WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, and Ranking Member of the Committee U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-Wash.), released the following statements on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) final rule to ban the use of electrical stimulation devices (ESDs) on... Read More about MURPHY, MURRAY STATEMENTS ON FDA RULE TO BAN USE OF ELECTRICAL SHOCK DEVICES ON CHILDREN AND ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), on Tuesday, during a U.S. Senate Committee hearing on Health, Education Labor & Pensions, questioned Centers For Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Deputy Director Dr. Anne Schuchat and U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Stephan Hahn on the emerging threat of coronavirus and what... Read More about MURPHY PRESSES ADMINISTRATION WITNESSES ON CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee and U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, U.S. Representative Judy Chu (CA-27), U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), and U.S. Representative Joe Neguse (CO-2) on Tuesday introduced bicameral legislation that would block the implementation of... Read More about MURPHY, CHU, FEINSTEIN, NEGUSE LEAD EFFORT TO BLOCK PRESIDENT TRUMP’S EXPANDED MUSLIM BAN

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, on Tuesday released the following statement in response to the Supreme Court’s announcement that they will hear oral arguments in Texas v. United States, a Republican-led and Trump administration-backed lawsuit aimed at... Read More about AMID CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK, MURPHY STATEMENT ON SCOTUS DECISION TO HEAR ORAL ARGUMENTS IN ACA LAWSUIT THIS FALL

HARTFORD—Governor Ned Lamont announced today that the Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT) has received a $17.4 million grant from the Federal Railroad Administration to construct a new Hartford Line railroad station in Windsor Locks. The new station will be about a mile north of the existing Hartford Line station and is part of a... Read More about CT CONGRESSIONAL DEMS, GOVERNOR LAMONT ANNOUNCES STATE RECEIVES $17.4 MILLION FEDERAL GRANT TO BUILD A NEW TRAIN STATION IN WINDSOR LOCKS

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on  Saturday released the following statement on the U.S.-Taliban deal to prompt negotiations between the Taliban and the Afghan government: “The war in Afghanistan has gone on for too long, and the U.S.-Taliban deal to set the stage for... Read More about MURPHY STATEMENT ON AFGHANISTAN NEGOTIATIONS

Senator Murphy is committed to making sure COnnecticut residents have the resources and information they in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. If you have questions or assitance, please contact our office.  Click here to sign up for Senator Murphy's daily coronavirus email updates.  Coronavirus Resources For information on how... Read More about INFORMATION ON CORONAVIRUS FOR CONNECTICUT

HARTFORD—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced on Friday that Stratford craft brewery, Athletic Brewing Company, has been named “Murphy’s Innovator of the Month.” Founded in 2017 by Connecticut natives John Walker and Bill Shufelt, Athletic Brewing Company is the nation’s first brewer dedicated entirely to... Read More about MURPHY HIGHLIGHTS STRATFORD INNOVATOR, ATHLETIC BREWING COMPANY, AS “MURPHY’S INNOVATOR OF THE MONTH”

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Thursday authored an op-ed in MTV News about the growing power of the youth-led gun violence prevention movement. In the op-ed, Murphy highlights the importance of the youth movement in the face of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s refusal for the past year to bring up... Read More about MURPHY OP-ED IN MTV NEWS: GREAT SOCIAL CHANGE IS LED BY AMERICA’S YOUTH. THE GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION MOVEMENT IS NO DIFFERENT.

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) joined U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y), and other Congressional Democrats on Thursday at a press conference to mark one year since the U.S. House of Representatives passed bipartisan background checks... Read More about MURPHY: WE ARE BUILDING A GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION MOVEMENT AND IT’S COMING TO GET EVERY SINGLE REPUBLICAN WHO VOTES AGAINST IT

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) along with U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), U.S. Senator Ed Markey (D-Mass.), and U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) this week introduced legislation to reauthorize the two National Heritage Areas (NHAs) in Connecticut and Massachusetts, the Last Green Valley and the Upper... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL, MARKEY, WARREN INTRODUCE LEGISLATION TO REAUTHORIZE NATIONAL HERITAGE AREAS IN CONNECTICUT, MASSACHUSETTS

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) on Tuesday held a press call to talk about Mitch McConnell’s refusal to debate and vote on legislation that would expand background checks and save lives. This week marks exactly one year since the U.S. House of Representatives passed universal... Read More about MURPHY: LIVES ARE BEING LOST EVERY SINGLE DAY THAT MITCH MCCONNELL PLEDGES ALLEGIANCE TO THE NRA

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Tuesday questioned U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Alex Azar on the administration’s novel coronavirus response during a U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies on the administration’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2021... Read More about MURPHY PRESSES AZAR ON TRUMP ADMINISTRATION RESPONSE TO CORONAVIRUS, HHS BUDGET REQUEST

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee and U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, on Tuesday released the following statement in response to President Trump’s supplemental coronavirus budget request: “The president’s emergency funding request to respond to the coronavirus is far too... Read More about MURPHY STATEMENT ON ADMINISTRATION’S EMERGENCY CORONAVIRUS FUNDING REQUEST

HARTFORD—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced on Monday that Aeroturn LLC of Oxford is this week’s “Murphy’s Monday Manufacturer.” Aeroturn is a zero-maintenance turnstile manufacturer that offers 100% made in the U.S. products for a variety of buildings across the country. Founded in 2001, the company’s 10 employees work out of a 7,000... Read More about MURPHY HIGHLIGHTS OXFORD MANUFACTURER, AEROTURN LLC, AS THIS WEEK’S “MURPHY’S MONDAY MANUFACTURER”

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on Sunday joined CNN’s State of the Union with Jake Tapper to discuss national intelligence reports that Russia is currently interfering in the 2020 presidential election and his recent trip to Munich and Ukraine, including his meeting with... Read More about MURPHY ON CNN: I’M WORRIED ABOUT THE POLITICIZATION OF INTELLIGENCE BY THIS ADMINISTRATION

MUNICH—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, attended and participated in the Munich Security Conference, which drew more than 500 high-level international decision makers to discuss current crises and future security challenges. Murphy joined a panel discussion on bridging troubled waters and... Read More about MURPHY SPEAKS ABOUT DE-ESCALATION IN THE GULF AT MUNICH SECURITY CONFERENCE

Click here to view the town hall in full  MUNICH—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, attended and participated in the Munich Security Conference, which drew more than 500 high-level international decision makers to discuss current crises and future security challenges. Murphy spoke at a town... Read More about MURPHY AT MUNICH SECURITY CONFERENCE: WE MUST INCREASE SUPPORT FOR UKRAINE

WASHINGTON— U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) on Wednesday along with 23 of their Democratic Senate colleagues, sent a letter to Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Alex Azar and Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Mick Mulvaney expressing their concern over the Trump... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL PRESS TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TO REQUEST EMERGENCY FUNDING FOR NOVEL CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), joined bicameral legislation introduced by U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-Calif.-13) to greatly enhance the ability of law enforcement to investigate and solve gun crimes, crack down on gun trafficking and negligent gun dealers,... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL, JOIN BICAMERAL GUN SAFETY BILL TO MANDATE PRESERVATION, DISCLOSURE OF FEDERAL GUN DATA