HARTFORD—Today, U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Governor Ned Lamont, U.S. Representative Jim Himes (CT-4), and Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT) Commissioner Joseph J. Giulietti announced CTDOT will receive $29,900,000 through a Federal-State Partnership for State of Good Repair grant. The... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL, LAMONT, HIMES ANNOUNCE DOT AWARDED $29 MILLION GRANT TO REPLACE WALK RIVER BRIDGE

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, made the following statement after the Trump administration announced the intention to withdraw from the Open Skies Treaty on Thursday: "Withdrawing from the Open Skies Treaty a disastrous national security decision by the Trump administration... Read More about MURPHY STATEMENT ON TRUMP ADMINISTRATION’S WITHDRAWAL FROM OPEN SKIES TREATY

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) joined by Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) introduced the NICS Data Integrity Act, a bill that would allow the FBI to maintain gun-purchase records until background checks are complete. Under current law, the FBI is required to purge incomplete background checks from its... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL INTRODUCE GUN SAFETY BILL TO ENSURE COMPLETION OF BACKGROUND CHECKS

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) joined a resolution in the Senate introduced by U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) establishing June 5, 2020, as “National Gun Violence Awareness Day” and designating June as “National Gun Violence Awareness Month.” U.S. Representative... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL INTRODUCE RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING “NATIONAL GUN VIOLENCE AWARENESS DAY”

WASHINGTON—On Thursday, 18 Senate Democrats, led by U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-Va.) and U.S. Senate Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), expressed grave concern regarding unilateral annexation of Palestinian territory potentially as early as July. In a letter to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense... Read More about 18 SENATE DEMOCRATS, LED BY MURPHY, KAINE, & VAN HOLLEN, CAUTION ISRAEL AGAINST UNILATERAL ANNEXATION OF WEST BANK TERRITORY

WASHINGTON—Just hours after President Trump threatened to permanently leave the World Health Organization (WHO), U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Tuesday blasted the Trump administration for abdicating U.S. leadership in the fight against COVID-19 and Senate Republicans’ refusal to allow for a simple vote on Senator Durbin’s resolution to... Read More about MURPHY: TRUMP IS GIFTING CHINA POWER AND INFLUENCE BY REFUSING TO TAKE PART IN THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION AND GLOBAL EFFORTS TO FIND A COVID-19 VACCINE

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) this week announced bipartisan support for legislation he introduced last year with U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) to require the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to increase the amount of personal protective equipment (PPE) it procures from American companies. Murphy, Shaheen, and... Read More about MURPHY ANNOUNCES BIPARTISAN SUPPORT FOR BILL TO BOLSTER DOMESTIC SUPPLY CHAIN FOR PPE

WASHINGTON—Ahead of the U.S. Senate Homeland Security Committee vote to subpoena Burisma-tied firm Blue Star Strategies, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Wednesday asked the U.S. Departments of State, Treasury, and Homeland Security, and the U.S. National Archives, whether they are currently complying with Republican subpoena requests for... Read More about MURPHY TO EXECUTIVE BRANCH: ARE YOU COMPLYING WITH REPUBLICAN SUBPOENA REQUESTS RELATED TO HUNTER BIDEN AND BURISMA AFTER STONEWALLING IMPEACHMENT-RELATED REQUESTS?

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), top Democrat on the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on the Middle East, on Monday made the following statement on reports that the State Department Inspector General Steve Linick had mostly completed his investigation into the Department’s use of emergency authorities to force through an $8... Read More about MURPHY STATEMENT ON REPORTS THAT LINICK HAD MOSTLY COMPLETED INVESTIGATION INTO $8 BILLION ARMS SALE BEFORE FIRING

HARTFORD—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced on Monday that LoganTech in Waterbury is this week’s “Murphy’s Monday Manufacturer.” Founded in 2008, LoganTech manufacturers assistive technology for people with disabilities, including communication devices for nonverbal persons as well as braille learning and braille label printing for blind... Read More about MURPHY HIGHLIGHTS WATERBURY MANUFACTURER, LOGANTECH, AS THIS WEEK’S “MURPHY’S MONDAY MANUFACTURER”

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and 38 of his senate colleagues joined a resolution led by Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) that encourages U.S. engagement with the international community on the COVID-19 response given the Trump Administration’s failure to participate in global summits on vaccines and therapeutics. The... Read More about MURPHY, DURBIN, COLLEAGUES INTRODUCE RESOLUTION TO REAFFIRM U.S. COMMITMENT TO GLOBAL EFFORT TO FIND COVID-19 VACCINE

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on Saturday made the following statement after the State Department Inspector General Steve Linick was fired: “There is a clear and disturbing pattern of Trump weaponizing independent oversight positions to punish enemies and reward loyalists.... Read More about MURPHY STATEMENT ON FIRING OF STATE DEPARTMENT INSPECTOR GENERAL

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee and U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, on Friday published an op-ed in USA Today blasting the Trump administration’s China policy. In the piece, Murphy makes the case that the president tries to act tough on China, but... Read More about MURPHY OP-ED IN USA TODAY: “TRUMP HAS BEEN A GREAT PRESIDENT FOR CHINA. FOR AMERICA AMID CORONAVIRUS, NOT SO MUCH”

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) joined a press call with Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) this week to announce a new legislative proposal to help small businesses and workers deal with the economic impacts of COVID-19. The senators’ proposal, the Rebuilding Main Street Act, would allow employers to share... Read More about MURPHY: WE MUST MEET THE UPCOMING NEEDS OF BUSINESSES AS STAY-AT-HOME ORDERS ARE LIFTED

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pension (HELP) Committee, on Wednesday joined CNN’s the Daily DC with CNN Senior Political Correspondent Nia-Malika Henderson to discuss this week’s HELP hearing with White House coronavirus task force members where Murphy pressed for CDC... Read More about MURPHY: THE LACK OF CDC GUIDANCE WILL COST LIVES

WASHINGTON—Today, U.S. Senators Chris Murphy, Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), and fourteen senators introducing legislation to ban “ghost” guns. Murphy and Blumenthal announced the Untraceable Firearms Act at a press call earlier today with Everytown for Gun Safety. Reports indicate that the public health and economic crises caused by the COVID-19... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL, DEM SENATORS INTRODUCE LEGISLATION TO BAN “GHOST” GUNS AS COVID-19 PANDEMIC DRIVES DEMAND FOR UNTRACEABLE FIREARMS

WASHINGTON—Today, U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) announced new legislation to help small businesses, nonprofits, and workers weather the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and support a safe reopening. On a press conference call, the Senators laid out the details of their proposal,... Read More about MURPHY, VAN HOLLEN, MERKLEY ANNOUNCE NEW WORK SHARE PROPOSAL TO HELP EMPLOYERS AND WORKERS WEATHER THE STORM

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee joined U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass), who led other HELP Committee members Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Robert P. Casey (D-Pa.), and Tim Kaine (D-Va.) in sending a letter to HELP Committee Chairman Lamar Alexander... Read More about MURPHY, WARREN, COLLEAGUES CALL FOR SENATE HELP COMMITTEE HEARING WITH HHS WHISTLEBLOWER RICK BRIGHT

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and a group of 10 of their senate colleagues joined a letter led by U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) seeking transparency and information regarding the distribution process for the COVID-19 therapeutic... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL, DURBIN, COLLEAGUES URGE HHS TO PROVIDE TRANSPARENCY ON DISTRIBUTION OF REMDESIVIR

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on Wednesday joined CARE COO Tjada McKenna and former USAID Administrator and ONE Campaign CEO Gayle Smith to discuss the importance of global health funding as a way to strengthen the anti-pandemic response globally. Murphy said: “The fact of... Read More about MURPHY: IF WE DON’T STOP COVID-19 EVERYWHERE, WE DON’T STOP IT ANYWHERE