OF THE SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE INTRODUCE RESOLUTION COMMEMORATING 15TH ANNIVERSARY OF NATO’S INVOCATION OF ARTICLE V FOR 9/11

HARTFORD – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced on Monday that United Tool & Die Company (UTD) of West Hartford is this week’s “Murphy’s Monday Manufacturer.” Founded in 1925, UTD is a family-owned and family-operated tube, duct and sheet metal fabricator for the aviation and aerospace industry. UTD... Read More about MURPHY HIGHLIGHTS WEST HARTFORD MANUFACTURER, UNITED TOOL & DIE COMPANY, AS “MURPHY’S MONDAY MANUFACTURER”