NEW YORK—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Tuesday joined Foreign Policy magazine’s tech and AI forum at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), titled Securing the Stack: A Conversation on Trust, Trade, and Technology. In the panel discussion, Murphy outlined the path ahead for Congress to respond effectively to Americans’ growing... Read More about Murphy Joins United Nations General Assembly Event On Artificial Intelligence

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) just pressed U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Markwayne Mullin for accountability and transparency on unprecedented immigration raids in Connecticut by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) last month, including near a children’s school bus stop. “Last month,... Read More about Murphy Presses DHS Sec. Mullin On ICE Operations in Connecticut

WASHINGTON–U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, reintroduced legislation to fuel the growth of magnet schools nationwide by improving and expanding the federal Magnet Schools Assistance Program (MSAP). The Magnet Schools Accessibility, Growth, and Nonexclusionary... Read More about Murphy, Blumenthal Reintroduce Legislation to Expand Federal Support for Magnet Schools

WASHINGTON–Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) re-introduced the Protecting Our Students in Schools Act, alongside Senators Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), and Alex Padilla (D-Calif.). The bill would ban corporal punishment for any school that receives federal funding, as well as establish a federal grant program to support states... Read More about Murphy Reintroduces Bill to Protect Students from Physical Abuse, End Dangerous Corporal Punishment Practices in Schools

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and U.S. Representative Suzanne Bonamici (D-Ore.-1) introduced a resolution designating the week of September 14th through 18th as “Malnutrition Awareness Week.” Food insecurity and malnutrition affect over 40 million Americans, disproportionately impacting older adults, children, and other vulnerable... Read More about Murphy, Bonamici Introduce Bicameral Malnutrition Awareness Week Resolution After Republican Budget Bill Ripped Nutrition Benefits Away From Families

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, alongside Senators Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and Ed Markey (D-Mass.), reintroduced the Counseling Not Criminalization in Schools Act, legislation to improve educational outcomes by redirecting existing resources towards... Read More about Murphy Reintroduces Legislation to Increase Mental Health Resources for Students, Reduce Police Presence in Schools

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) just introduced three new bills to rein in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) abuses and protect kids from targeting by agents at playgrounds, child care facilities, and school bus stops, as well as cosponsored legislation to protect immigrants seeking essential services at... Read More about Murphy Introduces Three Bills To Rein In ICE Abuses, Protect Kids From Targeting By Agents

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Europe and Regional Security, today questioned Michael Young, nominee to be U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Serbia, and Ronald Johnson, nominee to be U.S. Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina, during their confirmation hearing. Sen.... Read More about Murphy to Trump Nominees: 'No, You Cannot Promote the President's Businesses as Ambassador'

WASHINGTON–U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, along with U.S. Senators Tina Smith (D-Minn.) and Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.) reintroduced the Student Loan Forgiveness for Farmers and Ranchers Act, legislation to create a loan forgiveness program for beginning farmers and... Read More about Murphy, Smith, Baldwin Reintroduce Bill to Support Connecticut's Young Farmers, Forgive Student Loan Debt

WASHINGTON, D.C. – As the Senate begins considering the so-called Protect College Sports Act (PCSA), U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) joined college athletes, their families, labor advocates, and civil rights leaders to speak out against the legislation. Murphy pushed back against the manufactured “crisis” framing offered by the PCSA’s... Read More about Murphy Stands With Athletes, Labor, and Civil Rights Leaders to Rally Against the So-Called Protect College Sports Act

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Monday spoke on the floor of the U.S. Senate addressing the revelations that the recent, private island wedding of President Trump’s son, Donald Trump Jr., was in part paid for by Umar Kremlev, a Russian oligarch and close ally of Vladimir Putin, to the tune of hundreds of thousands of... Read More about Murphy on Don Jr.'s Russia-Funded Wedding: 'This Is As Close to Treason As You Can Get'

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) joined Stephen A. Smith’s Straight Shooter on Sirius XM for a conversation on the Protect College Sports Act ahead of potential Senate action. Murphy laid out why the PCSA would be a disaster for college athletes by giving the NCAA sweeping, unprecedented power to silence athletes and bring... Read More about Murphy Slams So-Called Protect College Sports Act on Stephen A. Smith's Straight Shooter

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Friday led seven of his colleagues in sending a letter to U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz calling for the U.S. to push to pass additional sanctions measures in Sudan that would limit the flow of funds to the warring parties driving the largest humanitarian crisis in the world.... Read More about Murphy, 7 Democrats Call On Security Council to Pass Sanctions on Sudan to Cut Off Conflict Cash Flows

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) joined 37 Democratic Senators in a letter to U.S. Department of Energy Secretary, Chris Wright, and Office of Management and Budget Director, Russell Vought, demanding the Trump administration restore funding for 223 congressionally authorized and appropriated energy... Read More about Murphy, Blumenthal Join Senate Democrats in Demanding Trump Administration Restore Funding for Illegally Canceled Energy Projects

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, alongside Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.), Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.),... Read More about Senators to RFK Jr.: Why Was a Trump-Aligned Firm with No Immigration Experience Granted No-Bid Contract to Represent Unaccompanied Children?

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) spoke on the floor of the U.S. Senate to call out President Trump’s months-long gaslighting of the American public on the state of the Iran war. Murphy laid out how Trump’s constant false promises of an imminent Iran war deal are part of a corruption scheme in which Trump manipulates the market with... Read More about Murphy to Trump: Stop Gaslighting Americans on Iran, Stop Using the War for Your Corrupt Market Manipulation

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) led a group of Democrats in filing a series of official comments against the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms’ (ATF) April 2026 proposed regulatory changes to federal firearms law. Murphy’s comments opposed recent sweeping rule changes promulgated by the ATF, which would create easy access to... Read More about Murphy Mobilizes Senate Democrats Against Trump's Radical ATF Rule Changes, Historic Assault on Public Safety Nationwide

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security, and U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), along with U.S. Senators Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Susan Collins (R-Maine), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), Andy Kim... Read More about Murphy, Murkowski Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Support Coast Guard Installations, Allow Cost-Saving Community Partnerships

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) reintroduced the Supreme Court Ethics Act, legislation to require an ethical code of conduct for the Supreme Court of the United States. The bill would also require the appointment of an Ethics Investigations Counsel and require justices to publicly disclose why they decide to recuse themselves from a... Read More about Murphy Reintroduces Bill Requiring Supreme Court to Follow Code of Ethics

WASHINGTON–U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, on Tuesday questioned Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth about President Trump’s objectives in his disastrous war with Iran during a hearing on the administration’s request for nearly $70 billion in supplemental funding to enable more of their... Read More about Murphy Demands Answers from Hegseth on Objectives for Iran War & Taxpayer Dollars Spent on Trump's Luxury Jet