WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today joined U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), HELP Committee Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-Wash.), and their Democratic colleagues on the HELP Committee in introducing the National Biomedical... Read More about MURPHY, HELP COMMITTEE DEMOCRATS INTRODUCE BILL TO INCREASE FUNDING FOR LIFESAVING MEDICAL RESEARCH

WASHINGTON – As Connecticut and the nation continue to be ravaged by the growing opioid and heroin addiction epidemic, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) today urged the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to take all necessary steps to ensure that those seeking treatment for addiction have greater access to medication-assisted... Read More about AS OPIOID EPIDEMIC GROWS, MURPHY CALLS FOR IMPROVED ACCESS TO BUPRENORPHINE TREATMENT

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) are fighting to extend overtime pay to thousands of Connecticut workers. Last year, the Department of Labor proposed an expansion to overtime pay protections that could benefit five million Americans, including 40,000 Connecticut workers. The proposal,... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL FIGHT TO EXTEND OVERTIME PAY TO THOUSANDS OF CONNECTICUT WORKERS

BLOOMFIELD – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced that the Bloomfield, Connecticut-based Kaman Corporation is this week’s “Murphy’s Monday Manufacturer.” Charles H. Kaman founded Kaman in 1945 out of his mother’s garage in West Hartford with just $2,000. Today, more than seven decades later, Kaman is an... Read More about MURPHY HIGHLIGHTS BLOOMFIELD MANUFACTURER, KAMAN CORPORATION, AS “MURPHY’S MONDAY MANUFACTURER”

Click here to view video. WASHINGTON—Today, in a U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies hearing on the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) FY 2017 Budget Request, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) questioned United States Attorney General about funding for programs related to... Read More about ICYMI: MURPHY QUESTIONS ATTORNEY GENERAL LORETTA LYNCH ON JUVENILE JUSTICE PROGRAMS FOR GIRLS, SMART GUN TECHNOLOGY

WASHINGTON—Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) applauded a recent commitment by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to reduce nitrogen levels in the Long Island Sound. Excessive nitrogen, which is caused by sewage treatment plants, fertilizers, and tributary sources among other factors, reduces oxygen levels in water,... Read More about MURPHY APPLAUDS EPA COMMITMENT TO REDUCE NITROGEN IN LONG ISLAND SOUND

WASHINGTON—Today, in response to a distressing report by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Inspector General revealing that Air Force contracting personnel did not consistently comply with the Berry Amendment or the Buy American Act, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) decried the findings and called for the swift re-training of personnel... Read More about MURPHY CRITICIZES DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FOR “OUTRAGEOUS” VIOLATIONS OF ‘BUY AMERICAN’ LAWS

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) will attend a bill signing ceremony at the White House this afternoon where President Obama will sign his Judicial Redress Act of 2015 into law. Murphy’s bipartisan Judicial Redress Act will promote increased law enforcement cooperation and boost transatlantic relations by... Read More about MURPHY’S JUDICIAL REDRESS ACT TO BE SIGNED INTO LAW TODAY

WASHINGTON—Today, as a means of preventing the lead poisoning crisis in Flint, Michigan from spreading to Connecticut, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) introduced new legislation to lower the cost to homeowners in Connecticut and around the country  of cleaning up lead and other toxins in their homes. Murphy’s... Read More about IN WAKE OF FLINT WATER CRISIS, MURPHY INTRODUCES NEW TAX CREDIT BILL TO PREVENT LEAD POISONING IN CONNECTICUT

WASHINGTON—Today, just one day before the U.S. Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee is set to markup a bill – dubbed the “Denying Americans the Right to Know” (DARK) Act – that will preempt states from mandating labels on foods that contain genetically modified organisms (GMOs), U.S. Senator Chris... Read More about AHEAD OF DARK ACT MARKUP, MURPHY REAFFIRMS HIS SUPPORT FOR THE MANDATORY NATIONAL LABELING OF GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOODS

WASHINGTON—Today, after hearing from concerned Connecticut landowners that the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) audit process for making charitable land contributions is antagonistic, lengthy and expensive, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) called on the IRS to explore alternative ways to... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL CALL ON IRS TO MODIFY ‘ADVERSARIAL’ & ‘EXPENSIVE’ APPROACH TO PROCESSING CONSERVATION EASEMENT LAND DONATIONS

BLOOMFIELD – Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced that Turbine Controls, Inc. (TCI), a maintenance, repair, and operations manufacturer located in Bloomfield, is this week’s “Murphy’s Monday Manufacturer.” Founded in 1980, TCI specializes in the overhaul and repair of jet engine and gas turbine engine... Read More about MURPHY HIGHLIGHTS BLOOMFIELD MANUFACTURER, TURBINE CONTROLS, INC., AS “MURPHY’S MONDAY MANUFACTURER”

HARTFORD – Today, U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), along with Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., domestic violence survivors and advocates called on Congress to pass legislation introduced by Blumenthal to close domestic violence gun loopholes and prevent... Read More about AS DIVIDED SUPREME COURT IS SET TO CONSIDER GUN BAN FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CONVICTIONS, MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL, GILLIBRAND CALL ON CONGRESS TO PASS THEIR LEGISLATION TO CLOSE DV GUN LOOPHOLES

WASHINGTON—Today, in light of the sudden closure of the for-profit Marinello Beauty Schools chain, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) led U.S. Senators Harry Reid (D-Nev.), Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) in calling on loan servicers to take swift action to address the needs of... Read More about MURPHY, FOUR SENATE COLLEAGUES, SEND LETTER URGING IMMEDIATE DISCHARGE OF FEDERAL LOANS FOR MARINELLO STUDENTS

HARTFORD – U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) today announced their support for new bipartisan legislation to combat the practice of straw purchasing and illegal trafficking in firearms. The Stop Illegal Trafficking in Firearms Act of 2016 was introduced last week by Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL ANNOUNCE SUPPORT FOR BIPARTISAN LEGISLATION TO COMBAT ILLEGAL STRAW PURCHASES AND FIREARMS TRAFFICKING

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), leader of the Senate Democrats’ #ACAWorks campaign and a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, joined U.S. Senators Al Franken (D-Minn.), Patty Murray (D-Wash.), and a group of more than 30 Democratic senators in filing an amicus curiae brief... Read More about MURPHY JOINS MORE THAN 30 SENATORS IN FILING SUPREME COURT AMICUS BRIEF TO SUPPORT AFFORDABLE ACCESS TO BIRTH CONTROL

HARTFORD – In a letter this week to Federal Railroad Administrator Sarah Feinberg, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.),U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-3), Congressman John Larson (D-1), Congressman Joe Courtney (D-2), Congressman Jim Himes (D-4), and Congresswoman Elizabeth Esty (D-5) urged... Read More about CONNECTICUT DELEGATION CALLS ON FRA TO BRING NORTHEAST RAIL NETWORK INTO 21ST CENTURY, HEED PUBLIC INPUT IN DEVELOPING LONG-TERM VISION

WASHINGTON—After President Obama announced his intention to carry out his constitutional responsibility to nominate a new Supreme Court Justice following the sudden death of Justice Antonin Scalia, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) released the following statement calling on Senate Republicans to fulfill their constitutional obligation and... Read More about MURPHY CALLS ON SENATE REPUBLICANS TO FOLLOW CONSTITUTION, FILL SUPREME COURT VACANCY

HARTFORD– Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, applauded recent efforts in the state to combat the growing heroin and opioid epidemic, including Governor Malloy’s proposal to increase access to naloxone and establish the new public-private... Read More about MURPHY APPLAUDS COORDINATED STATE RESPONSE TO ADDRESS OPIOID CRISIS; URGES ACTION IN CONGRESS

WASHINGTON – Today, ahead of Germany’s planned procurement of up to 70 heavy-lift helicopters, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) sent a letter to German Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen urging the country to replace their existing fleet with the new, Sikorsky-made CH-53K King Stallion... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL URGE GERMANY TO PURCHASE SIKORSKY CH-53K ‘KING STALLION’ HELICOPTERS