WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Wednesday released the following statement on the tenth anniversary of the tragic shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School:"The nation is a different place, ten years since twenty innocent children and six dedicated educators were senselessly killed inside Sandy Hook Elementary School. Mostly today,... Read More about Murphy Statement on Tenth Anniversary of Sandy Hook

WASHINGTON–U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) authored an op-ed for The Bulwark on the epidemic of loneliness, why it should matter to policymakers, and policy solutions Congress should pursue. Despite being more connected than ever through social media and virtual communication, Americans are experiencing higher levels of aloneness (fewer social... Read More about Murphy Op-Ed: America's Epidemic of Loneliness is a Crisis Policymakers Need to Take Seriously

WASHINGTON–U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) joined U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) and a bipartisan group of Senate colleagues in a letter to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) encouraging the agency to review the role that animal feed additives play in achieving the Biden Administration’s goal of halving economy-wide greenhouse gas... Read More about Murphy, Baldwin, Bipartisan Group of Senators Call on FDA to Support Farmers' Goals of Reducing Enteric Methane Emissions

HARTFORD – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Governor Ned Lamont today announced that the Connecticut Department of Public Health has been awarded a $32,253,484 grant from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that will be used to support the state agency’s newly launched Office of Public Heath Workforce... Read More about Murphy, Lamont, Delegation Announce $32 Million Federal Grant to Support Workforce Development in Public Health

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 and a member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, spoke on the U.S. Senate floor to highlight the broken Senate floor process through which the U.S. Senate held no debate or... Read More about Murphy: We Are On A Glide Path to Pass An $847 Billion Defense Budget Through A Fundamentally Broken and Worrying Process

WASHINGTON–U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Thursday applauded Senate passage of the bipartisan Help Find the Missing Act or “Billy’s Law.” This legislation will close loopholes in America’s missing persons systems by streamlining the missing persons reporting process and ensuring that law enforcement databases are more accessible and... Read More about After Years of Advocacy, Senate Passes 'Billy's Law'

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.),  U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), U.S. Representative Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.-03), and U.S. Representative Jim Himes (D-Conn.-04) announced three costal resiliency projects in Connecticut have been selected to receive grants from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)... Read More about Murphy, Blumenthal, DeLauro, Himes Announce $1.3 Million in Federal Funding for Connecticut Coastal Resiliency Projects

HARTFORD–U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced that VRSim, based in East Hartford, was named November’s “Innovator of the Month.” VRSim is a leading provider of virtual reality (VR) training solutions for skilled trades. Since 2001, VRSim has been a pioneer of practical applications of VR training, with existing products available for paint... Read More about Murphy Highlights East Hartford's VRSim as "Innovator of the Month"

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) on Wednesday reintroduced legislation to strengthen consumer protections and reform medical debt practices. The Strengthening Consumer Protections and Medical Debt Transparency Act would put in place standard practices to make sure that health care entities communicate... Read More about Murphy, Van Hollen Reintroduce Legislation to Protect Consumers from Medical Debt

WASHINGTON–U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Tuesday released the following statement after the U.S. Senate passed the Respect for Marriage Act, legislation to protect federal marriage equality for same-sex and interracial couples and repeals the discriminatory Defense of Marriage Act:“Every person deserves the right to marry who they love.... Read More about Murphy Applauds Senate Passage of Respect for Marriage Act

WASHINGTON–As the winter months approach, U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), and Angus King (I-Maine) on Tuesday urged the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to proactively develop a plan to prevent energy disruption and price hikes. In a letter to Energy Secretary... Read More about As Temperatures Drop, Murphy, Blumenthal, Leahy, Sanders, King Urge Energy Secretary Granholm to Develop a Plan to Prevent Energy Disruptions in New England

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) sent a letter to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) sharing feedback he received from stakeholders on ways to improve NOAA’s implementation of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the Inflation Reduction Act. The agency has historically provided funding for shovel-ready... Read More about Murphy Urges NOAA to Incorporate Connecticut Stakeholder Feedback in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Inflation Reduction Act Implementation

WASHINGTON–U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Sunday joined CNN’s State of the Union with Dana Bash to discuss next steps for the gun violence prevention movement in the wake of the tragic shootings in Colorado and Virginia.On the potential to pass an assault weapons ban, Murphy said: “I'm glad that President Biden is going to be pushing us to... Read More about Murphy On State of the Union: We Need To Have A Conversation About The 60 Percent Of Counties Refusing To Implement Gun Safety Laws

WASHINGTON–U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and U.S. Representative Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-N.J.-06) on Tuesday urged the Biden Administration to quickly implement investments in living shoreline projects from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and Inflation Reduction Act. In a letter to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration... Read More about Murphy, Pallone Call on Biden Administration to Swiftly Deliver Funding to Promote Coastal Resilience

WASHINGTON–U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) authored an op-ed in the Boston Globe with Brad Campbell, president of the Conservation Law Foundation, to make the case for a progressive vision of permitting reform. Murphy and Campbell argue that the United States needs to reform its permitting process in order to meet the urgency of the climate... Read More about Murphy Op-Ed with Conservation Law Foundation President: Progressive Cannot Be Afraid to Start the Conversation on Permitting Reform

WASHINGTON–U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on Thursday released the following statement after meeting with Ambassador Lynne Tracy, nominee for Ambassador to Russia:“Maintaining clear communication channels with Russia is critical to our efforts to prevent further escalation in Ukraine... Read More about Murphy Readout of Meeting with Nominee for Ambassador to Russia

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) spoke on Wednesday at a U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on U.S. policy in the Caucasus with Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Karen Donfried.Murphy asked about the Turkey-Armenia relationship and the role the United States should play: I wanted to ask a... Read More about Murphy Discusses U.S. Policy in the Caucasus and Balkans

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) on Wednesday released the following statements on the Federal Railroad Administration’s (FRA) submission of projects for the Northeast Corridor (NEC) Inventory. The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act passed last year provided more than $20 billion in funding for a... Read More about Murphy, Blumenthal Statements on Proposed Projects for Northeast Corridor Rail Improvement

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Near East, South Asia, Central Asia, and Counterterrorism, and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations and Environment and Public Works Committees, and U.S. Rep. David Cicilline (D-R.I.-01), Chairman of the U.S.... Read More about Murphy, Merkley, Cicilline, Keating, Colleagues Call On Administration To Center Human Rights Ahead Of Cop27 In Egypt

HARTFORD–U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced that Quantum-Si, based in Guilford, was named October’s “Innovator of the Month.” Quantum-Si is a life sciences company that has developed a next-generation, single molecule protein sequencing technology powered by a first-of-its-kind semiconductor chip in order to advance drug discovery and... Read More about Murphy Highlights Guilford’s Quantum-Si as “innovator of the Month”