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

WASHINGTON—Following repeated examples of the Trump administration hiding election interference materials from Congress and the American people for political gain, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, pressed for the declassification of the 2020 and 2019 National Intelligence Estimates... Read More about Murphy Presses Administration To Declassify Election Interference Materials Through Public Interest Declassification Board, Urges Response By October 1

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) released the following statement after the Republican-controlled Senate failed to pass a so-called “skinny” COVID-19 relief bill, legislation negotiated among Republicans alone. The legislation failed by a vote of 52-47."This wasn't a serious bill and everybody knows it. Until Mitch McConnell... Read More about Murphy Slams Senate Republicans After Failed COVID-19 Relief Vote

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), the top Democrat of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Near East, South Asia, Central Asia, and Counterterrorism, on Wednesday made the following statement on reports that the Trump administration will withdraw troops from Iraq and Afghanistan before the... Read More about Murphy Statement On Us Troop Draw-downs From Iraq, Afghanistan

WASHINGTON—Today, U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), along with U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) and Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), wrote a letter to the commissioners of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) supporting the FTC’s initiation of a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) process and urging the Commission to... Read More about Murphy, Blumenthal, Brown, Baldwin Urge Federal Trade Commission To Establish, Enforce Made In Usa Standards

WASHINGTON—Today, U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), along with U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) and Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), wrote a letter to the commissioners of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) supporting the FTC’s initiation of a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) process and urging the Commission to... Read More about Murphy, Blumenthal, Brown, Baldwin Urge Federal Trade Commission To Establish, Enforce Made In Usa Standards

When all is said and done, how much will Congress and the public really end up learning about foreign efforts to interfere in the U.S. presidential election? The sobering answer to this question is: We may not learn very much about what really goes on at all. Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) is trying to do something about this. He is urging the... Read More about How much will we really learn about outside attempts to sabotage our election?

HARTFORD—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Connecticut Secretary of the State Denise Merrill on Thursday held a press briefing in Hartford to discuss the threat foreign interference poses to our elections and what Connecticut is doing in partnership with the federal government to strengthen the state’s cyber defenses and secure our elections.... Read More about Murphy: I’m Worried This White House Is Intentionally Ignoring Russian Election Interference Because It Knows It Will Ultimately Help Trump Get Reelected

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and 26 of their Senate colleagues joined a letter led by U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) calling on the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to fully extend school meal waivers through the end of the 2020-2021 school year so that schools have the flexibility to fully... Read More about Murphy, Blumenthal, Hassan Urge Extension For School Nutrition Program For 2020-2021 School Year

STORRS—The University of Connecticut has received an $8 million contract from the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to continue productive research aimed at improving aerospace manufacturing processes. Several members of Connecticut’s congressional delegation, including U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) lauded the UConn research team, what... Read More about UConn Receives $8 Million to Continue Air Force Research Lab Project in Advanced Manufacturing

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), along with fellow Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee members Senators Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Tina Smith (D-Minn.), Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), Doug Jones (D-Ala.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Robert Casey (D-Pa.), and Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) sent a letter led... Read More about Murphy, Warren, Colleagues Call for Immediate HELP Committee Hearing with CDC & FDA Heads to Investigate Trump Administration's Politicization of COVID-19 Response

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) joined Senator Patty Murray (D-Wash), Democratic Leader Senator Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), and 28 of their Democratic Senate colleagues in writing to Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar criticizing the Trump Administration for their continued political... Read More about Murphy, Blumenthal, Murray, Schumer Blast Trump Administration’s Constant, Dangerous Political Interference in COVID-19 Response

HARTFORD—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced on Monday that innovator TryCycle Data Systems in Farmington has been named “Innovator of the Month.” TryCycle is a digital health company focused on helping frontline clinicians treat and manage patients with substance use disorders or addiction and emerging health care crises, including... Read More about Murphy Highlights Connecticut Innovator TryCycle Data Systems As “Murphy’s Innovator Of The Month"

HARTFORD— U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and U.S. Representative Rose DeLauro (CT-3) announced federal funding that will boost the City of New Haven’s urban agriculture, composting, and food waste reduction initiatives. New Haven is among the first ever round of recipients of about $4.1 million in... Read More about Murphy, Blumenthal, DeLauro Applaud First-Ever Urban Agriculture & Composting Federal Grant To New Haven

HARTFORD—U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) announced that federal funding secured by the senators in the FY2020 appropriations bill to conduct research on Connecticut’s crumbling foundations crisis has been awarded to the University of Connecticut. Last year, Murphy, Blumenthal, and the Connecticut... Read More about Murphy, Blumenthal Applaud $768,000 Federal Grant For UConn Crumbling Foundations Research

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and the entire Senate Democratic Caucus joined a letter led by Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) urging U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary David Bernhardt to remove William Perry Pendley from his position leading the Bureau of Land Management. The senators also call on the President to... Read More about Murphy, Heinrich, Entire Democratic Caucus Urge Interior Secretary Bernhardt To Remove Pendley As Leader Of Bureau of Land Management

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Mitt Romney (R-Utah), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Near East, South Asia, Central Asia, and Counterterrorism, today released the following statement ahead of today’s White House visit of Prime Minister al-Kadhimi of the Republic of... Read More about MURPHY, ROMNEY STATEMENT ON IRAQI PRIME MINISTER’S VISIT TO THE WHITE HOUSE

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), and Tina Smith (D-Minn.), all members of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, wrote to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) requesting that the agencies issue... Read More about MURPHY, WARREN, SMITH CALL ON HEALTH AGENCIES TO REQUIRE “COMPLETE, TRANSPARENT, AND TIMELY NATIONAL REPORTING OF COVID-19 CASES” ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES