WASHINGTON–U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, on Tuesday released the following statement after meeting with nominee for Secretary of Labor, Deputy Secretary of Labor Julie Su: “As Deputy Secretary of Labor, Julie Su worked closely with Secretary Walsh to... Read More about Murphy Readout of Meeting with Nominee for Secretary of Labor Julie Su

THE NEW REPUBLIC: CONNECTICUT’S CHRIS MURPHY BELIEVES LONELINESS IS ONE OF AMERICA’S BIGGEST PROBLEMS—AND HE’S WORKING ON A PLAN TO FIGHT IT By Grace Segers April 17, 2023 U.S. senators hold one of the most influential positions in the country, with the power to shape policy and confirm nominations that may remake the... Read More about The New Republic: Connecticut’s Chris Murphy Believes Loneliness Is One Of America’s Biggest Problems—And He’s Working On A Plan To Fight It

HARTFORD—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, on Thursday praised the Biden Administration’s plan to expand health coverage for DACA recipients. Through a proposed rule from the Department of Health and Human Services, DACA recipients would be eligible to... Read More about Murphy Applauds Biden Administration Move To Allow DACA Recipients To Apply For Health Coverage Under The Affordable Care Act And Medicaid

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) joined Senator Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.), U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), and Senate colleagues in sending a letter to the Department of Justice (DOJ) urging the department to investigate the expulsions of Representatives Justin Jones and Justin Pearson from the Tennessee... Read More about Murphy Joins Warnock, Schumer, Senate Colleagues In Urging DOJ To Investigate Expulsion Of Black Tennessee Lawmakers

WASHINGTON–U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) authored an op-ed in TIME with Richard Weissbourd, a Senior Lecturer and the faculty director of the Making Caring Common Project at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, on how America’s obsession with individual success has come at the expense of our sense of community and the... Read More about Murphy Op-Ed in TIME: We Have Put Individualism Ahead of the Common Good for Too Long

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 Tuesday, joined Lise Grande, President and CEO of the U.S. Institute of Peace, to discuss Tunisia’s turn towards authoritarianism and its implications for U.S.... Read More about Murphy Joins U.S. Institute of Peace for Conversation on U.S.-Tunisia Policy

WASHINGTON–U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on Monday released a video commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement, which helped bring peace to Ireland and the United Kingdom after decades of conflict.    “As we commemorate 25 years of hard-earned... Read More about Murphy Celebrates 25th Anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement

WASHINGTON–U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, on Saturday released a statement on a Texas federal judge’s decision to revoke the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) decades-old approval of mifepristone: “This decision is just the latest effort... Read More about Murphy Statement on Texas District Court Ruling on Medication Abortion

WASHINGTON–U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, on Thursday released the following statement: “I am deeply disappointed in the GAO’s decision to deny Sikorsky’s protest of the FLRAA award. For the past four months, the Army has stonewalled every request for... Read More about Murphy Statement on Government Accountability Office Decision to Deny Sikorsky FLRAA Protest

WASHINGTON–U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, and Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) along with U.S. Representatives Gus Bilirakis (R-Fla.) and Paul Tonko (D-N.Y.) reintroduced the National Plan to End Parkinson’s Act, which aims to unite the federal government... Read More about Murphy, Capito, Bilirakis, Tonko Reintroduce Bill To Address Parkinson’s Disease

WASHINGTON–U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) joined 23 of their Senate colleagues in reintroducing legislation that would fund research at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to better understand and address the nation’s ongoing gun violence epidemic, a public health crisis which in... Read More about Murphy, Blumenthal, Colleagues Reintroduce Legislation To Boost Gun Violence Prevention Research At CDC

y WASHINGTON–U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Sunday joined CBS’s Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan to discuss gun violence prevention in the wake of another horrific mass shooting in Nashville, Tennessee. “I don’t understand why we choose to live like this. Why we choose to make our kids fear their lives when they... Read More about Murphy on Face the Nation: Doing Nothing Cannot Be an Option When There Are More Mass Shootings Than Days This Year

HARTFORD–U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced that New Haven-based Protein Evolution, Inc. (PEI) was named March’s “Innovator of the Month.” Founded in late 2021, PEI uses a combination of chemistry and enzyme technology to break down polyester waste into the raw materials of good-as-new polyester products. By... Read More about Murphy Highlights New Haven's Protein Evolution, Inc. As "Innovator of the Month"

WASHINGTON–U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) on Friday joined U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai’i) and 22 of their Senate colleagues in introducing a resolution to recognize the achievements and courage of the transgender community around the world, and to celebrate International Transgender Day of... Read More about Murphy, Blumenthal, Colleagues Introduce Resolution Celebrating International Transgender Day Of Visibility

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn) on Thursday spoke on the U.S. Senate floor to object to U.S. Senator Ted Cruz’s (R-Texas) sham school safety legislation. “I have very little interest in engaging on the merits of these proposals in a dialogue on the floor of the Senate because they are not serious attempts to make our... Read More about Murphy Objects to Sham School Safety Legislation: This Is Not A Serious Attempt To Make Our Kids Safer

WASHINGTON–Ahead of the second international Summit for Democracy co-hosted by the United States, and as LGBTQI+ people experience growing assaults on their safety and freedom both domestically and internationally, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, joined U.S. Senator Edward J.... Read More about Murphy, Markey, Colleagues Reintroduce International Human Rights Defense Act Ahead Of The Summit For Democracy

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security, on Wednesday held a subcommittee hearing on President Biden’s Fiscal Year 2024 funding request for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) with Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. Murphy laid out his... Read More about Murphy Chairs Hearing with Secretary Mayorkas on Department of Homeland Security FY24 Budget Request

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn) spoke on Wednesday at a U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing with former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz. Murphy grilled Schultz on Starbucks’ egregious record of violating federal labor laws.   Murphy asked: “[W]hen I do a search online to take a look... Read More about Murphy Roasts Former Starbucks CEO on Federal Labor Law Violations

WASHINGTON–U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) on Wednesday announced that Connecticut will receive $1.46 million in federal funding from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to expand Connecticut’s existing Highlands area. This funding was made possible by Murphy’s Highlands Conservation... Read More about Murphy, Blumenthal Announce $1.46 Million in Federal Funding for Connecticut Conservation Efforts

HARTFORD–U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) on Tuesday, joined U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) in sending a letter with 35 of their Senate colleagues to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, underscoring the serious national security imperatives tied to providing U.S. service members access to... Read More about Murphy & Blumenthal Join Colleagues in Letter to Pentagon Underscoring National Security Imperative to Provide Abortion Leave for Service Members