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”

U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn), led by Senators Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i) and Bill Nelson (D-Fla.), sent a letter signed by 25 Senate colleagues to House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) urging him to bring the $1.1 billion Zika funding legislation passed by the Senate to the House floor for a vote. As of today,... Read More about BLUMENTHAL, MURPHY, COLLEAGUES PRESS SPEAKER RYAN FOR VOTE ON ZIKA FUNDING

Today, U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Rand Paul (R-Ky.), Al Franken (D-Minn.), and Mike Lee (R-Utah) introduced a joint resolution of disapproval, S.J.Res 39, to block the U.S. sale of Abrams tanks and associated major defense articles to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The Pentagon announced the proposed sale, totaling $1.15 billion, in... Read More about MURPHY, PAUL, FRANKEN, AND LEE INTRODUCE JOINT RESOLUTION TO BLOCK MILITARY EQUIPMENT SALE TO SAUDI ARABIA

U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-2) announced today that the Department of Agriculture declared that in conjunction with Providence County, RI being named a disaster area due to the ongoing drought, farmers in neighboring Windham County, CT, are eligible to request emergency... Read More about AFTER ONGOING DROUGHT, BLUMENTHAL, MURPHY, COURTNEY ANNOUNCE FEDERAL DISASTER AID FOR WINDHAM COUNTY FARMERS

U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, applauded the announcement from the U.S. Departments of Education and Justice on Thursday of new guidance for school resource officers. Specifically, the Departments provided new guidelines for local schools that use school resource... Read More about MURPHY APPLAUDS OBAMA ADMINISTRATION’S ANNOUNCEMENT OF NEW SCHOOL SAFETY GUIDELINES

Today, U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), along with a bipartisan group of lawmakers, called on Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter to posthumously nominate Air Force Sergeant John Chapman for the Medal of Honor. Sergeant Chapman was raised in Windsor Locks, Connecticut, and died in 2002 while on a mission in Afghanistan. His widow, Valerie... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL, BIPARTISAN GROUP OF LAWMAKERS: CONNECTICUT MAN DESERVES MEDAL OF HONOR FOR HEROISM IN AFGHANISTAN

U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Tuesday called on Congressional leaders to stop playing politics with the Zika emergency and immediately pass the bipartisan compromise bill that passed the Senate in May. Murphy, who served as a member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations and the conference committee negotiating the Zika virus... Read More about MURPHY DEMANDS CONGRESS PASS BIPARTISAN ZIKA RESPONSE BILL

Today, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and U.S. Representatives Rosa DeLauro (D-3), John Larson (D-1), and Joe Courtney (D-2) announced $700,000 in Drug-Free Communities Support Program grants from the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy to provide local community coalitions in Bristol, Guilford,... Read More about BLUMENTHAL, MURPHY, DELAURO, LARSON, COURTNEY ANNOUNCE $700,000 IN FEDERAL FUNDING TO PREVENT YOUTH SUBSTANCE ABUSE

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) released the following statement after the for-profit ITT Technical Institute announced it is closing following various state and federal investigations and U.S. Department of Education sanctions. As a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, Murphy applauded... Read More about MURPHY URGES ITT TECH, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO PROTECT STUDENTS FOLLOWING ANNOUNCED ITT TECH CLOSURE

Today, Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT), Congressman John Larson (D-1), Congressman Joe Courtney (D-2), Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-3), Congressman Jim Himes (D-4), and Congresswoman Elizabeth Esty (D-5) announced more than $3 million in federal grants under the Department of Veterans Affairs’ Supportive... Read More about CONNECTICUT DELEGATION ANNOUNCES MORE THAN $3 MILLION TO PREVENT VETERAN HOMELESSNESS

 In a letter sent today to the CEO of pharmaceutical company Mylan, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) joined 18 senators led by Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) in expressing their serious concerns about the company's recent significant price hikes for the life-saving EpiPen Auto-Injector. The senators raised... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL, SENATORS RAISE CONCERNS ABOUT MYLAN’S EPIPEN PRICE HIKE AND EXPANDED PATIENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

HARTFORD – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced on Monday that Phoenix Manufacturing Inc., a certified woman-owned small business in Enfield, is this week’s “Murphy’s Monday Manufacturer.” Phoenix manufactures precision machined components, such as gearbox housings, diffusers, heat sinks, and bracket... Read More about MURPHY HIGHLIGHTS WOMAN-OWNED ENFIELD MANUFACTURER, PHOENIX MANUFACTURING INC., AS “MURPHY’S MONDAY MANUFACTURER”

WASHINGTON — Following a report by the Waterbury Republican-American detailing a string of delays, interruptions, and other service lapses this month along the Metro-North Waterbury Branch Line, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), U.S. Representative Jim Himes (CT-4) and U.S. Representative... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL, HIMES, ESTY CALL ON METRO-NORTH TO IMPROVE WATERBURY BRANCH LINE’S ON-TIME PERFORMANCE & COMMUNICATION WITH RIDERS AMID STRING OF SERVICE LAPSES

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) released the following statement after the U.S. Department of Education announced several new sanctions on the for-profit college chain, ITT Technical Institutes, which has recently been the subject of various state and federal investigations. As a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education,... Read More about MURPHY APPLAUDS EDUCATION DEPT. ACTIONS TO INCREASE OVERSIGHT OF ITT, PROTECT STUDENTS & TAXPAYERS

HARTFORD – U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and U.S. Representatives John Larson (D-1),  Joe Courtney (D-2), Rosa DeLauro (D-3), Jim Himes (D-4), and Elizabeth Esty (D-5) today announced $1,728,172 in federal funds to support fire departments in Fairfield, Enfield and New Britain,... Read More about CONNECTICUT CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION ANNOUNCES OVER $1.7 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDING TO SUPPORT CONNECTICUT FIRE FIGHTERS

HARTFORD – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) applauded the Obama administration on Thursday for offering support and assistance to Italy following the devastating earthquake there earlier this week.  “My heart goes out to the communities in central Italy as they cope with the devastating aftermath of the earthquake.... Read More about MURPHY STATEMENT ON ASSISTANCE FOR ITALY FOLLOWING DEVASTATING EARTHQUAKE

HARTFORD – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) visited NanoViricides, Inc., a Shelton-based company working to develop nanotechnology-based anti-viral medicines, on Wednesday. Murphy joined founder Dr. Anil Diwan for a tour of the facility and then hosted a town hall with the company’s thirty employees. Two years ago,... Read More about MURPHY VISITS BIOTECH COMPANY NANOVIRICIDES IN SHELTON

HARTFORD –Weeks after the U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed comprehensive mental health reform, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) joined Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services Commissioner Miriam Delphin-Rittmon, Stamford Mayor David Martin, State Senator Carlo Leone (D-27), State... Read More about MURPHY HOSTS MENTAL HEALTH ROUNDTABLE AT OPTIMUS HEALTH CARE IN STAMFORD

HARTFORD – In response to today’s announcement by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) that it will purchase $20 million worth of surplus dairy products to help stabilize the dairy market, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) urged USDA to do more to help dairy farmers. Farm milk prices have dropped almost 40%in the last few... Read More about MURPHY URGES MORE SUPPORT FOR CONNECTICUT DAIRY FARMERS

(Hartford, CT) – In a letter today to Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus, U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-3) and Congressman Jim Himes (CT-4) called on the Navy to suspend any possible plans to shift maintenance of the Marine One Presidential helicopter fleet from... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL, DELAURO, HIMES CALL ON NAVY TO KEEP MARINE ONE WORK IN CONNECTICUT