WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), led by Senators Hatch (R-Utah) and Markey (D-Mass.), joined a bipartisan group of 22 senators in writing to Sylvia Burwell, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), to call on HHS to allow for greater access to medication... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL, COLLEAGUES CALL ON HHS TO FOLLOW SENATE LEAD IN INCREASING ACCESS TO OPIOID ADDICTION TREATMENT

WASHINGTON — Late last night, the U.S. Senate passed a resolution formally recognizing the month of May as Mental Health Month. The resolution was originally introduced by U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and Chris Murphy (D-CT), along with U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Chairman Lamar Alexander... Read More about SENATE ADOPTS RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING MAY AS MENTAL HEALTH MONTH

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, and U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today introduced an amendment to the National Defense... Read More about MURPHY, PAUL INTRODUCE NDAA AMENDMENT TO SET CONDITIONS ON U.S. MILITARY SALES TO SAUDI ARABIA

WASHINGTON — Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, hailed committee passage of the U.S. Department of Defense Appropriations bill that will create and sustain good-paying jobs in Connecticut. The bill provides increased funding for Sikorsky Blackhawks Helicopters and the UH-1N... Read More about MURPHY SECURES INCREASED INVESTMENT IN CONNECTICUT-MADE SUBMARINES, JET ENGINES & HELICOPTERS IN APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE

WASHINGTON— Today, the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee passed a provision authored by U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) to prohibit the relocation of the U.S. Coast Guard Band to Washington, DC. In September 2015, it was reported that Vice Admiral Charles D. Michel, the U.S. Coast Guard’s 30th Vice Commandant, had assembled a... Read More about SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE PASSES MURPHY PROVISION TO KEEP COAST GUARD BAND IN NEW LONDON

WASHINGTON— Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, secured $5 million in Fiscal Year 2017 for the National Coast Guard Museum as part of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, which the committee passed today. This marks the first federal investment approved for... Read More about MURPHY SECURES FIRST FEDERAL FUNDING FOR NATIONAL COAST GUARD MUSEUM IN COMMITTEE

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), members of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, along with U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and Chris Coons (D-Del.) released the following joint statement in support of the U.S. Department of Education’s new rule on... Read More about MURPHY, WARREN, BOOKER, COONS STATEMENT ON NEW ACCOUNTABILITY RULE FROM DEPT. OF EDUCATION

WASHINGTON— Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) applauded this release of the first ever Northeast Ocean Plan by the Northeast Regional Planning Body. The plan includes innovative new data on the environment, commercial fishing, maritime economy, and recreational use to help policymakers and local community leaders with conservation... Read More about MURPHY APPLAUDS RELEASE OF FIRST NORTHEAST OCEAN PLAN; ENCOURAGES FEEDBACK FROM LOCAL SHORELINE COMMUNITIES

WASHINGTON — At an event marking Polish Constitution Day, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a founder of the bipartisan U.S. Senate Caucus on Poland and member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, was presented with the Commander’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland award. Murphy was selected for the... Read More about MURPHY HONORED FOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO POLISH-AMERICAN RELATIONS, AWARDED PRESTIGIOUS “ORDER OF THE MERIT OF THE REPUBLIC OF POLAND”

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) joined nine of their Senate colleagues, led by U.S. Senators Barbara Boxer (D-CA.) and Patty Murray (D-WA), in sending a letter to U.S. Olympic Committee (USOC) Chairman Lawrence Probst asking "what steps the USOC is taking to assist and protect our... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL COLLEAGUES REQUEST INFORMATION FROM U.S. OLYMPIC COMMITTEE ON EFFORTS TO PROTECT U.S. ATHLETES FROM ZIKA VIRUS

WASHINGTON, D.C. —Today, U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), along with Representatives Joe Courtney (CT-02), John B. Larson (CT-1) Rosa DeLauro (CT-3), Jim Himes (CT-4), and Elizabeth Esty (CT-5) sent a letter along with nine Massachusetts delegation members to the U.S.... Read More about CONNECTICUT DELEGATION ADVOCATES FOR CHANGES IN FISHERIES MANAGEMENT TO LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD FOR NEW ENGLAND FISHERMEN

HARTFORD – Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced that Senior Aerospace Connecticut of Enfield is this week’s “Murphy’s Monday Manufacturer.” Founded in 1956, Senior Aerospace Connecticut manufactures critical flight safety aerospace components for aircraft engines, helicopter transmissions, and... Read More about MURPHY HIGHLIGHTS ENFIELD MANUFACTURER, SENIOR AEROSPACE CONNECTICUT, AS “MURPHY’S MONDAY MANUFACTURER”

WASHINGTON — Today, U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), and U.S. Representatives John B. Larson (CT-1), Joe Courtney (CT-2), Rosa DeLauro (CT-3), Jim Himes (CT-4), and Elizabeth Esty (CT-5) announced that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded $1,184,000 in federal... Read More about CONNECTICUT CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION APPLAUDS $1.2 MILLION IN FEDERAL EPA GRANTS FOR BROWNFIELDS CLEAN-UP

WASHINGTON — Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) applauded Senate passage of the FY 2017 Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development (T-HUD), and Related Agencies Appropriations bill. For the first time, the Northeast Corridor—the only profitable Amtrak line in the country—can reinvest its profits for critical capital... Read More about SENATE PASSES BILL TO FUND CRITICAL TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING PRIORITIES FOR CONNECTICUT

WASHINGTON— Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) applauded committee passage of the FY2017 Agriculture Appropriations bill, which funds many of his budget priorities to help Connecticut farmers and the local agriculture industry. As a member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, Murphy successfully fought to secure nearly $34... Read More about MURPHY SECURES FEDERAL SUPPORT FOR CONNECTICUT FARMERS

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy (R-La.) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), along with U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-Wash.), today introduced a Senate resolution recognizing May as Mental Health Month.  Earlier this year, the... Read More about CASSIDY, MURPHY, ALEXANDER, MURRAY INTRODUCE RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING MENTAL HEALTH MONTH

WASHINGTON — Today, on a media conference call following his meeting with Judge Merrick Garland, President Barack Obama’s nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) reiterated his call for Senate Republicans to do their job and allow confirmation hearings and an up-or-down vote on the nomination. Murphy has... Read More about MURPHY REMARKS ON HIS MEETING WITH JUDGE MERRICK GARLAND

WASHINGTON— U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, joined U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and 24 senators in calling on the President to fulfill the Administration’s commitment to resettle at least 10,000 Syrian refugees in the United States this... Read More about MURPHY, COLLEAGUES CALL ON PRESIDENT TO FULFILL COMMITMENT TO RESETTLE 10,000 SYRIAN REFUGEES IN AMERICA

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD), and Related Agencies Subcommittee, today released a statement on National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Chairman Christopher Hart’s comments calling for Positive Train... Read More about MURPHY STATEMENT ON NTSB CHAIRMAN’S CALL FOR POSITIVE TRAIN CONTROL IN WAKE OF PHILADELPHIA AMTRAK DERAILMENT

WASHINGTON — Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, applauded the Senate for invoking cloture on an amendment allocating $1.1 billion in emergency funding to combat the outbreak of Zika. Murphy cosponsored and voted for an amendment that would fully fund... Read More about MURPHY APPLAUDS EMERGENCY FUNDING TO FIGHT ZIKA AS FIRST STEP