HARTFORD - Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), andCongresswoman Elizabeth Esty (D-Conn.) introduced the Jesse Lewis Empowering Educators Act to provide teachers powerful tools and training to support students’ social and emotional learning. The bill is named in honor of Jesse... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL, ESTY ANNOUNCE BILL IN HONOR OF SANDY HOOK’S JESSE LEWIS TO PROVIDE SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL LEARNING SKILLS TO TEACHERS

HARTFORD – Today, on National Stand Up 4 Transportation Day, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) was joined by Congresswoman Elizabeth Esty (D-Conn.), Governor Dannel P. Malloy, Lieutenant Governor Nancy Wyman, Commissioner Jim Redeker of the Connecticut Department of Transportation, transportation advocates, and other elected officials in... Read More about MURPHY “STANDS UP 4 TRANSPORTATION”, CALLS FOR PASSAGE OF LONG-TERM TRANSPORTATION BILL

Hartford – U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and  Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) today issued a joint statement praising President Obama’s decision to issue a federal disaster declaration, providing federal snow assistance in connection with the January blizzard. “The President’s decision will rightfully... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERAL DISASTER DECLARATION FOR JANUARY BLIZZARD

GROTON –Today, after completing a working shift at General Dynamics Electric Boat (EB) in Groton, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced that EB would be this week’s “Murphy’s Monday Manufacturer.”  Murphy began his shift at EB at 6:30am Monday alongside many of EB’s skilled workers. During his shift,... Read More about MURPHY SPENDS “DAY IN THE LIFE” WITH GENERAL DYNAMICS ELECTRIC BOAT EMPLOYEES, HIGHLIGHTS COMPANY AS “MURPHY’S MONDAY MANUFACTURER”

HARTFORD – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) urged the Co-Chairs and Ranking Members of the Connecticut General Assembly’s Joint Committee on Judiciary to enact H.B. 7050, legislation that places reasonable limits on the use of shackles in Connecticut’s juvenile courts. Murphy, who has been working to dramatically change the... Read More about MURPHY URGES CONNECTICUT GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO STRENGTHEN JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM, RESTRICT USE OF SHACKLES ON YOUTH

HARTFORD – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) released the following statement after negotiators in Switzerland announced that Iran and the P5+1 agreed on a path forward for continued nuclear negotiations. Murphy believes strongly that peaceful negotiations with the world’s greatest powers is the best way to ensure Iran never acquires... Read More about MURPHY STATEMENT ON IRAN NUCLEAR NEGOTIATIONS

HARTFORD - The Connecticut Delegation wrote a letter to the President of the United States urging him to grant Governor Malloy’s request for a presidential disaster declaration due to the blizzard that hit Connecticut in early January of this year. The storm, which lasted from January 26th until January 28th, hit Connecticut towns and... Read More about CONNECTICUT DELEGATION URGES THE PRESIDENT TO GRANT CONNECTICUT A PRESIDENTIAL DISASTER DECLARATION FROM BLIZZARD IN JANUARY OF THIS YEAR

WALLINGFORD – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced that Holo-Krome is this week’s “Murphy’s Monday Manufacturer.” Holo-Krome, which was founded in West Hartford in 1929, manufactures a wide range of fastener products – like socket head cap screws, dowel pins, pressure plugs, shoulder bolts, allenuts, and... Read More about MURPHY HIGHLIGHTS LOCAL CONNECTICUT MANUFACTURER, HOLO-KROME AS “MURPHY’S MONDAY MANUFACTURER”

HARTFORD – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) released the following statement after Mexican officials announced a landmark commitment to cut their greenhouse gas emissions by 22 percent by the year 2030. Mexico’s commitment was announced ahead of the December 2015 summit in Paris to assemble a global agreement limiting greenhouse gas... Read More about MURPHY APPLAUDS MEXICO ON COMMITMENT TO REDUCE CARBON POLLUTION

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) released the following statement after voting against the Senate Republican budget, which attacks jobs, training programs, health insurance, and other hard-earned benefits and needs of Connecticut residents: “The Republican budget is a nightmare for Connecticut in every respect. It... Read More about MURPHY STATEMENT ON VOTE AGAINST SENATE REPUBLICANS’ BUDGET

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) released the following statement after Senate Democratic Leader U.S. Senator Harry Reid (D-Nev.) announced that he will be retiring at the end of the 114th Congress. "Harry Reid has had a legendary career in the U.S. Senate. Harry is tough as nails, but you don’t have to dig very... Read More about MURPHY STATEMENT ON HARRY REID’S RETIREMENT

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, and U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-La.) applauded their Senate colleagues for unanimously passing a Murphy-Cassidy budget amendment that sets the stage for a comprehensive reform of our nation’s mental... Read More about SENATE UNANIMOUSLY PASSES MURPHY-CASSIDY BUDGET AMENDMENT CALLING FOR COMPREHENSIVE MENTAL HEALTH REFORM

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) called on Commissioner Rob Klee of Connecticut’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP), as well as Mr. Jason Hellendrung, ASLA, and Mr. Allen Penniman, AICP, of Sasaki Associates, Inc. – a firm hired by Connecticut DEEP – to preserve Waterford’s... Read More about MURPHY URGES CONNECTICUT DEPT. OF ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION TO PRESERVE WATERFORD’S HISTORICAL SEASIDE CLINIC

WASHINGTON – Today, in response to reports of violence in hospitals and other healthcare settings around Connecticut, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) – a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee – called on United States Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez of the Department of Labor to develop a... Read More about MURPHY CALLS ON DEPARTMENT OF LABOR TO CREATE WORKPLACE SAFETY STANDARD FOR HEALTHCARE WORKERS

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, released the following statement after President Ashraf Ghani of Afghanistan addressed a joint session of Congress: “I commend President Ghani and Chief... Read More about MURPHY STATEMENT ON AFGHAN PRESIDENT ASHRAF GHANI’S ADDRESS TO JOINT SESSION OF CONGRESS

EASTFORD – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced that Whitcraft Group – an Eastford-based supplier of formed, fabricated, and precision machined components and assemblies that was founded in 1960 – is this week’s “Murphy’s Monday Manufacturer.” In 1998, current owners Colin Cooper and... Read More about MURPHY HIGHLIGHTS LOCAL CONNECTICUT MANUFACTURER, WHITCRAFT GROUP, AS “MURPHY’S MONDAY MANUFACTURER”

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), leader of the Senate Democrats’ #ACAworks campaign, together with U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.), U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), U.S.... Read More about SENATE DEMS MARK AFFORDABLE CARE ACT ANNIVERSARY, DECRY GOP EFFORTS TO ROLL BACK PROGRESS

HARTFORD – Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), leader of the Senate Democrats’ #ACAWorks campaign, released the following statement celebrating tomorrow’s five-year anniversary of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) being signed into law. “Five years in, it’s clear the Affordable Care Act is doing exactly what it was... Read More about MURPHY HAILS FIVE YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT

WASHINGTION – Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-N.J.), U.S. Congresswoman Katherine Clark (D-Mass.), and U.S. Congressman Danny K. Davis (D-Ill.) were joined by original cosponsors U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-Wash.) and... Read More about MURPHY, BOOKER & REPS. CLARK, DAVIS & SCOTT INTRODUCE BILL TO ESTABLISH POSITIVE SCHOOL CLIMATE FOR STUDENTS

WASHINGTION – Today, on National Agriculture Day, and as the deadline for the 2016 budget resolution nears, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) called on his colleagues to fund the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program (BFRDP) at the highest levels possible. With the BFRDP fully funded,... Read More about ON NATIONAL AGRICULTURE DAY, MURPHY CALLS FOR STRENGTHENED OPPORTUNITIES FOR CONNECTICUT’S NEW & ASPIRING FARMERS