WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Congresswoman Elizabeth Esty (D-Conn.) applauded a $1.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office for Victims of Crime to support victims, first responders and members of the Newtown community in the wake of the shooting at... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL, ESTY APPLAUD DOJ FUNDING FOR NEWTOWN COMMUNITY

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) released the following statement on the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013, which will face a procedural vote this morning in the U.S. Senate: “This budget deal will spare our country from another senseless government shutdown and from even more automatic budget cuts scheduled to take effect... Read More about MURPHY STATEMENT ON THE BIPARTISAN BUDGET ACT OF 2013

WASHINGTON—Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Chairman of the Foreign Relations Subcommittee on European Affairs, U.S. Senator Ron Johnson (R-Wisc.), Ranking Member on the Foreign Relations Subcommittee on European Affairs, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), and U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) announced a resolution to express... Read More about MURPHY, JOHNSON, SHAHEEN, DURBIN INTRODUCE RESOLUTION CALLING FOR PEACEFUL END TO CRISIS IN UKRAINE, CLOSER COOPERATION WITH EUROPE

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Chris Murphy(D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and U.S. Congresswoman Elizabeth Esty (D-Conn.) released the following statement regarding today’s announcement by Vice President Joe Biden that the Administration will invest $100 million to increase access to mental... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL, ESTY STATEMENT ON NEW FEDERAL INVESTMENT IN MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) released the following statement after the Senate passed the Undetectable Firearms Act, which renews the federal ban on plastic guns for ten years:   Undetectable plastic guns aren’t science fiction anymore—3-D printers can... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL STATEMENT ON SENATE RENEWAL OF FEDERAL BAN ON PLASTIC GUNS

HARTFORD—In an effort to prevent more than 1.3 million long-term unemployed workers from losing their unemployment insurance at the end of December—and millions more from having no benefits after their initial 26 weeks of unemployment insurance (UI) are exhausted during the course of 2014—U.S. Senators Chris Murphy... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL URGE REAUTHORIZATION OF KEY UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE PROGRAM

HARTFORD—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on European Affairs, released the following statement regarding the growing public unrest in Ukraine in the wake of President Viktor Yanukovich’s refusal to sign accords to establish closer ties with the European Union: The Ukrainian... Read More about MURPHY STATEMENT ON GROWING CRISIS IN UKRAINE

BERLIN – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) released the following statement on the agreement reached between the United States, United Kingdom, France, Russia, China, and Germany (P5+1) and Iran: The deal struck this morning between the United States, our allies, and Iran is a wise and necessary first step toward resolving the decades-long... Read More about MURPHY STATEMENT ON P5+1 AGREEMENT WITH IRAN

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) released the following statement on the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Warsaw, Poland: Typhoon Haiyan wasn't a freak storm—it was part of the “new normal” in major global weather events. While we can't trace the causes of one storm alone, we know that they are... Read More about MURPHY STATEMENT ON UN CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) released the following statement on the Senate vote to reform the filibuster and allow for up or down votes on most judicial nominees: You can shut down the government by refusing to fund it, but you can also shut it down by refusing to let people do the job of running it.  That's... Read More about MURPHY STATEMENT ON SENATE RULES CHANGES TO END OBSTRUCTIONS OF JUDICIAL NOMINEES

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on European Affairs, U.S. Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart (R-Fla.), Chairman of the Transatlantic Legislators’ Dialogue, and U.S. Congressman Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.) a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee,... Read More about MURPHY, DIAZ-BALART, MEEKS TO TRAVEL TO EUROPE TO DISCUSS TRANSATLANTIC PARTNERSHIP, ALLEGED NSA SURVEILLANCE

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) introduced the American Jobs Matter Act (S. 1246) as an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act. The American Jobs Matter Act will require the Department of Defense, for the first time, to measure domestic employment as a factor in rewarding a manufacturing contract. Under... Read More about MURPHY FILES AMERICAN JOBS MATTER ACT AS AMENDMENT TO NDAA, URGES ACTION TO KEEP MANUFACTURING JOBS IN UNITED STATES

WASHINGTON – In a bipartisan, bicameral letter to House and Senate leadership, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), and Congressman Joe Courtney (D-Conn.) joined 35 of their colleagues to urge funding for fisheries disaster relief in the final funding package for Fiscal Year 2014. For years,... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL, COURTNEY URGE FEDERAL FUNDING FOR CONNECTICUT FISHERIES DISASTER

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), and U.S. Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) issued the following statements after the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) notified Congress it is canceling its contract for MI-17 helicopters with Rosoboronexport – a Russian state-owned company that also... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL, DELAURO APPLAUD PENTAGON DECISION TO END RUSSIAN HELICOPTER CONTRACT

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) released the following statement in response to discussions about the Senate debating a new round of sanctions on Iran, possibly during consideration of the National Defense Authorization Act next week. The new sanctions are being discussed in Congress as leaders from the P5+1—the United... Read More about MURPHY URGES RESTRAINT ON NEW IRAN SANCTIONS DURING ONGOING NUCLEAR TALKS

WASHINGTON—Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) joined U.S. Senator Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee and Democratic Committee members to introduce the Strong Start for America’s Children Act, legislation to expand access to high-quality early learning programs... Read More about MURPHY, SENATE HELP COMMITTEE INTRODUCE LEGISLATION TO EXPAND ACCESS TO HIGH-QUALITY EARLY LEARNING PROGRAMS

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on European Affairs, Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) and nine of their Senate colleagues sent a letter to Dr. Thomas Bach, President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), expressing concern about the... Read More about MURPHY, BOXER, MERKLEY AND COLLEAGUES URGE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE TO RECONSIDER RULING ON RUSSIAN ANTI-LGBT LAW

WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) released the following statement on the Employee Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), which passed in the U.S. Senate by a vote of 64-32. For too long, our friends, neighbors, and family members have faced unconscionable discrimination at work because of who they love.  In some parts of the... Read More about MURPHY STATEMENT ON SENATE PASSAGE OF FEDERAL WORKPLACE DISCRIMINATION BILL

WASHINGTON – Last night, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) delivered a speech on the floor of the Senate, highlighting the urgent need to pass the Employee Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA). This legislation would broaden federal employment discrimination policy to include protections for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender individuals, and... Read More about MURPHY PUSHES SENATE ON NEED TO PASS FEDERAL WORKPLACE DISCRIMINATION BILL, HIGHLIGHTS CT COMPANIES' COMMITTMENT TO EQUALITY

WASHINGTON—Today, U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) announced that in response to concerns that they raised over the last two months, the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) has now indicated that it has altered its plan to turn the only secure facility for women... Read More about SENATORS ANNOUNCE CHANGES TO FCI DANBURY TRANSFER