HARTFORD—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) today sent a letter to Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) outlining his priorities for tax reform in the U.S. Senate. Senators Baucus and Hatch have solicited input from senators as part of their ‘blank-slate’ approach as a... Read More about MURPHY OUTLINES PRIORITIES FOR TAX REFORM IN LETTER TO BAUCUS, HATCH

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) will today propose an amendment to S.1243, the Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development Appropriations Act, that will require the Department of Transportation (DOT) to assess the impact on American jobs before issuing a waiver to the Buy America provision in federal procurement laws. Murphy... Read More about MURPHY INTRODUCES BUY AMERICA AMENDMENT TO TRANSPORTATION SPENDING BILL

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) released the following statement in advance of the expected Senate vote on H.R. 1911. My wife and I know the squeeze that millions of families are in today, as we pay back our student loans while trying to put away money for our kids' future college education.  It is harder than ever for... Read More about MURPHY STATEMENT ON FLAWED STUDENT LOAN PROPOSAL

WASHINGTON—Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) released the following statement on the Senate vote to confirm Gina McCarthy as Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). McCarthy is Connecticut’s former Environmental Protection Commissioner. Gina McCarthy understands that protecting the environment isn’t a... Read More about MURPHY STATEMENT ON CONFIRMATION OF GINA MCCARTHY AS EPA ADMINISTRATOR

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Chairman of the Foreign Relations Subcommittee on European Affairs, released the following statement on the conviction of Alexei Navalny, an anti-corruption activist and prominent critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin: I am deeply disappointed and disturbed by today’s conviction of... Read More about MURPHY STATEMENT ON CONVICTION OF ALEXEI NAVALNY IN RUSSIA

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) today called on U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel to crack down on counterfeit parts from foreign countries entering America’s defense supply chain. On Wednesday, The Day reported that the U.S. Naval Submarine Base in Groton received counterfeit semiconductors from Hong Kong or... Read More about MURPHY CALLS ON SEC. HAGEL TO CRACK DOWN ON FOREIGN COUNTERFEIT PARTS IN U.S. DEFENSE SUPPLY CHAIN, URGES FOCUS ON BUY AMERICAN POLICY

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Chairman of the Foreign Relations Subcommittee on European Affairs, issued the following statement on the arrests of individuals in Turkey involved with recent political protests. Last month, Murphy called on the Turkish government to allow peaceful demonstrations and freedom of speech... Read More about MURPHY STATEMENT ON RECENT ARRESTS IN TURKEY

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) today called on the United States Department of Transportation to launch an investigation into whether Saudi Arabian Airlines is violating federal anti-discrimination laws.  A story published in Monday’s New York Post revealed that the Jeddah-based... Read More about MURPHY, SCHUMER CALL FOR INVESTIGATION OF SAUDI ARABIAN AIRLINES FOR DISCRIMINATING AGAINST ISRAELI CITIZENS AT U.S. AIRPORTS

NORWICH—Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) released data about veterans and their spouses who have died before receiving the benefits they were owed from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Nationwide, in 2012, 3,959 claimants, including 2,985 veterans and 974 surviving spouses, died while a disability compensation or pension... Read More about MURPHY RELEASES DATA ON VETERAN AND SPOUSE DEATHS WHILE AWAITING BENEFITS DUE TO VA BACKLOG, DISCUSSES LEGISLATIVE SOLUTIONS

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) called on Roger Davis, CEO of Zombie Industries, to immediately end sales of its “Gun Control Lobbyist” shooting target. The target, which the company is marketing to its customers as a way to simulate shooting one of the many people and families who came to Washington to... Read More about MURPHY CALLS ON ‘ZOMBIE INDUSTRIES’ TO CEASE SALE OF ‘GUN CONTROL LOBBYIST’ SHOOTING TARGET

WASHINGTON— Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) released the following statement on the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee’s passage of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA). It’s frankly amazing that in this day and age in some parts of the country that you can be fired for having a... Read More about MURPHY STATEMENT ON HELP COMMITTEE PASSAGE OF ENDA

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on European Affairs, released the following statement after the French government today called for a ‘temporary suspension’ of major trade negotiations set to begin Monday between the United States and the European Union: While... Read More about MURPHY STATEMENT ON US-EU TRADE TALKS

HARTFORD—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) today announced major federal legislation to protect and grow defense manufacturing jobs in Connecticut. Murphy was joined by U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn), an original cosponsor of Murphy’s bill, workers and business owners from several Connecticut defense manufacturers to tell... Read More about MURPHY INTRODUCES MAJOR LEGISLATION TO PROTECT & GROW DEFENSE MANUFACTURING JOBS IN CT

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) released the following statement on final Senate passage of the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act (S. 744): Immigration reform used to be untouchable in Congress. But today, we can celebrate how far we’ve come with bipartisan passage of... Read More about MURPHY LAUDS FINAL SENATE PASSAGE OF THE IMMIGRATION BILL

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) released the following statement in response to the United States Supreme Court’s ruling to strike down the Defense of Marriage Act, and its decision on the State of California’s Proposition 8: It has often been said that the arc of moral history bends only toward justice, and... Read More about MURPHY STATEMENT ON SUPREME COURT RULING ON MARRIAGE EQUALITY CASES

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) released the following statement in response to the United States Supreme Court’s 5-4 ruling to invalidate key portions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965: This is a deeply disappointing decision by the Court today, and a big step backwards for the health of our democracy. The Voting Rights... Read More about MURPHY STATEMENT ON SUPREME COURT RULING ON VOTING RIGHTS ACT

Video of Murphy’s Senate floor speech on this topic can be found here WASHINGTON –Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) spoke on the U.S. Senate floor about an amendment he introduced (S.AMDT.1451) to the immigration bill currently being debated in the Senate. Murphy’s amendment would prohibit immigrant children from being... Read More about MURPHY INTRODUCES IMMIGRATION AMENDMENT TO PROTECT IMMIGRANT CHILDREN FROM ABUSE IN DETENTION FACILITIES

WASHINGTON—Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and U.S. Senator Robert Menendez (D-N.J.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, led a group of 15 U.S. Senators in writing to Secretary of State John Kerry ahead of his trip this coming weekend to New Delhi, urging him to... Read More about MURPHY, MENENDEZ URGE SEC. KERRY TO ADDRESS SUPER POLLUTANTS ON TRIP TO INDIA

WASHINGTON—Today, U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Tom Udall (D-N.M.), Mike Lee (R-Utah), and Rand Paul (R-Ky.) introduced bipartisan legislation to prohibit the President from using any funds on activities that would escalate U.S. involvement in the Syrian civil war. The bill would ban the Department of Defense, the CIA and all other... Read More about MURPHY, UDALL, LEE, PAUL INTRODUCE BILL TO BLOCK MILITARY FUNDS TO SYRIA

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) released the following statement after the White House announced new intelligence estimates regarding the Assad regime’s use of chemical weapons in Syria, and its intentions to expand U.S. assistance to opposition forces in the country: Tonight, the Administration announced that the Assad... Read More about MURPHY STATEMENT ON MILITARY ASSISTANCE TO SYRIAN OPPOSITION GROUPS