WASHINGTON— U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), released the following statement in response to the news that Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has died.“Ruth Bader Ginsburg changed her nation for the better. Fairness and justice, especially for those with the least access to power, were her north stars. She was a pioneer for women in the... Read More about Murphy Statement On The Passing Of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

WASHINGTON— U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee released the following statement after the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced their revised guidelines for asymptomatic and pre-symptomatic testing of COVID-19.“This is nuclear-grade incompetence.... Read More about Murphy Statement In Response To Revised CDC Testing Guidelines

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and the Connecticut Congressional delegation announced that after months of making the case to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Sonny Perdue for expanded federal assistance to Connecticut shellfish farmers, the USDA has finally announced that shellfish farmers will be eligible for... Read More about After Repeated Calls for Support from USDA, Connecticut Lawmakers Announce Long-Awaited Financial Assistance for Shellfish Farmers

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, this week joined the Hill’s Editor-at-Large Steve Clemons for a virtual discussion on the need to provide reliable access to effective and affordable health care and equipment during a global health crisis. Murphy... Read More about Murphy: We Are In A National Emergency And We Must Federalize The Supply Chain To Save Lives

HARTFORD—In the wake of serious allegations and recent lawsuits filed against the National Rifle Association (NRA), NRA Foundation and their leadership by the attorneys general of New York and the District of Columbia, U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) joined a group of colleagues in calling on the head of the... Read More about Murphy, Blumenthal Call To Prohibit NRA Foundation From Soliciting, Receiving Charitable Donations From Federal Employees

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), and 28 of their senate colleagues joined a letter led by U.S. Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), and Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) to... Read More about As New School Year Begins, Murphy, Blumenthal, Senate Colleagues Demand Urgent Action By FCC To Connect Students To Online Learning

HARTFORD—U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn) joined several of their colleagues including Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Bob Casey (D-Pa.) and Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and 29 other senators in calling on the Department of Homeland Security’s inspector general to expeditiously... Read More about Murphy, Blumenthal To DHS IG: Investigate Alleged Forced Hysterectomies At ICE Facility

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, pressed U.S. State Department Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs David Stilwell Thursday on U.S. engagement with China amidst the global COVID-19 pandemic. At the committee hearing, Murphy specifically pressed the panel about... Read More about Murphy: It Is Hard To Overestimate The Gift Trump Gave China Through His Mismanagement Of COVID-19

HARTFORD—Members of the Connecticut Congressional Delegation, in a letter led by U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), today urged the Trump administration to withdraw its threat to withhold magnet school funding from those districts that follow Connecticut State Law allowing transgender athletes to participate in... Read More about CT Congressional Delegation Urges Trump Administration To Drop Threat To Withhold Magnet School Funding

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, on Wednesday pressed White House Coronavirus Task Force members about ongoing coronavirus response efforts and the leadership of the White House administration during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the administration’s efforts to drawback our presence... Read More about Murphy Presses CDC Director On Decrease In Covid-19 Testing Six Months Into The Pandemic With Nearly 200,000 Americans Dead

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Bob Menendez (D-N.J.),  Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) on Wednesday introduced the CARE for Tourette Syndrome Act that would expand and intensify the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) efforts to discover new treatments for Tourette Syndrome (TS).“Too many families... Read More about Murphy, Menendez, Van Hollen, Gillibrand Introduce Tourette Syndrome Bill To Ramp-Up Federal Efforts To Develop New Treatments

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) joined Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and several of their Senate colleagues urging leadership of both the Senate and House Armed Services Committees and Senate and House Appropriations Subcommittees on Defense to provide the highest level of funding possible for both the Virginia Class and... Read More about Murphy, Blumenthal, Colleagues Urge Highest Possible Funding For Virginia And Columbia Class Submarines In Final Defense Spending Bill

WASHINGTON—This week, U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) joined U.S. Representatives Joe Courtney (CT-02), John Larson (CT-01), Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Jim Himes (CT-04), and Jahana Hayes (CT-05) in writing a letter to U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue to continue pressing USDA to find avenues to... Read More about Connecticut Lawmakers Push USDA for More Assistance to Shellfish Farmers

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) joined 11 of their senate colleagues in a letter led by U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) calling on the agency to commit to full transparency in the COVID-19 vaccine review process amidst... Read More about Murphy, Blumenthal, Warren, Hassan, Colleagues To FDA: Maintain Public Trust In Covid-19 Vaccine Decisions By Making Reviews Transparent

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) joined 11 of their senate colleagues in a letter led by U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) calling on the agency to commit to full transparency in the COVID-19 vaccine review process amidst... Read More about Murphy, Blumenthal, Warren, Hassan, Colleagues To FDA: Maintain Public Trust In Covid-19 Vaccine Decisions By Making Reviews Transparent

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Tuesday questioned leaders from top collegiate athletic programs as well as a leader of the college athlete rights movement at a U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing titled: Compensating College Athletes: Examining the Potential Impact on Athletes and Institutions.... Read More about Murphy: For All Of Those In This Body Who Believe In The Free Market, I Don't Know Why We Decide To Keep It From Athletes Who Are Producing An Incredible And Increasingly Valuable Service

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and 22 of their Democratic colleagues sent a letter demanding that pharmaceutical manufacturers stop withholding medications discounted under the 340B Drug Pricing Program from qualified providers that use contract pharmacies – locking out low-income patients... Read More about Senators Demand Big Pharma Allow Low-Income Patients To Access Lifesaving, Discounted 340b Drugs And Care

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) this week introduced a bipartisan resolution condemning the crackdown on peaceful protestors in Belarus and calling for the imposition of sanctions on responsible officials. U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.),... Read More about Murphy, Risch, Menendez, Rubio, Durbin Lead Colleagues In Introducing Resolution In Support Of Belarusian People

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, on Monday released the following statement ahead of Tuesday’s HELP Committee hearing on college athlete compensation:“At tomorrow's HELP Committee hearing on the future of college athletics, I plan to focus my... Read More about Murphy Statement Ahead Of Senate Hearing On College Athlete Compensation

In August, a bipartisan pair of senators on the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee introduced legislation to formalize subnational diplomacy with the creation of an office within the U.S. State Department tasked with coordinating policy and programs to help mayors and governors engage with foreign counterparts. The City and State Diplomacy Act... Read More about A Discussion With US Senator Chris Murphy About Subnational Diplomacy and China