WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on Tuesday made the following statement on the situation in Belarus: “Authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko is trying to steal the election in Belarus. After shutting down the internet and sending riot police to confront peaceful... Read More about MURPHY STATEMENT ON BELARUS

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) led 25 Senate Democrats on Friday in calling on President Trump to reopen the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) marketplace to allow more people to enroll in health insurance and access federal subsidies, and to take steps to ensure seniors can enroll in Medicare coverage as they... Read More about MURPHY, SENATE DEMS TO TRUMP: REOPEN THE ACA MARKETPLACE, ALLOW SENIORS TO ACCESS MEDICARE DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), and Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) sent a letter to Senate leadership urging the inclusion of ideas from their legislation, the Rebuilding Main Street Act, within the next relief package. The Rebuilding Main Street Act would incentivize and expand the... Read More about MURPHY, VAN HOLLEN, MERKLEY, BALDWIN CONTINUE PUSH FOR EXPANDED WORK SHARE PROVISIONS IN NEXT RELIEF PACKAGE

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and 15 Democratic Senators joined a resolution led by Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) calling on President Donald Trump to immediately extend for another five years the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) with Russia as it faces expiration on February 5, 2021, six-months from... Read More about MURPHY, MARKEY INTRODUCE RESOLUTION TO DEFEND NEW START TREATY, CALL ON TRUMP TO MAINTAIN LIMITS ON NEW RUSSIAN STRATEGIC WEAPONS

HARTFORD—As over 600,000 people in Connecticut continue to go without electricity due to damages caused by Tropic Storm Isaias, U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), along with U.S. Representatives John Larson (CD-1), Rosa DeLauro (CD-3), Joe Courtney (CD-2), Jim Himes (CD-4) and Jahana Hayes (CD-5), on... Read More about CT LAWMAKERS PRAISE PURA FOR TIMELY INVESTIGATION INTO EVERSOURCE’S LACK OF PREPAREDNESS AMID POWER OUTAGES ACROSS CT FOLLOWING TROPICAL STORM ISAIAS

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), U.S. Senator Mike Lee (R-UT), U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.), and U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) on Thursday introduced legislation to block the sale of advanced armed drones to countries not closely allied to the United States. Last month, the Trump... Read More about MURPHY, LEE, SANDERS, PAUL, COONS INTRODUCE BIPARTISAN LEGISLATION TO BLOCK FUTURE SALES OF ARMED DRONES TO COUNTRIES LIKE SAUDI ARABIA

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Thursday made the following statement after the New York Attorney General Letitia James moved to dissolve the National Rifle Association (NRA) after an 18-month investigation that found evidence of fraud and abuse:                “The National... Read More about MURPHY STATEMENT ON NEW YORK ATTORNEY GENERAL’S LAWSUIT TO DISSOLVE THE NRA

WASHINGTON—As gun sales spike and reports of domestic violence increase across the country amid the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and U.S. Representative Jim Himes (CT-4) led their Congressional colleagues in introducing strongly-supported bicameral legislation to protect domestic... Read More about WITH GUN SALES & DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SURGING AMID PANDEMIC, MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL, HIMES, COLLEAGUES INTRODUCE BICAMERAL LEGISLATION TO CLOSE DANGEROUS LOOPHOLE TO PROTECT DOMESTIC ABUSE SURVIVORS

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn) and U.S. Senator Tina Smith (D-Minn.), both members of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, on Thursday said that factors like unemployment, hunger, lack of affordable housing, and education have far more impact on Americans’ health—especially in communities... Read More about MURPHY, SMITH INTRODUCE BILL TO STUDY, ADDRESS HOW SOCIAL INEQUITIES IMPACT HEALTH IN COMMUNITIES OF COLOR

HARTFORD—Members of the Connecticut Congressional Delegation, including U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) along with U.S. Representatives John Larson (CT-1), Joe Courtney (CT-2), Rosa DeLauro (CT-3), Jim Himes (CT-4), and Jahana Hayes (CT-5), today sent a letter to President Donald Trump in support of the... Read More about CONNECTICUT CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION URGES WHITE HOUSE TO ISSUE DECLARATION OF EMERGENCY FOLLOWING T.S. ISAIAS

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) issued the following statement after UConn became the first football team to suspend its 2020 season due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic: “UConn clearly made a tough decision today, but I am glad they did it in consultation with players, coaches and staff. We must put the health and... Read More about MURPHY STATEMENT ON UCONN FOOTBALL SEASON CANCELLATION

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), both members of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on Wednesday made the following statement on the political and economic crisis in Lebanon, and the explosions that rocked Beirut: “The blasts in Beirut exacerbate an already... Read More about MURPHY, SHAHEEN STATEMENT ON CRISIS IN LEBANON

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and U.S. Senator David Perdue (R-Ga.), both members of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on Tuesday introduced legislation to establish an Office at the U.S. State Department to coordinate policy and programs to help mayors and governors engage with their foreign counterparts and... Read More about MURPHY, PERDUE INTRODUCE LEGISLATION TO ESTABLISH SUBNATIONAL DIPLOMACY, COUNTER CHINA

WASHINGTON—As negotiations continued on a COVID-19 relief bill, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) joined Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) on Tuesday to blast his Republican colleagues in the U.S. Senate for not proposing sufficient funding for schools to safely reopen this fall.... Read More about MURPHY CALLS FOR INCREASED FEDERAL FUNDING FOR EDUCATION TO MAKE SURE STATES AND CITIES CAN SAFELY REOPEN SCHOOLS

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on Tuesday at a Committee hearing on Venezuela pressed U.S. State Department Special Representative for Venezuela Elliott Abrams on the administration’s disastrous policy towards Venezuela that’s left America in a weaker... Read More about MURPHY: U.S. VENEZUELA POLICY HAS BEEN AN UNMITIGATED DISASTER; WE PLAYED ALL OUR CARDS ON DAY ONE AND ITS BEEN AN EMBARRASSMENT EVER SINCE

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, on Monday reintroduced The 21st Century Buy American Act, legislation to strengthen America’s existing Buy American laws to ensure that the U.S. government prioritizes the purchase of American-made goods. The non-partisan Economic... Read More about MURPHY PROPOSES ‘BUY AMERICAN’ LEGISLATION TO ENSURE U.S. GOVERNMENT PRIORITIZES AMERICAN-MADE GOODS

WASHINGTON—With gun sales spiking since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) urged Senate leadership and appropriators to include funding in the next relief package to address the dangerous backlog of background checks. The Senators called for an additional $20 million for... Read More about AS GUN SALES RISE AMID COVID-19 PANDEMIC, CONNECTICUT SENATORS CALL ON SENATE LEADERSHIP TO BOLSTER BACKGROUND CHECK PROGRAM

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, and U.S. Senator Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), on Tuesday introduced legislation that allows any health care practitioner or professional in good standing with a valid practitioners’ license to render... Read More about MURPHY, BLUNT INTRODUCE LEGISLATION TO ALLOW HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS TO RENDER SERVICES ANYWHERE THROUGHOUT COVID-19 PANDEMIC

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, along with Committee Chairman Jim Risch (R-Idaho), and U.S. Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Rob Portman (R-Ohio), John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) this week introduced the Ukraine Security Partnership Act to provide... Read More about MURPHY, BIPARTISAN GROUP OF SENATORS INTRODUCE LEGISLATION TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE, SUPPORT FOR UKRAINE

WASHINGTON—Today, U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and U.S. Representatives John Larson (D-1), Joe Courtney (D-2), announced that the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) had completed its report on the financial impact of crumbling foundations that the Members... Read More about CONNECTICUT MEMBERS’ STATEMENT ON GAO REPORT DETAILING FINANCIAL IMPACT OF CRUMBLING FOUNDATIONS