HARTFORD, CT) – Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that the southbound side of the new Pearl Harbor Memorial Bridge on I-95 in New Haven – informally known as the Q Bridge – is scheduled to open approximately eight months ahead of schedule. Construction of the main span bridge was completed in July 2015 on schedule and on... Read More about CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION, GOV. MALLOY ANNOUNCE ‘Q BRIDGE’ PROJECT, THE BIGGEST IN CTDOT HISTORY, COMPLETED AHEAD OF SCHEDULE

WASHINGTON — Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced that Bishop Frank J. Caggiano, the Fifth Bishop of Bridgeport, will be his guest to Pope Francis’s address to a joint session of Congress on September 24, 2015. Senator Murphy’s office has a limited number of tickets available for the public to see the Pope give a... Read More about MURPHY ANNOUNCES GUEST FOR POPE FRANCIS’S ADDRESS TO CONGRESS

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Barbara Boxer (D-Cali.),  Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), and Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) as well as U.S. Representatives Bobby Scott (D-VA), Maxine Waters (CA-43), and Janice Hahn (CA-44) introduced the Pell Grant Restoration Act of 2015.  With Corinthian Colleges, Inc. filing... Read More about Members of Congress Introduce Bill to Restore Pell Eligibility for Students

WASHINGTON — Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee and leader of the Senate Democrats’ #ACAWorks campaign, U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), and U.S. Representatives John Larson (CT-1), Joe Courtney (CT-2), Rosa DeLauro (CT-3), Jim Himes (CT-4),... Read More about CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION ANNOUNCES $6.2 MILLION TO EXPAND & IMPROVE PRIMARY CARE SERVICES AT CONNECTICUT COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS

WASHINGTON — Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) released the following statement after the Obama Administration announced its support for an invitation for Montenegro to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Murphy is the Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on the Near East, South Asia,... Read More about MURPHY COMMENDS WHITE HOUSE FOR SUPPORTING NATO MEMBERSHIP FOR MONTENEGRO

CONNECTICUT CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION APPLAUDS FEDERAL FUNDING TO COMBAT VETERAN HOMELESSNESS HARTFORD – The Connecticut Congressional delegation today applauded five federal grants from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ Supportive Services for Veteran Families program to support outreach, case management and other work in... Read More about CONNECTICUT CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION APPLAUDS FEDERAL FUNDING TO COMBAT VETERAN HOMELESSNESS

CONNECTICUT CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION APPLAUDS FEDERAL FUNDING TO COMBAT VETERAN HOMELESSNESS HARTFORD – The Connecticut Congressional delegation today applauded five federal grants from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ Supportive Services for Veteran Families program to support outreach, case management and other work in... Read More about CONNECTICUT CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION APPLAUDS FEDERAL FUNDING TO COMBAT VETERAN HOMELESSNESS

HARTFORD – The Connecticut delegation and Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that over 20 Connecticut communities have been awarded grants by the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) to prevent youth substance use and be used to support Connecticut’s Second Chance-related initiatives. These grants, totaling... Read More about DELEGATION & Gov. Malloy: OVER 20 CONNECTICUT COMMUNITIES RECEIVE FEDERAL GRANTS THAT WILL SUPPORT SECOND CHANCE INITIATIVES, PREVENT YOUTH SUBSTANCE USE

COLUMBIA – Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced that Columbia Manufacturing, Inc. – a second generation, family-run manufacturer based out of Columbia, Connecticut – is this week’s “Murphy’s Monday Manufacturer.” Founded in 1980, Columbia Manufacturing produces precision... Read More about MURPHY HIGHLIGHTS COLUMBIA MANUFACTURING, INC., AS “MURPHY’S MONDAY MANUFACTURER”

HARTFORD —Today, after hearing from a constituent that foreign-made products are available for purchase in National Park Service (NPS) concession retail stores, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) called on the NPS to increase the percentage of American-made merchandise sold in national park retail shops. In a letter to NPS Director Jonathan... Read More about MURPHY CALLS ON NATIONAL PARK SERVICE TO BUY AMERICAN, INCREASE PERCENTAGE OF DOMESTICALLY-MADE PRODUCTS IN PARKS’ RETAIL STORES

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: MSNBC’S RACHEL MADDOW Click here  to view video. WASHINGTON – In an interview with MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow just days after visiting a Syrian refugee camp in Jordan, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), recounted his experience at the camp and reaffirmed his request that the United States increase... Read More about MURPHY CALLS ON U.S. TO INCREASE HUMANITARIAN AID FOR SYRIA, CAPACITY TO PROCESS REFUGEES

WASHINGTON — Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced that he appointed Amina Lampkin, a junior at William H. Hall High School in West Hartford, as a U.S. Senate Page for the Fall 2015 Senate Page Program. As a Senate Page, Amina is one of just thirty high school juniors from across the country to be selected to help with the... Read More about MURPHY ANNOUNCES WEST HARTFORD STUDENT AS U.S. SENATE PAGE

HARTFORD - U.S. Sens. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and U.S. Reps. John Larson (D-1), Joe Courtney (D-2), Rosa DeLauro (D-3), Jim Himes (D-4), and Elizabeth Esty (D-5) today applauded $1.4 million in new federal funds for the Connecticut Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection to help reduce the backlog... Read More about CONNECTICUT CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION APPLAUDS $1.4 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDS TO REDUCE RAPE KIT BACKLOG

WASHINGTON — Today, 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, released the following statement after voting against a resolution of disapproval of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action agreed upon by Iran and the P5+1.... Read More about MURPHY VOTES TO BLOCK RESOLUTION OF DISAPPROVAL OF IRAN NUCLEAR DEAL

WASHINGTON — Today, days after visiting a Syrian refugee camp in Jordan where 80,000 men, women, and children have retreated from war, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) called on the U.S. Congress to immediately pass an emergency supplemental appropriations bill to increase food assistance to refugees and increase the U.S. capacity to... Read More about MURPHY CALLS ON CONGRESS TO PASS EMERGENCY APPROPRIATIONS BILL INCREASING U.S. HUMANITARIAN SUPPORT FOR SYRIA, CAPACITY TO PROCESS REFUGEES

WASHINGTON — Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) released the following statement calling on his colleagues to quickly vote and pass the Judicial Redress Act. Murphy’s request comes just two days after the United States and the European Union agreed to a data protection Umbrella Agreement that would boost transatlantic relations... Read More about MURPHY CALLS FOR SWIFT PASSAGE OF BIPARTISAN JUDICIAL REDRESS ACT AMID U.S.-E.U. DATA SHARING NEGOTIATIONS

HARTFORD – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Congresswoman Elizabeth Esty (D-5) and Brookfield First Selectman Bill Tinsley announced today that the Federal Emergency Management Agency has awarded $1.3 million to the town of Brookfield to address longtime flooding in the Meadowbrook Manor... Read More about BROOKFIELD AWARDED $1.3 MILLION TO ADDRESS LONGTIME FLOODING IN MEADOWBROOK MANOR

Click here to view video. WASHINGTON – On the floor of the U.S. Senate earlier today, 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, delivered remarks on the floor of the U.S. Senate on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of... Read More about MURPHY DELIVERS REMARKS ON IRAN NUCLEAR AGREEMENT

HARTFORD – U.S. Sens. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and U.S. Reps. John Larson (D-1), Joe Courtney (D-2), Rosa DeLauro (D-3), Jim Himes (D-4), and Elizabeth Esty (D-5) announced today that the U.S. Department of Justice has awarded $289,000 to 41 Connecticut cities and towns to purchase 769 bulletproof... Read More about CONNECTICUT CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION ANNOUNCES FEDERAL FUNDS TO PURCHASE 769 BULLETPROOF VESTS IN 41 TOWNS

WASHINGTON — Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, released the following statement on President Obama’s executive order requiring federal contractors to provide their employees with up to seven days of paid sick leave per year: “No matter where... Read More about MURPHY STATEMENT ON PRESIDENT’S EXECUTIVE ORDER ON PAID SICK LEAVE