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

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 Former Vice President Dick Cheney expressed his opposition to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action during a speech... Read More about MURPHY STATEMENT ON FORMER VICE PRESIDENT CHENEY’S SPEECH ON IRAN DEAL

WASHINGTON — Today, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), along with U.S. Representatives John Larson (CT-1), Joe Courtney (CT-2), Rosa DeLauro (CT-3), Jim Himes (CT-4), and Elizabeth Esty (CT-5) announced that three Connecticut organizations have been awarded nearly $375,000 as part of the Substance Abuse and Mental... Read More about DELEGATION ANNOUNCES $375,000 TO TRAIN TEACHERS & ADULTS IN YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID

WASHINGTON—Today, the Connecticut delegation sent a letter to Lieutenant General Tom Bostick, Commanding General and Chief of Engineers, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, in support of the recently-released Draft Dredged Material Management Plan (DMMP) and Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for Long Island Sound. "As... Read More about Connecticut delegation calls on U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to adopt Dredged Material Management Plan

WASHINGTON—Today, the Connecticut delegation sent a letter to Lieutenant General Tom Bostick, Commanding General and Chief of Engineers, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, in support of the recently-released Draft Dredged Material Management Plan (DMMP) and Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for Long Island Sound. "As... Read More about Connecticut delegation calls on U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to adopt Dredged Material Management Plan

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, and U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-Mich.), member of the U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, will travel to the Middle East to... Read More about MURPHY, PETERS TO TRAVEL TO MIDDLE EAST TO DISCUSS ANTI-ISIL OPERATIONS & HUMANITARIAN CRISIS

HARTFORD — 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 after Southern Connecticut State University (SCSU) announced a campus-wide policy that prohibits smoking and tobacco use on the university’s property. SCSU President Mary... Read More about MURPHY APPLAUDS SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY FOR GOING TOBACCO-FREE

NEW BRITAIN – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced that Addaero Manufacturing of New Britain is this week’s “Murphy’s Monday Manufacturer.” Addaero Manufacturing, which was founded in 2013 by Connecticut natives Rich Merlino and Dave Hill, specializes in additive manufacturing, otherwise known as 3-D printing.... Read More about MURPHY HIGHLIGHTS NEW BRITAIN MANUFACTURER, ADDAERO MANUFACTURING, AS “MURPHY’S MONDAY MANUFACTURER”

Click here or the image above to view video. WASHINGTON – Today, in an interview on CNN’s Newsroom just days after two journalists were fatally shot on live television, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) called on Congress to act “in any way, shape or form” to reduce gun violence in America. Murphy, who co-authored the... Read More about MURPHY CALLS ON CONGRESS TO ACT “IN ANY WAY, SHAPE, OR FORM” TO REDUCE GUN VIOLENCE

DANBURY – Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy, U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal, and U.S. Representative Elizabeth Esty announced that the Danbury Fire Department received an Assistance to Firefighter Grant (AFG) in the amount of $336,728 from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). This AFG grant will allow the... Read More about ESTY, BLUMENTHAL, MURPHY ANNOUNCE $336,728 GRANT FOR THE DANBURY FIRE DEPARTMENT

HARTFORD - The Connecticut delegation and Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that the State of Connecticut has been designated by the federal government as being the first state in the nation to have ended chronic homelessness among veterans. Ending chronic homelessness among veterans is a milestone for Connecticut in its efforts to end... Read More about CONNECTICUT DELEGATION, MALLOY ANNOUNCE THAT CONNECTICUT IS FIRST STATE IN AMERICA TO END CHRONIC VETERAN HOMELESSNESS