WASHINGTON – Today, just one day after Vice President Joe Biden convened the first meeting of the new White House Cancer Moonshot Task Force, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) visited UConn Health – one of the largest Connecticut recipients of National Institutes of Health (NIH) medical research grants – to celebrate a $2... Read More about MURPHY VISITS UCONN HEALTH, HIGHLIGHTS CONNECTICUT’S ROLE IN THE ‘MOONSHOT MISSION’ TO END CANCER

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) hailed Senate passage of his amendment to S.2012, Energy Policy Modernization Act. Murphy’s amendment to increase federal usage of recycled refrigerants in federally-owned buildings would greatly reduce emissions of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), a super pollutant and significant... Read More about SENATE PASSES MURPHY AMENDMENT TO CUT EMISSIONS, BOOST FEDERAL USAGE OF RECYCLED REFRIGERANTS

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) applauded final passage of the Coast Guard Authorization Act, a bill that ensures that the Coast Guard is able to support the construction and installation of exhibits and displays for the National Coast Guard Museum in New London, Connecticut. The bill will now head to President Barack... Read More about MURPHY STATEMENT AS BILL SUPPORTING NEW LONDON COAST GUARD MUSEUM HEADS TO PRESIDENT’S DESK

WASHINGTON – On Groundhog Day 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, released the following statement on Republicans’ plan to vote to override President Obama’s veto and strip health... Read More about GROUNDHOG DAY: MURPHY STATEMENT ON REPUBLICAN ATTEMPT TO TAKE INSURANCE AWAY FROM MILLIONS OF AMERICANS

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), along with U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), and Ed Markey (D-Mass.), joined a letter led by U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) to Richard Harshman, the President and CEO of Allegheny Technologies Inc. (ATI), urging him to work... Read More about AS NATIONWIDE LOCKOUT OF STEELWORKERS CONTINUES, MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL JOIN COLLEAGUES IN URGING ALLEGHENY TECHNOLOGIES CEO TO COME TO TABLE SO WORKERS CAN RETURN TO WORK

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) released the following statement after the VA Connecticut Healthcare System announced that they will restore free shuttle service between its West Haven Campus and the West Haven Train Station:  “I’m glad the Department of Veterans Affairs did the right thing and quickly... Read More about MURPHY STATEMENT ON RESTORATION OF FREE SHUTTLE SERVICE BETWEEN VA WEST HAVEN CAMPUS & TRAIN STATION

MANCHESTER – Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced that Paramount Machine Company Inc., a family-owned and operated manufacturer of precision machined parts and assemblies for the aerospace industry, is this week’s “Murphy’s Monday Manufacturer.” Andrew Djiounas founded Paramount in Glastonbury... Read More about MURPHY HIGHLIGHTS MANCHESTER MANUFACTURER, PARAMOUNT MACHINE COMPANY INC., AS “MURPHY’S MONDAY MANUFACTURER”

WASHINGTON – Today, as UN-coordinated funding appeals for humanitarian aid in Syria fall billions of dollars short, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) called on U.S. allies around the world to attend the upcoming “Supporting Syria and the Region” Conference on February 4, 2016, in London and to increase their donations to the... Read More about MURPHY URGES FOREIGN ALLIES TO CONTRIBUTE TO SYRIAN HUMANITARIAN EFFORTS & ATTEND SYRIA DONORS’ CONFERENCE

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) released the following statement regarding Facebook’s action to ban the private sale of firearms on both Facebook and Instagram.  Murphy and Blumenthal applauded Facebook last year after the company announced action to curb the... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL STATEMENT ON FACEBOOK POLICY TO BAN PRIVATE SALE OF GUNS

WASHINGTON— After hearing directly from concerned Connecticut fishermen about legislation that would remap the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in Long Island Sound, the Congressional Delegation has penned a letter to the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans of the House Committee on Natural Resources... Read More about CT DELEGATION RAISES CONCERNS WITH UPCOMING HEARING ON FISHING WATERS

Click here to view video WASHINGTON – In an address today to the Council on Foreign Relations, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) offered his assessment on U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East. Murphy discussed the United States’ complicated relationship with Saudi Arabia and the need to revisit counterproductive and outdated tenets... Read More about MURPHY ADDRESSES COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS, QUESTIONS OUTDATED TENETS OF AMERICA’S APPROACH TO THE MIDDLE EAST

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced that he appointed Rance Smith, a junior at New Haven Academy in New Haven, as a U.S. Senate Page for the Spring 2016 Senate Page Program starting February 1, 2016. Rance is one of just thirty high school juniors from across the country to be selected for the prestigious... Read More about MURPHY ANNOUNCES NEW HAVEN ACADEMY STUDENT AS U.S. SENATE PAGE

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), and U.S. Representative Elizabeth Esty (CT-5) called on the Connecticut Food Association (CFA) to implement a new policy that would prevent individuals from openly carrying firearms into CFA member stores. In a letter to CFA President Wayne... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTAL, ESTY CALL ON CONNECTICUT FOOD ASSOCIATION TO BAN OPENLY CARRIED FIREARMS IN STORES

WASHINGTON – In a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy, U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) joined 17 other senators, led by U.S. Senators Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), in urging the agency to expand its regulation of methane... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL COLLEAGUES URGE EPA TO TAKE FURTHER ACTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND CUT METHANE EMISSIONS

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) introduced an amendment to the Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2015 to strengthen Buy American requirements for the U.S. Department of Energy. Murphy’s amendment would require that any construction, maintenance, repair, or replacement of storage facilities authorized in the... Read More about MURPHY INTRODUCES ‘BUY AMERICAN’ AMENDMENT TO ENERGY POLICY MODERNIZATION ACT

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, hailed Judiciary Committee passage of the bipartisan Judicial Redress Act of 2015, a bill he introduced with U.S. Senate with U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) to extend the core benefits of the Privacy Act of 1974 to citizens of... Read More about MURPHY APPLAUDS COMMITTEE PASSAGE OF JUDICIAL REDRESS ACT, URGES IMMEDIATE SENATE ACTION

(Washington, DC) – U.S Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), along with Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), today introduced legislation – the Equal Access to Justice for Victims of Gun Violence Act – to ensure that the victims of gun violence are allowed to have their day in court and that the gun... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL INTRODUCE LEGISLATION TO GIVE GUN VICTIMS THEIR DAY IN COURT AND END GUN INDUSTRY’S LIABILITY SHIELD

NEWINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced that Atlas Stamping and Manufacturing Corporation – a woman- and family-owned manufacturer of precision metal stampings and prototypes – is this week’s “Murphy’s Monday Manufacturer.” Founded in 1967, Atlas Stamping and Manufacturing... Read More about MURPHY HIGHLIGHTS NEWINGTON MANUFACTURER, ATLAS STAMPING & MANUFACTURING CORPORATION, AS “MURPHY’S MONDAY MANUFACTURER”

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Ranking Member of U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Near East, South Asia, Central Asia, and Counterterrorism, delivered remarks on the floor of the U.S. Senate on the recently-filed Republican Authorization for the Use of Military Force in the war against ISIS. Murphy... Read More about MURPHY DELIVERS REMARKS ON FLAWED REPUBLICAN AUMF AGAINST ISIS

(Washington, DC) – U.S Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) today joined a group of Democratic Senators and renowned national researchers, led by Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), in calling for immediate funding of a gun violence research agenda at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL, COLLEAGUES, LEADING RESEARCHERS PUSH FOR FUNDING GUN VIOLENCE RESEARCH AT CDC