WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security, and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) on Wednesday secured funding for Connecticut projects in the Fiscal Year 2022 Energy and Water Development Appropriations Bill. Murphy and Blumenthal successfully fought for the inclusion... Read More about Murphy, Blumenthal Secure Funding for Connecticut in Energy and Water Development Appropriations Bill

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security, and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, on Wednesday secured $17 million for a 30,000 square foot Connecticut Air National Guard Aircraft Support Equipment and Vehicle Maintenance... Read More about Murphy, Blumenthal Secure $17 Million for Connecticut Air National Guard Facility at Bradley International Airport in Military Construction Appropriations Bill

WASHINGTON–U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), and Cory Booker (D-N.J.) led the push for more rail funding in the infrastructure bill. The Senators filed an amendment to the infrastructure bill to increase... Read More about Murphy, Blumenthal, Senators Push for More Rail Funding in Infrastructure Legislation

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on Wednesday released the following statement after the committee voted to repeal the 1991 and 2002 Authorizations for Use of Military Force against Iraq:“If you want to understand why this vote is so important, look no further than... Read More about Murphy Statement on Senate Foreign Relations Committee Vote to Repeal Outdated Authorizations for Use of Military Force

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on Tuesday released the following statement on President Biden’s announcement that the United States has shared 110 million COVID-19 vaccine doses abroad:“We can’t beat COVID-19 at home without working to beat it abroad. I’m glad to see... Read More about Murphy Praises Biden Administration's Vaccination Efforts Abroad, Will Continue to Work with the Administration to Get More Doses to American Citizens Overseas

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 questioned administration officials about the limits on the President’s powers to use force without congressional authorization. Murphy discussed whether additional... Read More about Murphy Discusses Congressional Authorization for the Use of Military Force with Biden Administration Witnesses

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, this week hosted a Facebook Live with Mohamed Soltan, a human rights advocate and former political prisoner in Egypt, ahead of the upcoming Biden administration decision on... Read More about Murphy Discusses Need for U.S. to Withhold Security Aid to Egypt with Human Rights Advocate Mohamed Soltan

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, recently joined the Global Dispatches to discuss his sweeping, bipartisan legislation to overhaul Congress’s role in national security, the recent air strikes in Somalia, and the... Read More about Murphy: Our Founding Fathers Wanted Congress to Be a Regular Presence in National Security, and That's What Our Constituents Expect

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, on Monday released the following statement after Governor Lamont’s announcement that $16 million in Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief II (ESSER II) funds are being made available to help... Read More about Murphy Applauds Connecticut's Deployment of $16 Million in Federal Funding to Support Special Education

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security, on Monday held a media availability with U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) to discuss details of the bipartisan infrastructure bill, including funding for rail, Long Island Sound, and the Coast Guard, and how passage... Read More about Murphy: Infrastructure Bill Has Potential to Be an Economic Game Changer for Connecticut

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pension Committee, on Monday released the following statement after Governor Lamont signed legislation to make it easier for spouses of active duty service members and others who are relocating to the state to receive the licenses and... Read More about Murphy Applauds New Connecticut Law that Helps Military Spouses and Others Moving to Work in Health Care, Pushes for Federal Fix

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, U.S. Senator Mike Lee (R-Utah), and U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), on Monday noted the growing support for their legislation to reclaim Congress’s critical role in national... Read More about Support Grows for Murphy, Lee, Sanders Bipartisan Legislation to Overhaul Congress's Role in National Security

HARTFORD—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced Next Health, LLC, based in Stamford, has been named July’s “Innovator of the Month.” Next Health is a medical device company focused on advancing patient safety and mobility in both home and institutional care settings through their patented Zero-Lift patient transfer solution. The AgileLife... Read More about Murphy Highlights Stamford Innovator Next Health, LLC as "Innovator of the Month"

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pension Committee, on Friday delivered remarks on the U.S. Senate floor about the new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) masking guidance and Republicans’ attempts to discredit the science as we work to fight COVID-19 and the delta... Read More about Murphy on U.S. Senate Floor: Republicans' Anti-CDC Rhetoric Will Get People Killed

WASHINGTON–U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security and a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on Thursday released the following statement after Vice President Kamala Harris announced the administration’s Root Causes Strategy to address migration from El... Read More about Murphy Statement on Biden Administration's Strategy to Address Root Causes of Migration from Central America

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D. Conn.), a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) on Thursday joined U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-Va.) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and nine of their colleagues in a letter to Senate leadership calling for the inclusion of a $100 billion... Read More about Murphy, Blumenthal, Kaine, Klobuchar, Colleagues Urge Senate Leadership to Invest in Workforce Development

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and U.S. Representative Hank Johnson (D-Ga.) on Wednesday introduced the Supreme Court Ethics Act requiring the Judicial Conference of the United States to create a code of ethical conduct for the Supreme Court of the United States. U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), along with 15 other Senate... Read More about Murphy, Johnson Introduce Bicameral Bill Requiring SCOTUS to Follow Code of Ethics

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Wednesday issued the following statement after a bipartisan infrastructure agreement was announced:“I’m pleased that this bipartisan bill includes much-needed funding to begin addressing the state of good repair backlog plaguing our railroads and make other key investments in infrastructure, and I... Read More about Murphy Statement on Bipartisan Infrastructure Agreement

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 released the following statement on protests in Iran:“Like all citizens, the people of Iran should have a right to demand better from their government when it comes to... Read More about Murphy Statement on Protests in Iran

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 delivered remarks on the U.S. Senate floor calling on the Biden administration to withhold aid to Egypt based on human rights violations—specifically its treatment of... Read More about Murphy Calls on the Biden Administration to Withhold Aid to Egypt Based on Human Rights Violations