WASHINGTON–U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Chairman of the U.S Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Near East, South Asia, Central Asia and Counterterrorism, joined U.S. Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Chairman and Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, along with Senate Majority Leader... Read More about Murphy Joins Colleagues in Introducing Resolution on 75th Anniversary of Founding of the State of Israel

WASHINGTON–U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, introduced legislation to improve living conditions and mental health support for junior U.S. Navy Sailors assigned to ships undergoing extended maintenance overhauls. The Seaman Xavier Sandor Support for Sailors... Read More about Murphy, Blumenthal Introduce Legislation to Improve Conditions for Sailors, Honor Connecticut Sailor

WASHINGTON–U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i), Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), and Katie Britt (R-Ala.) on Thursday authored an op-ed in the Washington Post on social media’s harmful impact on kids and the importance of their legislation, the Protecting Kids on Social Media Act. “We are a bipartisan group of... Read More about Murphy, Cotton, Schatz, Britt Op-Ed in the Washington Post: Why We Need the Protecting Kids on Social Media Act

WASHINGTON–U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, and John Kennedy (R-La.) introduced the Teacher, Principal and Leader Residency Access Act on Monday to improve access to training for college students who aspire to become teachers and leaders in America’s... Read More about Murphy, Kennedy Introduce Bipartisan Bill To Improve Access To Comprehensive Training For Future Teachers

WASHINGTON–U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, joined U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy (R-La.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), and his colleagues in introducing the College Transparency Act (CTA), bipartisan legislation which would ensure that students and... Read More about Murphy, Colleagues Introduce Bipartisan College Transparency Act

WASHINGTON–U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security, and U.S. Senator James Lankford (R-Okla.) on Wednesday sent a letter to U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to request the agency expedite processing Notices to Appear (NTA).... Read More about Murphy, Lankford Call for Immediate Improvements to Immigration Process

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Chairman of the U.S Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security, on Wednesday held a hearing on transnational criminal organizations (TCOs) with officials from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI). In his opening remarks, Murphy... Read More about Murphy: This Committee Has the Opportunity to Make Major Investments in Stopping the Flow of Fentanyl into the U.S.

WASHINGTON–U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, on Tuesday spoke at a hearing on the President's Fiscal Year 2024 Budget Request for the Army with U.S. Secretary of the Army Christine Wormuth and General James C. McConville, Chief of Staff of the Army. Murphy discussed the... Read More about Murphy Raises Concerns with Army Secretary on FLRAA Selection Process

WASHINGTON–U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chairman of the U.S. Senate HELP Committee, sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Education (ED) in response to ED’s request for information on successful ways to... Read More about Murphy, Sanders Urge Department Of Education To Take Steps To Improve Statewide Assessments

WASHINGTON–U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Chair of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security, on Tuesday proposed potential investments to stem the flow of fentanyl into the United States. The Fight Against Fentanyl proposes additional funding in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s FY24 budget to... Read More about Murphy Proposes Additional Investments at DHS to Fight Fentanyl, Protect American Families

WASHINGTON–U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) joined U.S. Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and U.S. Representatives Doris Matsui (D-Calif.) and Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.) on Tuesday in a letter urging the American Bakers Association (ABA) to stop unnecessarily adding sesame to baked goods and protect consumers with... Read More about Murphy, Blumenthal, Colleagues Urge Corporate Bakers to Stop Unnecessarily Adding Sesame to Baked Goods

HARTFORD–U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced that CYduct Diagnostics, Inc. (CYduct), based in Westport, was named April’s “Innovator of the Month.” CYduct’s mission is to simplify early breast cancer detection and improve clinical decisions and health outcomes for women. The company is developing for... Read More about Murphy Highlights Westport's CYduct Diagnostics as "Innovator of the Month"

WASHINGTON–U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Thursday released the following statement after voting in support of a resolution to remove the arbitrary deadline currently blocking ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment. “Despite the fact that the constitutionally-required 38 states – including Connecticut – have... Read More about Murphy Statement on Equal Rights Amendment Resolution Vote

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Near East, South Asia, Central Asia and Counterterrorism, on Wednesday held a subcommittee hearing on U.S. policy towards Tunisia with Joshua Harris, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for North Africa, and Megan Doherty, Deputy... Read More about Murphy Chairs Hearing on U.S. Policy on Tunisia

HARTFORD–U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and U.S. Representatives Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.-03) and Jahana Hayes (D-Conn.-05) announced on Tuesday that Middletown’s Community Health Center and Waterbury’s Health360 will receive $4,749,240 in Public Health AmeriCorps funding from AmeriCorps, the... Read More about Murphy, Blumenthal, DeLauro, Hayes Announce New Public Health AmeriCorps Grants in Middletown and Water

WASHINGTON–U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i), Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), and Katie Britt (R-Ala.) on Wednesday introduced new legislation to help protect children from the harmful impacts of social media. The Protecting Kids on Social Media Act would set a minimum age of 13 to use social media apps and would... Read More about Murphy, Schatz, Cotton, Britt Introduce Bipartisan Legislation To Help Protect Kids From Harmful Impacts Of Social Media

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs and Chairman of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Near East, South Asia, Central Asia, and Counterterrorism, on Wednesday spoke at a subcommittee hearing on President... Read More about Murphy Discusses Aid to Tunisia, Competition with China with USAID Administrator Samantha Power

WASHINGTON–U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, and  Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) on Wednesday joined U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) in introducing the Keep Our Promise to America’s Children and Teachers (PACT) Act, legislation to put Congress on... Read More about Murphy, Blumenthal, Van Hollen, Colleagues Introduce Bill to Fully Fund Title I, Special Education

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, and U.S. Representative Brad Schneider (D-Ill.-10) on Wednesday reintroduced legislation that would allow caregivers to receive a Social Security credit. The Social Security Caregiver Credit Act would provide... Read More about Murphy, Schneider Reintroduce Legislation to Help Caregivers Receive Social Security Credit

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn) on Wednesday spoke on the U.S. Senate floor following the recent shootings of a 16-year-old boy who mistakenly knocked on the wrong door in Kansas City, Missouri; a 20-year-old woman who mistakenly drove up the wrong driveway in Hebron, New York; and two teenage cheerleaders who mistakenly got in... Read More about Murphy: We Shouldn't Accept This Shoot-First Culture