WASHINGTON — Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) released the following statement after the U.S. Senate passed the House-Senate 2016 National Defense Authorization Act conference report. Murphy’s amendment, included in the NDAA, will increase Congressional oversight of U.S. Department of Defense by requiring more... Read More about CONGRESS PASSES MURPHY ‘BUY AMERICAN’ AMENDMENT TO BOOST AMERICAN MANUFACTURING

(Bridgeport, CT)- Today, U.S Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), and Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-3) and Congressman Jim Himes (D-4) announced a $14 million, five-year federal grant for The WorkPlace in Bridgeport to train low-income individuals for careers in health professions. The grant was awarded by the... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL, DELAURO, HIMES ANNOUNCE $14 MILLION FEDERAL GRANT TO THE WORKPLACE TO TRAIN LOW-INCOME INDIVIDUALS FOR CAREERS IN HEALTHCARE

Click here to view video. WASHINGTON – On the floor of the U.S. Senate yesterday, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn) called on the Senate to keep guns out of the hands of criminals by passing commonsense gun violence prevention reforms. Murphy argued that Congress’ failure to address the scourge of gun violence across America is... Read More about IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: MURPHY CALLS ON SENATE TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE IN WAKE OF ANOTHER SHOOTING

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), and Senate colleagues wrote a letter requesting Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson provide an update on how the Administration screens refugees from conflict regions. In the letter, led by Senator Cory Booker (D-N.J.), the senators emphasized that... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL REQUEST DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY SHARE ITS REFUGEE VETTING PROCESS

WASHINGTON — Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, called on Congress to comprehensively overhaul and strengthen America’s mental health care system. Earlier this year, Murphy and U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy (R-La.) introduced the Mental Health Reform Act... Read More about MURPHY CALLS ON CONGRESS TO PASS MENTAL HEALTH REFORM IN WAKE OF ANOTHER SHOOTING

WASHINGTON — Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) led a group of 27 senators in calling on U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) and Vice Chairwoman Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.), as well as U.S. Senate Foreign Relations State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Subcommittee Chairman Lindsey Graham... Read More about MURPHY LEADS GROUP OF 27 SENATORS IN CALLING FOR IMMEDIATE EMERGENCY FUNDING TO INCREASE U.S. HUMANITARIAN SUPPORT FOR SYRIA, CAPACITY FOR REFUGEE ADMISSIONS

MANCHESTER – Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced that Timken Aerospace Drive Systems is this week’s “Murphy’s Monday Manufacturer.” Timken operates out of a 180,000 square foot manufacturing facility in Manchester, Connecticut, where, for nearly 70 years, hardworking Connecticut... Read More about MURPHY HIGHLIGHTS MANCHESTER MANUFACTURER, TIMKEN AEROSPACE DRIVE SYSTEMS, AS “MURPHY’S MONDAY MANUFACTURER”

WASHINGTON — Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, released the following statement on the proposal between General Dynamics Electric Boat and Newport News Shipbuilding for the construction of the Ohio Replacement Program and Virginia-Class Submarines. The proposed framework for the... Read More about MURPHY CALLS FOR NAVY TO ACCEPT PLAN FOR NEXT BALLISTIC MISSILE SUBMARINE

WASHINGTON —Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), and U.S. Congressman Jim Himes (CT-4) called on President Obama to invite the 2015 U.S. International Mathematical Olympiad Team – comprised of six high schoolers, including Michael Kural of Riverside, Connecticut – to the White... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL, HIMES CALL ON OBAMA TO RECOGNIZE U.S. MATHEMATICAL OLYMPIAD TEAM FOR ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT

WASHINGTON — Today, on National Manufacturing Day and in response to a distressing report by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Inspector General revealing that naval contracting personnel did not consistently comply with the Berry Amendment or the Buy American Act, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) called on DoD to swiftly re-train... Read More about ON NATIONAL MANUFACTURING DAY, MURPHY DECRIES DEFENSE DEPARTMENT’S VIOLATIONS OF ‘BUY AMERICAN’ LAWS

WASHINGTON —U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Joe Manchin (D-W.V.), Tom Udall (D-N.M.), and Mike Lee (R-Utah) sent a letter to U.S. Department of Defense Secretary Ash Carter, U.S. Department of State Secretary John Kerry, and Central Intelligence Agency Director John Brennan urging them to end the Syria Train and Equip Program... Read More about MURPHY, MANCHIN, UDALL & LEE CALL FOR AN END TO THE FAILED SYRIA TRAIN AND EQUIP PROGRAM

WASHINGTON — Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) released the following statement in response to reports of a mass shooting at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon: "My heart is with everyone in Oregon who has been victimized by this horrific tragedy. But I'm tired of sending sympathies to every corner of this country, every... Read More about MURPHY STATEMENT ON OREGON SHOOTING

(Hartford, CT)- Today, U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced a $46,388,901 multi-year Department of Defense contract for Timken Aerospace Transmissions in Manchester for the maintenance and overhaul of the AH-64 Apache Attack Helicopter main transmission. In May, Blumenthal and Murphy wrote a... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL ANNOUNCE $46 MILLION CONTRACT TO TIMKEN AEROSPACE TRANSMISSION IN MANCHESTER TO MAINTAIN APACHE ATTACK HELICOPTER

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), and Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii)  issued the following statement after the Department of Transportation (DOT) announced it had identified discriminatory practices by Kuwait Airlines. In May, the senators wrote to the DOT,... Read More about FOLLOWING SENATORS’ URGING, DOT IDENTIFIES, TAKES ACTION AGAINST AIRLINE PASSENGER DISCRIMINATION

WASHINGTON — Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) released the following statement after the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives passed a temporary spending bill that will keep federal agencies funded through December 11, 2015, and avert a U.S. government shutdown:  “The House and Senate have finally acted to... Read More about MURPHY STATEMENT ON VOTE TO PREVENT GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN

WASHINGTON — Today, U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and John Hoeven (R-N.D.), together with U.S. Congressmen Ted Poe (R-Texas) and Elizabeth Esty (D-Conn.), introduced the bipartisan “Billy’s Law”, otherwise known as the Help Find the Missing Act. The legislation will close loopholes in America’s missing persons... Read More about MURPHY, HOEVEN, POE & ESTY INTRODUCE BIPARTISAN “BILLY’S LAW” TO HELP FIND THE MISSING

Washington – Today, Sens. Chris Murphy (D-CT) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) along with Reps. Joe Courtney (CT-02), Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Jim Himes (CT-04), and Elizabeth Esty (CT-05) announced over $100,000 in federal funds has been awarded to the Fidelco Guide Dog Foundation in Bloomfield,... Read More about CONNECTICUT DELEGATION APPLAUDS GRANT TO PLACE SERVICE DOGS WITH WOUNDED VETERANS

Click here or the image above to view video. WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) were joined by Maggie Thompson, campaign manager of “Higher Ed, Not Debt,” a multi-organization campaign housed at Generation Progress, to introduce the Students Before Profits Act of 2015, a... Read More about ICYMI: MURPHY & DURBIN JOIN ADVOCATES TO ROLL OUT STUDENTS BEFORE PROFITS ACT

WASHINGTON — Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), and U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) introduced the Students Before Profits Act of 2015, a bill to protect students from deceptive practices and bad actors in the for-profit college sector. The bill ensures... Read More about MURPHY, DURBIN, WARREN, BROWN INTRODUCE STUDENTS BEFORE PROFITS ACT

(Hartford, CT) - U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Congressman Joe Courtney (D-2) today applauded $6 million in federal funds from the U.S. Department of Labor to support the Eastern Connecticut Manufacturing Pipeline Initiative.  The Pipeline Initiative is a collaboration among Electric Boat... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL, COURTNEY APPLAUD $6 MILLION FROM U.S. DOL TO FUND EASTERN CONNECTICUT MANUFACTURING PIPELINE INITIATIVE