WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) on Thursday introduced bipartisan legislation that would give metastatic breast cancer patients access to support and medical care years sooner than current law allows. Metastatic breast cancer accounts for 90 percent of breast cancer deaths, and the average life... Read More about Murphy, Ernst Introduce Bill to Give Metastatic Breast Cancer Patients a Fighting Chance

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-Ohio), both members of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on Wednesday welcomed passage of their amendment to authorize $150 million in FY22 funding for the Global Engagement Center (GEC) in order to counter propaganda and disinformation from countries like... Read More about Murphy, Portman Amendment to Fight Global Propaganda and Disinformation Passes Foreign Relations Committee, Heads to the Senate Floor

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on Wednesday applauded passage of his amendment to allow the United States to better compete with Chinese development finance institutions. Murphy’s amendment specifically 1) Increases the Development Finance Corporation (DFC)’s liability limit... Read More about Murphy Amendment to Allow U.S. to Better Compete with Chinese Development Finance Institutions Passes Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Heads to Senate Floor

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-Ohio), both members of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on Wednesday applauded passage of their amendment to provide $50 million in non-military assistance to Ukraine. The bipartisan amendment passed as part of the Ukraine Security Partnership Act of 2021 (S.... Read More about Murphy, Portman Amendment to Support Ukraine Passes Foreign Relations Committee, Heads to the Senate Floor

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Near East, South Asia, Central Asia and Counterterrorism, on Wednesday chaired a subcommittee hearing on U.S. policy in Yemen with U.S. Department of State Special Envoy for Yemen Tim Lenderking, United States Institute of Peace President and... Read More about Murphy Chairs First Subcommittee Hearing on Yemen

HARTFORD–Members of Connecticut’s Congressional delegation and Governor Ned Lamont today announced that a proposal to dedicate up to $11 million in federal funding Connecticut has received for COVID-19 recovery efforts toward the expansion of programs that connect students to high-quality summer enrichment and recreational opportunities, with an... Read More about Congressional Delegation and Governor Lamont Announce $11 Million to Expand High-Quality Summer Enrichment Programs for Connecticut Children

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate AppropriationsSubcommittee on Transportation, Housing, Urban Development and RelatedAgencies, on Tuesday asked U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary PeteButtigieg and U.S. Department of Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo about theBiden administration's plans to invest... Read More about At Senate Appropriations Committee Hearing, Murphy Questions Biden Administration Officials about Rail Funding in American Jobs Plan

WASHINGTON–U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee, along with other members of the bipartisan Senate Ukraine Caucus, sent a letter to President Biden, calling on the administration to continue support to... Read More about Murphy, Blumenthal, Members of Bipartisan Senate Ukraine Caucus Urge President Biden to Continue to Support Ukraine and Reject Unprovoked Aggression by Russia

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) introduced legislation to create a national green bank. The Green Bank Act of 2021 would create a national green bank to deploy public financing for federal, regional, state, and municipal green banks, including the Connecticut Green Bank. This federal... Read More about Murphy, Blumenthal Introduce Legislation to Create a National Green Bank, Thousands of Clean Energy Jobs

WASHINGTON–U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement on the importance of raising refugee admissions:“There’s been bipartisan consensus for decades that resettling refugees in America, as has been our proud tradition over the course of our nation’s history, is the... Read More about Murphy Statement on Refugee Admissions Under the Biden Administration

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and U.S. Representative Ami Bera (CA-07), a member of the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee, on Friday led four Democratic Members of Congress in applauding the Biden administration for their global health initiatives since taking office, and... Read More about Murphy, Bera, Dem Members Applaud Biden Administration's Global Health Initiatives, Urge Regular Funding of the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations

WASHINGTON—Ahead of a May 5 meeting of the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) General Council, U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and eight senators on Friday sent a letter to President Biden urging him to publicly support a temporary patent waiver for COVID-19 vaccines that would allow countries to manufacture... Read More about Murphy, Blumenthal, Senators Urge Biden to Approve COVID-19 Vaccine Patent Waiver to Boost Production and End Pandemic

WASHINGTON–U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and U.S. Representative David Price (D-N.C.) on Friday announced the reintroduction of the Standardization of Collegiate Oversight of Revenues and Expenditures (SCORE) Act, which would promote greater transparency in college sports by making information about spending on intercollegiate athletics... Read More about Murphy, Price Introduce Bicameral Legislation to Promote Transparency in College Athletics

WASHINGTON–U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, were joined by eight of their Senate Democratic colleagues in introducing new international climate change legislation in support of President Biden’s... Read More about Murphy, Menendez, Colleagues Introduce Comprehensive International Climate Change Legislation

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Tim Scott (R-S.C), and U.S. Representatives Doris Matsui (D-Calif.), Reps. Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.), and Elaine Luria (D-Va.) applauded the passage of the Food Allergy Safety, Treatment, Education, and Research (FASTER) Act (H.R. 1202/S. 578), legislation that will improve the safety of those in... Read More about Murphy, Colleagues Applaud Passage of the FASTER Act for Sesame Labeling

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), and Rick Scott (R-Fla.) reintroduced the Ensuring Linguistic Excellence and Vocational Aptitude by Teaching English (ELEVATE) Act, a bicameral and bipartisan bill that would ensure states receive the federal funding necessary to provide high-quality... Read More about Murphy, Blumenthal, Rubio, Scott Reintroduce Bill to Help School Districts Accommodate Students from Puerto Rico

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), and U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) along with 9 Senate Democrats introduced the Choose Medicare Act on Thursday to give every individual who is not already eligible for Medicaid or Medicare the opportunity to enroll in Medicare as an individual and give... Read More about Murphy, Merkley, Feinstein, Senators Introduce Legislation to Let Every American Choose Medicare

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy(D-Conn.), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee onNear East, South Asia, Central Asia, and Counterterrorism, on Wednesday delivered remarks on the U.S. Senate floor to discuss the Bidenadministration’s announcement that all U.S.forces will be withdrawn from Afghanistan by September 11,... Read More about Murphy in Supporting Biden's Announcement to Withdraw American Troops from Afghanistan: The Threat That Al Qaeda Pose Today is Nowhere Near What It Was 20 Years Ago

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security, on Wednesday chaired a subcommittee hearing on the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)’s response to COVID-19 and other challenges, including disaster preparedness and providing humanitarian assistance at the... Read More about Murphy Chairs First Subcommittee Hearing on FEMA's COVID-19 Response, Disaster Preparedness, Southwest Border Operations

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Near East, South Asia, Central Asia and Counterterrorism, and Tim Kaine (D-Va.), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services Committees, on Tuesday led their Senate colleagues in a letter to President Biden expressing the urgent... Read More about Murphy, Kaine, Colleagues Urge President Biden to Return to Iran Nuclear Agreement Under a Compliance for Compliance Approach