WASHINGTON–U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Susan Collins (R-Maine), and Angus King (I-Maine) on Thursday introduced bipartisan legislation to reauthorize and improve the Partnership for Risk Management Education and the Agricultural Management Assistance (AMA) programs, which help farmers manage financial risk through diversification,... Read More about Murphy, Collins, King Introduce Bipartisan Legislation To Help Farmers Protect Their Farms From Financial Risk

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 shifting geopolitical and energy dynamics in Central Asia in the wake of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The hearing follows... Read More about Murphy Chairs Hearing on Geopolitical Competition and Energy Security in Central Asia

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) spoke on Tuesday at a U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense hearing on the Department of Defense Health Program with Rear Admiral Bruce L. Gillingham, Surgeon General of the Navy, and Dr. Lester Martínez-López, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs. This is Murphy’s first... Read More about Murphy Highlights Tragic Death of Connecticut Sailor, Need For More Access to Mental Health for Servicemembers at Defense Appropriations Hearing

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) on Monday reintroduced bipartisan legislation that would give metastatic breast cancer patients access to support and medical care years sooner than current law allows. The Metastatic Breast Cancer Access to Care Act would waive the five-month waiting period for... Read More about Murphy, Ernst Reintroduce Bill to Give Metastatic Breast Cancer Patients A Fighting Chance

 WASHINGTON–U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.),  Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), Roger Marshall (R-Kan.), and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) reintroduced bipartisan legislation to lift the Cuba trade embargo. The Freedom to Export to Cuba Act would eliminate legal barriers preventing Americans from doing business in Cuba and... Read More about Murphy, Klobuchar, Moran, Marshall, Warren Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Lift Trade Embargo on Cuba

WASHINGTON–U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) released the following statement on the passing of Karen Hobert Flynn, president of Common Cause:“Karen was a fierce public servant who dedicated her life to making our democracy fairer and more transparent. By shepherding Connecticut’s public financing system and disclosure laws, she made it possible... Read More about Murphy Statement on Passing of Karen Hobert Flynn

WASHINGTON–U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) joined U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), and U.S. Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-Calif.-12) in a renewed legislative effort to enhance the ability of local law enforcement to investigate and solve gun crimes, crack down on gun trafficking and negligent gun dealers, and... Read More about Murphy, Blumenthal, Colleagues Introduce Legislation to Require the Preservation and Disclosure of Federal Gun Records

WILLIMANTIC—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Friday relaunched his “Our Farm Bill” listening campaign by joining Connecticut Agriculture Commissioner Bryan P. Hurlburt for a roundtable with local farmers to discuss their priorities for the 2023 Farm Bill. The Farm Bill sets national agriculture, nutrition, conservation, and forestry policy... Read More about Murphy, CT Ag Commissioner Discuss Priorities For 2023 Farm Bill With Local Farmers From Across Connecticut

WASHINGTON–U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, authored an op-ed for Military.com on the Army’s refusal to brief lawmakers on their decision to award the Future Long Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) contract to Bell Textron over Sikorsky. Murphy lays out Congress’... Read More about Murphy Op-Ed in Military.com: The Army Needs to Explain What's Going on with the Black Hawk Replacement

WASHINGTON–U.S. Senator Chris Murphy, a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, joined U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), and Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) in a joint statement after the leaders of Serbia and Kosovo announced an interim agreement to normalize... Read More about Murphy, Bipartisan Colleagues Statement On Interim Agreement Between Serbia And Kosovo

WASHINGTON–U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, on Wednesday sent a letter to National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) President Charlie Baker on his first day on the job. Murphy laid out the NCAA’s long track record of fighting against positive change in... Read More about Murphy To New NCAA President On First Day: Buck The NCAA's Long History Of Fighting Positive Change And Partner With Lawmakers To Center The Rights And Well-Being Of College Athletes

HARTFORD–U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced that CoRISMA MCS Systems Inc., based in Hamden, was named February’s “Innovator of the Month.” Founded in 2018 and spun out of Yale University, CoRISMA is a medical device company developing a fully implanted transcatheter device to increase blood flow for patients experiencing advanced heart... Read More about Murphy Highlights Hamden's CoRISMA MCS Systems as "Innovator of the Month"

WASHINGTON–U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on Monday released the following statement:“Today’s announcement is good news for the people of Northern Ireland, who stand to benefit from the unique economic access and political stability provided under the Windsor Framework. The agreement... Read More about Murphy Statement on Agreement Reached on Northern Ireland Protocol

WASHINGTON–U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Monday celebrated passage of the National Liberty Memorial Preservation Act, which was included in the fiscal year 2023 Consolidated Appropriations Act that President Biden signed in December. The legislation authorizes construction of the National Liberty Memorial, a monument to honor the Black and... Read More about Murphy Celebrates Black History Month, Passage of Legislation to Honor Black Revolutionary War Patriots

WASHINGTON–U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), both members of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, on Wednesday led 32 of their colleagues, including U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), in a letter to U.S. Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)... Read More about Murphy, Baldwin, Blumenthal, Senate Colleagues Urge Biden Administration to Limit Availability of Junk Health Care Plan

WASHINGTON –As the five largest publicly traded oil companies boast to Wall Street about their record $264.3 billion haul in 2022, U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) joined 15 of their Senate colleagues in reintroducing the Big Oil Windfall Profits Tax Act to crack down on profiteering by Big Oil and return the... Read More about After Record Year For Big Oil, Murphy, Blumenthal Introduce Bill To Claw Back Windfall Profits And Send Relief To The American Public

WASHINGTON–U.S Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on Thursday spoke on the U.S. Senate floor on the upcoming one year anniversary since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Murphy highlighted that calls to end U.S. support to Ukraine by Donald Trump and the MAGA wing of... Read More about Murphy: The Republicans Lifting Up Putin Are the Same Ones Trying to Destroy Democracy

WASHINGTON–U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, on Friday applauded the U.S. Department of Education announcement of more than $188 million from the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act to increase access to school-based mental health services and strengthen the pipeline of... Read More about Murphy Applauds $188 Million from the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act to Support Mental Health for Students

WASHINGTON–U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Thursday announced he will join the U.S. Senate Defense Appropriations Subcommittee in the 118th Congress. Murphy will retain chairmanship of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security and continue to serve on four additional Appropriations Subcommittees: (1) Labor, Health and... Read More about Murphy Wins Seat on Defense Appropriations Subcommittee

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) led 47 senators, including Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), and U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) on Thursday in reintroducing the Background Check Expansion Act to expand federal background checks to all gun sales. Although more than 90 percent of... Read More about Murphy Leads 47 Senators to Reintroduce Background Check Expansion Act