WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) spoke on Tuesday at a U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Hearing on the federal response to the fentanyl crisis with Miriam E. Delphin-Rittmon, Ph.D, Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use, and Kemp Chester, Senior Policy Advisor for Supply Reduction and... Read More about Murphy Highlights Role of Opioid Prescribing Practices in the Fentanyl Crisis

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) joined eight of their Senate colleagues in introducing legislation to combat the increased use and proliferation of dangerous gun conversion devices. The Preventing Illegal Weapons Trafficking Act would help tackle the ongoing gun violence epidemic by requiring federal... Read More about Murphy, Blumenthal, Senate Colleagues Introduce Legislation to Combat Increased Use of Dangerous Gun Conversion Devices

WASHINGTON–U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) applauded passage of his legislation with U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) to create the National Liberty Memorial out of the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. The bipartisan and bicameral legislation extends authorization of the National Liberty Memorial, a monument to... Read More about Murphy Legislation to Construct Monument to African American Soldiers of the Revolutionary War Passes Committee, Heads to Senate Floor

WASHINGTON–U.S Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Thursday spoke on the U.S. Senate floor on the recently introduced bipartisan legislation to reform and modernize the antiquated Electoral Count Act of 1887 and the importance of its passage to prevent a stolen election in 2024. Murphy highlighted the groundwork former President Trump and his... Read More about Murphy on Importance of Electoral Count Act Reform: The Threat That 2024 Will Be The Last Year of American Democracy Is Not Hyperbole

WASHINGTON–U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) released the following statement on President Biden’s Executive Order on climate to address extreme heat and boost offshore wind:“More than 100 million people in 28 states are facing heat advisories and dangerously high, record-breaking temperatures this week. Energy infrastructure is straining to keep... Read More about Murphy Statement on President Biden's Executive Actions on Climate Change

WASHINGTON—Today, after months of bipartisan negotiations, U.S Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) as part of a bipartisan group of senators introduced two proposals, which include legislation to reform and modernize the outdated Electoral Count Act of 1887 to ensure that the electoral votes tallied by Congress accurately reflect each state’s vote for... Read More about Murphy, Bipartisan Senators Introduce Reforms to the Electoral Count Act of 1887

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) spoke on Wednesday at a U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on the global food security crisis and the U.S. response with U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Samantha Power and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations (UN) Linda Thomas-Greenfield.Murphy highlighted... Read More about Murphy Discusses Food Security Crises in Syria and Yemen and the Role of Russia, Saudi Arabia, UAE

WASHINGTON–U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pension Committee, on Tuesday released the following statement on the U.S. Department of Education’s new guidance on schools discipline practices:“Our top priority should be making sure kids feel safe and supported in the classroom, and this... Read More about Murphy Statement on Updated Guidance on School Discipline Practices, Support for Students with Disabilities

WASHINGTON–U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Thursday released the following statement after his meeting with Governor of California Gavin Newsom:“Tackling the gun violence epidemic requires a whole-of-government effort, and I was glad to hear about Governor Newsom’s latest actions to crack down on ghost guns, ban the marketing of guns to... Read More about Murphy Readout of Meeting with California Governor Gavin Newsom

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) spoke on Wednesday at a U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing on reproductive care and the threats to women’s health in a post-Roe America.Murphy highlighted the hypocrisy of states implementing a policy of forced pregnancy while failing to provide meaningful support to... Read More about Murphy Highlights Hypocrisy of Republican States Banning Abortion While Refusing to Support Parents and Families

WASHINGTON–Ahead of President Biden’s trip to Saudi Arabia, 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, authored an op-ed for Foreign Policy to lay out why the United States needs to rethink its relationship with Saudi Arabia.On the... Read More about Murphy Op-Ed in Foreign Policy: Why Must It Take An Emergency Visit From A U.S. President To Get Saudi Leaders To Choose Their Ally?

HARTFORD—U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) today announced they are co-sponsoring the Freedom to Travel for Health Care Act of 2022 which will protect the rights of Americans to cross state lines to receive abortion care.The legislation was introduced by Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.),... Read More about Murphy, Blumenthal Co-Sponsor Legislation to Protect Rights of Women to Cross State Lines to Seek Abortion Care

HARTFORD—U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and U.S. Representative Jahana Hayes (D-Conn.) today announced $320,000 in American Rescue Plan funding for the Brass City Regional Food Hub to open a second location, allowing the organization to significantly increase access to healthy food in Waterbury’s underserved... Read More about Murphy, Blumenthal, Hayes Applaud Funding for Expanded City Resident Access to Farm Products

WASHINGTON– U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Tuesday released the following statement after the Senate confirmed Steve Dettelbach as Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) nominee:“For more than seven years, we’ve been missing a crucial player in the fight to keep communities safe from gun violence – a... Read More about Murphy Applauds Senate Confirmation of ATF Director Steve Dettelbach

WASHINGTON–U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Monday released the following statement after attending the White House’s celebration for the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act:“For three decades, shooting after shooting after shooting, Congress did nothing. But undeterred by the status quo of inaction and the power of the gun lobby, the anti-gun... Read More about Murphy Statement Following White House Celebration for Bipartisan Safer Communities Act

HARTFORD–U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), U.S. Representatives John B. Larson (D-Conn.-01) and Joe Courtney (D-Conn.-02), and Governor Ned Lamont announced a $20 million grant from the Federal Aviation Administration’s FY2022 Airport Terminal Program for Bradley International Airport. This funding will increase... Read More about Murphy, Blumenthal, Larson, Courtney, Lamont Announce $20 Million Grant for Improvements to Bradley International Airport

HARTFORD–U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced that Enviro Power, based in South Windsor, has been named June’s “Innovator of the Month.” Enviro Power is an energy technology company with a focus on replacing aging heating equipment with greener, lower cost heat and power solutions for homeowners and businesses. Their SmartWatt Boiler... Read More about Murphy Highlights South Windsor’s Enviro Power as “Innovator Of The Month”

WASHINGTON-U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Thursday released the following statement after the Supreme Court limited the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) ability to regulate carbon emissions that cause climate change in West Virginia v. EPA:“The Supreme Court is not Congress, and their unceasing attempt to impose a right... Read More about Murphy Statement on SCOTUS Decision to Restrict EPA’s Authority to Mandate Carbon Emissions Reductions

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.) joined U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) and Ben Cardin (D-Md.) in urging the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to expand dental health coverage under Medicare. In a... Read More about Murphy, Blumenthal, Senate Colleagues Urge Expanded Dental Health Coverage

BRUSSELS–U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on Tuesday joined the German Marshall Fund’s Brussels Forum for a discussion on defending democracy at home and abroad.Murphy highlighted the global crisis of faith in democracy: “You have this ability today of outside actors to weaken — to make... Read More about Murphy Discusses Protecting Democracy, Competing with China, Combatting Disinformation at Brussels Forum