WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) released the following statement denouncing the Senate for voting to pass H.R. 22, the surface transportation funding bill, which weakens important Buy America provisions that create and protect American jobs. The bill increases the $1 million Buy America threshold required by Amtrak to... Read More about MURPHY DECRIES WEAKENING OF BUY AMERICA PROVISIONS IN SURFACE TRANSPORATION FUNDING BILL

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) released the following statement after voting against H.R. 22, the surface transportation funding bill: "Over the last year, I have been calling on Congress to find a long-term, sustainable source of funding for America's broken system of roads and rails. Instead, the bill the Senate... Read More about MURPHY STATEMENT ON VOTE AGAINST TRANSPORTATION BILL

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee and leader of the Senate Democrats’ #ACAWorks Campaign, released the following statement in advance of tomorrow’s 50th anniversary of the signing of Medicare into law. "For fifty years, Medicare and Medicaid... Read More about MURPHY STATEMENT ON THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF MEDICARE

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and U.S. Congressmen John Larson (CT-1), Joe Courtney (CT-2), Rosa DeLauro (CT-3), Jim Himes (CT-4), and Elizabeth Esty (CT-5) announced that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has... Read More about CONNECTICUT DELEGATION ANNOUNCES $12.4 MILLION IN EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FUNDING

WASHINGTON – Today, Senators Chris Murphy, Chuck Schumer, and Richard Blumenthal joined Everytown for Gun Safety and Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, a part of Everytown, along with survivors of gun violence from Charleston, Aurora, Isla Vista and Georgia, to demand a vote from Congress on life-saving background check... Read More about SENATORS MURPHY, SCHUMER AND BLUMENTHAL JOIN EVERYTOWN, MOMS DEMAND ACTION AND GUN VIOLENCE SURVIVORS TO DEMAND A VOTE ON LEGISLATION TO KEEP GUNS OUT OF DANGEROUS HANDS

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), and 11 of their Senate colleagues urged gun dealers to stop selling firearms to people who do not first pass a background check. When a criminal background check indicates that a firearm purchaser may have a criminal record, the Federal Bureau of... Read More about IN WAKE OF TRAGIC CHARLESTON SHOOTING, SENATORS IMPLORE FIREARM DEALERS TO CEASE GUN SALES UNTIL BACKGROUND CHECK IS COMPLETED, STOP DEFAULT SALES IF CHECK IS PENDING BEYOND 72 HOURS

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) called on the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to investigate fraudulent or misleading “Made in the U.S.A.” claims made by retailers and manufacturers. Murphy’s call follows an investigation by NBC Connecticut into these fraudulent claims, as well as an... Read More about MURPHY CALLS ON FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION TO INVESTIGATE & PREVENT FRAUDULENT “MADE IN THE U.S.A.” ORIGIN LABELING

SHELTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced today that Lex Products Corporation, a manufacturer of portable and permanent power distribution and control systems, is this week’s “Murphy’s Monday Manufacturer.” Lex Products was founded in West Haven in 1989 and has operated out of Connecticut ever since.... Read More about MURPHY HIGHLIGHTS LOCAL CONNECTICUT MANUFACTURER, LEX PRODUCTS CORP., AS “MURPHY’S MONDAY MANUFACTURER”

WASHINGTON – Today, in response to an alarming new study that appeared in Health Affairs, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, called on the Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) of the 50 U.S. hospitals with the highest markups to immediately institute more reasonable... Read More about MURPHY TO FOR-PROFIT HOSPITALS: STOP GOUGING THE UNINSURED

HARTFORD – Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) released the following statement regarding Thursday night’s fatal shooting at a movie theater in Lafayette, Louisiana: “I’m praying for the victims, their loved ones, and the entire Lafayette community as they begin to try to understand and cope with the realities of last... Read More about MURPHY STATEMENT ON LOUISIANA THEATER SHOOTING

HARTFORD – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) released a statement applauding the U.S. Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx’s announcement today that the Department of Transportation would investigate possible price gouging by airlines following May’s deadly Amtrak derailment. Murphy first called for the investigation in a... Read More about MURPHY APPLAUDS DEPT. OF TRANSPORTATION FOR ANSWERING HIS CALL TO INVESTIGATE AIRLINE PRICE GOUGING AFTER MAY’S AMTRAK DERAILMENT

HARTFORD – U.S. Sens. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and U.S. Representatives Rosa DeLauro (D-3), Jim Himes (D-4) and Elizabeth Esty (D-5) announced today a $70,000 federal grant for the Shelton Economic Development Corporation to advance economic development in the Valley and greater Waterbury region. The... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL, DELAURO, HIMES, ESTY ANNOUNCE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AWARD FOR VALLEY, WATERBURY AREA

WASHINGTON – Today, just weeks after Republican inaction caused the Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im) to expire on July 1, 2015, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) released a report outlining the critical role that the Ex-Im Bank plays in supporting thousands of jobs along Connecticut’s Aerospace... Read More about MURPHY ISSUES REPORT ON CRITICAL IMPORTANCE OF EXPORT-IMPORT BANK TO CONNECTICUT AEROSPACE MANUFACTURERS & JOBS

COLCHESTER – Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced that Alpha Q, Inc., a custom manufacturer based out of Colchester, is this week’s “Murphy’s Monday Manufacturer.” Founded in 1964, Alpha Q offers precision-tolerance milling, turning, grinding, and assembly services to customers around the world in the... Read More about MURPHY HIGHLIGHTS LOCAL CONNECTICUT MANUFACTURER, ALPHA Q, INC., AS “MURPHY’S MONDAY MANUFACTURER”

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) released the following statement on Sikorsky: "For nearly 90 years, Sikorsky has provided generations and generations of hard working Connecticut residents with stable and meaningful career opportunities. In turn, Connecticut workers have manufactured the best helicopters ever made.... Read More about MURPHY STATEMENT ON SIKORSKY

HARTFORD – Following yet another shocking report by Reveal from the Center for Investigative Reporting, U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.)Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), along with their colleagues Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), and Tom Carper (D-Del.) today called on the Secretary of Veterans... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL, COLLEAGUES: ‘TERRIBLE FAILURE OF OUR PROMISE TO VETERANS AND TAXPAYERS’ WHEN GI BILL BENEFITS WASTED ON QUESTIONABLE INSTITUTIONS

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) released the following statement after the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ruled that employment discrimination based on sexual orientation is illegal under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. "Every individual – no matter who you are, who you love, and what... Read More about MURPHY STATEMENT ON EEOC’S RULING THAT DISCRIMINATION BASED ON SEXUAL ORIENTATION IS ILLEGAL

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), U.S. Senator Susan Collins (R-Maine), and U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) announced the reintroduction of their World War II Merchant Mariner Service Act, legislation that would direct the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to accept additional documentation when... Read More about MURPHY, COLLINS, BLUMENTHAL INTRODUCE BIPARTISAN LEGISLATION TO RECOGNIZE WWII COASTWISE MERCHANT MARINERS FOR THEIR SERVICE

Click here to view the video. WASHINGTON – Today, in an appearance on MSNBC’s Morning Joe, 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, spoke about the potential consequences if Congress opposes the Iran nuclear... Read More about MURPHY ON IRAN DEAL: “I’M JUST AMAZED THAT THERE IS SUCH A CASUALNESS OF OPPOSITION GIVEN THE CONSEQUENCES”

Washington, DC - Today, U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), and Patty Murray (D-Wash.), and U.S. Representatives Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) and Bobby Scott (D-Va.), as well as 75 of their colleagues introduced the Schedules that Work Act in the Senate and House. The legislation addresses unstable, unpredictable, and... Read More about MURPHY, WARREN, DeLAURO, MURRAY, SCOTT INTRODUCE SCHEDULES THAT WORK ACT TO END UNSTABLE SCHEDULING PRACTICES