WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) today introduced bipartisan legislation with U.S. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Charles E. Schumer (D-NY), and New York Representatives Steve Israel (D-3) and Lee Zeldin (D-1), to continue to support the restoration of Long Island Sound through 2020.... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL INTRODUCE BIPARTISAN LEGISLATION TO PROTECT AND RESTORE LONG ISLAND SOUND

WASHINGTON – During a speech delivered at the Wilson Center earlier today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, outlined eight, forward-looking foreign policy principles to guide America’s role as a global leader in the 21st Century. The principles, as laid out in an op-ed... Read More about MURPHY UNVEILS A NEW FOREIGN POLICY FOR AMERICA IN REMARKS AT WILSON CENTER

STAMFORD —Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) were joined by U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-N.J.) for a meeting with local teens who have experienced the juvenile justice system firsthand. Murphy, Blumenthal, and Booker organized the roundtable with teens and advocates to listen and learn... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL HOST SENATOR CORY BOOKER, LOCAL TEENS & ADVOCATES FOR ROUNDTABLE ON JUVENILE JUSTICE REFORM

HARTFORD, CT – Members of Connecticut’s Congressional delegation and Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that the Connecticut Department of Labor has been awarded more than $3.8 million in federal funding that will be used to develop innovative job-training programs focused on building talent pipelines for companies through... Read More about State Receives $3.8 Million Federal Grant To Develop Regional Training Programs

HARTFORD – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) today issued a statement applauding a vote by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to modernize the Lifeline program. Earlier this month, Murphy introduced the Broadband Adoption Act of 2015, which would instruct the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to establish a broadband Lifeline... Read More about MURPHY APPLAUDS FCC DECISION TO EXPAND BROADBAND ACCESS FOR LOW-INCOME AMERICANS

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) released the following statement after the U.S. Senate passed his amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act that will increase Congressional oversight of the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) by requiring more transparency about DoD’s overuse of Buy American Act waivers... Read More about SENATE PASSES MURPHY ‘BUY AMERICAN’ AMENDMENT TO BOOST AMERICAN MANUFACTURING

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) released the following statement regarding Wednesday night’s fatal shooting at a church in Charleston, South Carolina. “My sincerest condolences go out to the family members, friends, and loved ones of the nine individuals who tragically lost their lives as a result of last... Read More about MURPHY STATEMENT ON CHARLESTON SHOOTING

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) introduced legislation that will promote increased law enforcement cooperation and boost transatlantic relations. The bipartisan Judicial Redress Act of 2015 extends core benefits of the... Read More about MURPHY, HATCH INTRODUCE JUDICIAL REDRESS ACT OF 2015

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) released the following statement after voting to support the McCain-Feinstein amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act, which he cosponsored, that will prohibit the U.S. government from using torture or any other extreme techniques not specified in the Army Field Manual during... Read More about MURPHY STATEMENT ON PASSAGE OF ANTI-TORTURE AMENDMENT TO DEFENSE BILL

NORTH HAVEN – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced that Precision Combustion, Inc. (PCI), a clean energy technology company, is this week’s “Murphy’s Monday Manufacturer.” PCI was established in 1986 in a 660 square foot space in New Haven’s Science Park. Today, after years of continued growth, the... Read More about MURPHY HIGHLIGHTS LOCAL CONNECTICUT MANUFACTURER, PRECISION COMBUSTION, INC., AS “MURPHY’S MONDAY MANUFACTURER”

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) released the following statement after United Technologies Corp. (UTC) announced it will sell or spin off their Stratford-based Sikorsky Aircraft business: “This news is no surprise, and my focus remains on ensuring that Sikorsky helicopters continue to be made in Connecticut no... Read More about MURPHY STATEMENT ON UTC’S ANNOUNCEMENT OF SIKORSKY SALE

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), and Congresswoman Elizabeth Esty (D-Conn.) joined Congressman Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) in introducing the Handgun Purchaser Licensing Act of 2015. Their legislation would crack down on violence by helping states develop and implement licensing programs... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL, VAN HOLLEN, ESTY INTRODUCE BILL TO ENCOURAGE LICENSING REQUIREMENTS FOR HANDGUN PURCHASES

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, released the following statement regarding defense funding included in the FY2016 Defense Appropriations Bill, which he voted for and which passed out of committee earlier today. “I fought for a seat on the Appropriations... Read More about MURPHY CALLS DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS A VICTORY FOR CONNECTICUT

WASHINGTON – Today U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), and Patty Murray (D-Wash.) introduced the Affordability is Access Act, a new bill that would build on contraception coverage access in the Affordable Care Act by ensuring that when the FDA approves birth control pills for over the counter use, they... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL, MURRAY ANNOUNCE AFFORDABILITY IS ACCESS ACT: NEW LEGISLATION TO EXPAND ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE OVER-THE-COUNTER BIRTH CONTROL

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) delivered testimony during a U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks urging his Senate colleagues to move quickly to pass his Lower Farmington River and Salmon Brook Wild and Scenic River Act – which would create a U.S. National Park Service... Read More about MURPHY CALLS ON SENATE COMMITTEE TO PROTECT LOWER FARMINGTON RIVER, PASS WILD & SCENIC RIVER ACT

WASHINGTON – Today, as the UN World Food Program (WFP) faces a critical funding shortfall and millions of refugees risk losing access to food and other forms of humanitarian support, 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... Read More about MURPHY URGES FOREIGN ALLIES TO CONTRIBUTE TO WORLD FOOD PROGRAM AMID FUNDING CRISIS

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) issued the following statements on the U.S. Navy’s announcement that it will be establishing the Undersea Warfighting Development Center at U.S. Naval Submarine Base New London. The new center will support the training... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL COMMEND NEW UNDERSEA WARFIGHTING DEVELOPMENT CENTER AT SUBMARINE BASE NEW LONDON

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) released a joint statement hailing U.S. Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter’s announcement that the Pentagon will protect gay, lesbian and bisexual troops from discrimination. Secretary Carter’s announcement comes just days after Murphy... Read More about MURPHY, BALDWIN HAIL PENTAGON’S MOVE TO INCLUDE SEXUAL ORIENTATION IN ANTI-DISCRIMINATION POLICY

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Near East, South Asia, Central Asia, and Counterterrorism, introduced an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that would prevent the United States from sending American ground troops to engage in... Read More about MURPHY INTRODUCES AMENDMENT TO BAN DEPLOYMENT OF AMERICAN GROUND TROOPS TO IRAQ & SYRIA

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) and U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) today released new, forward-looking foreign policy principles to guide America’s role as a global leader in the 21st Century. The principles, as laid out in an op-ed published today in Foreign Affairs, provide... Read More about MURPHY, SCHATZ, HEINRICH UNVEIL NEW, FORWARD-LOOKING FOREIGN POLICY PRINCIPLES