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

WASHINGTION – Today, in response to the decision by FirstLight Power Resources (FLPR) to reduce its funding to the Candlewood Lake Authority (CLA) by 80 percent, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) sent a letter to President & CEO Zin Smati of GDF Suez Energy North America, Inc. – FLPR’s parent company – urging FLPR to... Read More about MURPHY URGES FIRSTLIGHT POWER RESOURCES TO RESTORE FUNDING CUTS TO CANDLEWOOD LAKE

WASHINGTION – Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), leader of the Senate Democrats’ #ACAWorks campaign, released the following statement after House Republicans unveiled a 2016 budget proposal that would completely repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA). This is the more than 50th misguided attempt by Republicans to repeal or... Read More about MURPHY STATEMENT ON LATEST ATTEMPT BY HOUSE REPUBLICANS TO REPEAL AFFORDABLE CARE ACT

NEW BRITAIN – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced that B&F Machine Company, Inc. is this week’s “Murphy’s Monday Manufacturer.” B&F Machine was founded in 1972 by two brother-in-laws, Fred Bragoni and Carl Francalangia – veterans of the manufacturing industry – out of a... Read More about MURPHY HIGHLIGHTS LOCAL CONNECTICUT MANUFACTURER, B&F MACHINE COMPANY, INC., AS “MURPHY’S MONDAY MANUFACTURER”

HARTFORD - U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), and Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) today encouraged Connecticut veterans to apply for “academic boot camps” to be hosted by the Warrior-Scholar Project this summer. The program, which began at Yale University in 2012, is slated to... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL, DELAURO ENCOURAGE CONNECTICUT VETERANS TO APPLY FOR WARRIOR-SCHOLAR PROJECT “ACADEMIC BOOT CAMPS”

WASHINGTION – Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) questioned the Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) on the Bureau’s decision to abandon its proposal to ban the manufacturing and sale of armor-piercing bullets in the United States. In 1986, Congress passed the Law Enforcement Officers... Read More about MURPHY QUESTIONS ATF DIRECTOR ON DECISION TO ABANDON EFFORT TO BAN ARMOR-PIERCING BULLETS THAT ENDANGER POLICE

WASHINGTON – Yesterday, during the U.S. Senate Appropriations Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Subcommittee hearing on the FY16 HUD Budget request, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) highlighted the Resilient Bridgeport plan – an innovative resiliency project in Bridgeport, Connecticut proposed in the... Read More about IN APPROPRIATIONS HEARING, MURPHY TOUTS CONNECTICUT SANDY RECOVERY, URGES HUD SECRETARY CASTRO TO TOUR BRIDGEPORT

Hartford – U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) issued the following statement today regarding news that United Technologies may be considering a sale of Sikorsky: “For generations, Sikorsky and its uniquely skilled and highly-trained Connecticut workforce have provided our nation’s... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL STATEMENT REGARDING POSSIBILITY OF SIKORSKY SALE

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, released the following statement on President Obama’s “Student Aid Bill of Rights”: Too many people in Connecticut are burdened with unacceptably high levels of student loan debt – debt that... Read More about MURPHY STATEMENT ON THE “STUDENT AID BILL OF RIGHTS”

WASHINGTON – 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 today’s full committee hearing titled, “The President’s Request for Authorization to Use Force Against... Read More about MURPHY STATEMENT AFTER SECS. KERRY & CARTER TESTIFY ON PRESIDENT’S REQUEST FOR AUMF TO DEFEAT ISIL

Washington – Today, U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) issued the following statement after the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) abandoned their armor-piercing ammunition proposal: “We are troubled and disappointed that the ATF succumbed to pressure from gun groups and... Read More about Murphy, Blumenthal Statement On ATF Abandoning Armor-Piercing Ammunition Proposal

WASHINGTON – Today, during a U.S. Senate Appropriations Legislative Branch Subcommittee hearing, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) – leader of the Senate Democrats’ #ACAWorks campaign – questioned Congressional Budget Office Director Dr. Douglas Elmendorf on the issue of whether insurance subsidies were designed to flow to... Read More about ANSWERING MURPHY, CBO DIRECTOR CONFIRMS AGENCY’S UNDERSTANDING THAT ACA SUBSIDIES WOULD APPLY TO ALL 50 STATES

CROMWELL – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced that Floyd Manufacturing is this week’s “Murphy’s Monday Manufacturer.” In 1988, Edward Floyd founded the manufacturing business out of a small shop in Connecticut in order to provide new manufacturing services to consumers. Today, Floyd Manufacturing delivers... Read More about MURPHY HIGHLIGHTS LOCAL CONNECTICUT MANUFACTURER, FLOYD MANUFACTURING, AS “MURPHY’S MONDAY MANUFACTURER”

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement after 47 Senate Republicans sent an open letter to Iran’s leaders in an apparent attempt to undermine the negotiations: “This partisan letter from several of my colleagues is nothing more... Read More about MURPHY STATEMENT ON GOP LETTER TO IRANIAN LEADERS

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Subcommittee, released the following statement regarding legislation passed by the House of Representatives on March 4th that would study the creation of high-speed rail service... Read More about ON APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE, MURPHY WILL OPPOSE HOUSE PLAN FOR NEW HIGH-SPEED RAIL SERVICE THAT BYPASSES CONNECTICUT

Hartford – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), and Congresswoman Elizabeth Esty (D-Conn.) issued the following statement regarding the report released today by the Sandy Hook Advisory Commission: “We commend the Sandy Hook Advisory Commission for their diligent and dedicated service in... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL, ESTY ISSUE STATEMENT ON SANDY HOOK ADVISORY COMMISSION REPORT

WASHINGTON – Today, following oral arguments in the high-stakes King v. Burwell case at the Supreme Court, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) was joined by U.S. Senator Al Franken (D-Minn.) and beneficiaries of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to affirm that the ACA, as written, is crystal clear and that a flawed, politicized decision in King... Read More about MURPHY, FRANKEN, AND ACA BENEFICIARIES HIGHLIGHT CLARITY OF ACA & POTENTIALLY DISASTROUS CONSEQUENCES OF POLITICIZED KING v. BURWELL DECISION