WASHINGTON–U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) introduced legislation to better support commercial fishermen as they respond to shifting fish populations due to climate change. The Supporting Healthy Interstate Fisheries in Transition (SHIFT) Act would require that the U.S. Department... Read More about Murphy, Blumenthal, Warren Introduce Legislation To Bolster Fishermen In Response To Climate Change

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Thursday introduced a bill that would mandate the U.S. Postal Service assign Scotland, Connecticut a single, unique ZIP Code. Despite having a population of fewer than 2,000 residents, Scotland, CT has six ZIP codes. For years, Connecticut families who call Scotland home have struggled to navigate... Read More about Murphy Introduces Bill To Give Scotland, CT A Single ZIP Code

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and U.S. Representative Jason Crow (D-Colo.-6) on Wednesday led Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), and U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Tina Smith (D-Minn.), Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.),... Read More about Murphy, Crow Lead Bicameral Group Of Democrats To Introduce Bill To Protect First Amendment Rights, Safeguard Americans From Politically Motivated Harassment And Prosecutions

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) released the following statement in response to a federal judge temporarily allowing Revolution Wind to keep building after multiple attempts by the Trump administration to halt the project: “After shutting down wind farm construction because of a so-called threat to national security, the Trump... Read More about Murphy Statement on Injunction Halting Trump’s Baseless Shutdown of Revolution Wind

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, led 13 of his Democratic Senate colleagues in urging U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee leadership, including the Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development leadership, to defend funding for the Federal Railroad... Read More about Murphy, 13 Senators Call On Appropriations Leadership To Defend Funding For Northeast Corridor Development, Expanded Amtrak Lines Nationwide

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), ahead of a vote to block unauthorized military action in Venezuela, on Wednesday took to the floor of the U.S. Senate to expose President Trump’s plans to waste billions of taxpayer dollars on nation-building in Venezuela while ignoring the American people who are facing massive health insurance... Read More about Murphy On Trump's Plan To Run Venezuela: Nobody Asked For This

HARTFORD, CT–U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) released the following statement in response to the Department of Justice’s meritless lawsuit against Connecticut after the state refused to provide voters’ private information to the Trump administration: “This lawsuit has nothing to do with election security – it’s just another power grab by a... Read More about Murphy Statement on DOJ's Meritless Suit Against Connecticut

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Sunday appeared on CNN’s State of the Union with Dana Bash to respond to the Trump administration’s military action in Venezuela to extract and arrest Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. Murphy denounced the Trump administration’s illegal, large-scale military operation that risks dragging the... Read More about Murphy On CNN's SOTU: Trump’s Foreign Policy Is About Making His Friends Filthy Rich, Not American National Security

HARTFORD–U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Monday released his 2025 End of Year Report. In a year marked by turmoil, Senator Murphy joined with elected leaders, civic organizers, and Connecticut residents to defend Americans’ rights and fight for a better future. This report highlights the measures Sen. Murphy and his office took to stand up... Read More about Murphy Releases 2025 End Of Year Report

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn) and Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) today introduced the Keeping Our Agents On The Line Act, a bill to improve border security by ensuring that Border Patrol Agents are not diverted from their work at U.S. borders and reassigned to operations deep in the American interior. Over the last year, Border Patrol... Read More about Murphy, Schiff Introduce Bill To Keep Border Patrol Agents At Our Borders And Out Of Our Cities

WASHINGTON–U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Tuesday led U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) in reintroducing the Americas Regional Monitoring of Arms Sales (ARMAS) Act to more effectively monitor and disrupt the trafficking of U.S. manufactured firearms throughout the... Read More about Murphy, Kaine, Markey, Warren, And Durbin Introduce Bicameral Bill To Fight Illegal Weapons Trafficking Into Latin America And The Caribbean

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Sunday released a statement commemorating the 13th anniversary of the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Connecticut. “On the 13th anniversary of the Sandy Hook shooting, I’m thinking of the families and loved ones who experienced an incomprehensible loss that day. Twenty children and six... Read More about Murphy Statement On The 13th Anniversary Of The Shooting At Sandy Hook

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Sunday joined Dana Bash on CNN’s State of the Union to discuss the horrifying shooting at Brown University that left two students dead and nine wounded. On the 13th anniversary of the Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting, Murphy spoke about how a mass shooting affects a community, the kinds of... Read More about On 13th Anniversary Of Sandy Hook Shooting, Murphy Responds To Yet Another Mass Shooting On CNN's State of the Union

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) joined U.S. Senators Bernie Sanders (D-Vt.) and Patti Murray (D-Wash.). in reintroducing the bipartisan Keeping All Students Safe Act to protect students from dangerous seclusion and restraint practices in school. In the House, the bill is sponsored by U.S. Representatives Robert C. “Bobby” Scott... Read More about Murphy, Sanders, Bicameral Colleagues Introduce Bill To Protect Kids From Seclusion And Forcible Restraint in Schools

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Ala.) on Thursday reintroduced bipartisan legislation that would give metastatic breast cancer patients access to support and medical care well before the current law allows. The Metastatic Breast Cancer Access to Care Act would waive the five-month waiting period for... Read More about Murphy, Murkowski Reintroduce Bill To Give Metastatic Breast Cancer Patients A Fighting Chance

WASHINGTON–U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Thursday, December 11th sent a letter to U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi objecting to the Department of Justice’s changes to grant conditions for Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative (CVIPI) program funding, which will exclude some community-based organizations from... Read More about Murphy Demands DOJ Restore Funding For Community-based Gun Violence Organizations

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) joined U.S. Senator Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) in introducing the Temporary Immigration Judge Integrity Act, legislation to prevent inexperienced temporary immigration judge appointments in light of the Trump administration’s abuse of loopholes in current regulations. U.S. Representative Juan Vargas... Read More about Murphy, Schiff Introduce Bicameral Bill To Prevent Inexperienced Temporary Immigration Judge Appointments, Close Loopholes Exploited By Trump Administration

WASHINGTON–U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), and Tim Kaine (D-Va.), alongside U.S. Representatives Scott Peters (D-Calif.-50), and Maggie Goodlander (D-N.H.-02), and 12 other Senate and House members, sent a letter to U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairman Andrew Ferguson regarding the Administration’s... Read More about Murphy, Kaine, Bicameral Colleagues Urge Trump Administration To Restore Ban On Non-Compete Clauses

HARTFORD—Today, U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) joined Hartford Mayor Arunan Arulampalam, Ken Barela, President and CEO of the Hispanic Health Council, James Michel, CEO of Access Health CT, Connecticut’s health insurance marketplace, and Connecticut residents in a press conference to spotlight the urgent need... Read More about Ahead of Senate Vote, Murphy, Blumenthal, Connecticut Families Demand Extension of ACA Tax Credits

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), alongside Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), and U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), led 45 senators in reintroducing the Background Check Expansion Act to expand federal background checks to all gun sales. Although more than 90 percent of Americans support... Read More about Murphy Leads 45 Senators To Reintroduce Background Check Expansion Act