WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) released a statement on Thursday after voting to support the roughly $1 trillion omnibus spending bill.  "I supported the compromise budget because the good things in it – more money for Connecticut manufacturers, Long Island Sound protection, and the Coast Guard Museum –... Read More about MURPHY STATEMENT ON PASSAGE OF OMNIBUS APPROPRIATIONS BILL

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, on Thursday released a statement after the House of Representatives passed the American Health Care Act, the Republican bill to repeal popular patient protections included in the Affordable Care Act, by a vote... Read More about MURPHY: “HOUSE REPUBLICANS JUST PASSED A BILL THEY KNOW WILL END INSURANCE FOR 24 MILLION”

WASHINGTON – Following a vote today by Senate Republicans to undo rules meant to help workers at small businesses save for retirement, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, and U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) introduced the Preserve Rights of States and... Read More about MURPHY, HEINRICH LEAD EFFORT TO PROTECT RETIREMENT SAVINGS FOR AMERICANS

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) released a statement on Wednesday after Derby resident Luis Barrios was granted a 30-day stay in his deportation case. Earlier this week, Murphy led a request with U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal that Immigration and Customs Enforcement reconsider their decision to deport Mr.... Read More about MURPHY: “THE BARRIOS FAMILY CAN SLEEP WELL TONIGHT”

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, joined Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Ranking Member of the HELP Committee, and five other senators in sending a letter to President Trump requesting more information on his decision, against historical precedent, to... Read More about MURPHY, GROUP OF SENATORS DEMAND ANSWERS FROM PRESIDENT TRUMP FOLLOWING DISMISSAL OF U.S. SURGEON GENERAL VIVEK MURTHY

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-Ark.), U.S. Representative Joe Courtney (CT-2), and U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) reintroduced on Wednesday the bipartisan United States Coast Guard Commemorative Coin Act, a bill to honor the men and women of the Coast Guard and support the National... Read More about MURPHY, BOOZMAN, COURTNEY, BLUMENTHAL REINTRODUCE BIPARTISAN COAST GUARD COMMEMORATIVE COIN ACT TO SUPPORT NATIONAL COAST GUARD MUSEUM

HARTFORD – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced on Monday that Stencil Ease International LLC of Old Saybrook is this week’s “Murphy’s Monday Manufacturer. Founded in 1980, Stencil Ease designs and manufactures stencils. They offer custom stencils; industrial stencils for parking lots, airports, or military use;... Read More about MURPHY HIGHLIGHTS OLD SAYBROOK MANUFACTURER, STENCIL EASE, AS “MURPHY’S MONDAY MANUFACTURER”

Hartford, CT – U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) today wrote to Immigration and Customs Enforcement seeking reconsideration of the decision to deport Derby father Luis Barrios. Both Blumenthal and Murphy have repeatedly reached out to ICE officials and have received no information to justify the... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL URGE ICE TO RECONSIDER DEPORTATION OF DERBY FATHER

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, on Monday recognized the first federal funding – $5 million – for the National Coast Guard Museum in New London within the new appropriations bill to fund the federal government through September. In the Appropriations... Read More about MURPHY PROVISION TO FUND NATIONAL COAST GUARD MUSEUM INCLUDED IN OMNIBUS APPROPRIATIONS BILL

Washington, DC – U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), and Chris Murphy (D-CT), and U.S. Representative Rosa DeLauro (CT-3) today announced that the Omnibus Appropriations bill, which is set to pass Congress, includes $8 million in federal funding for the Long Island Sound program. The federal investment is over $4 million more than last... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL, & DELAURO: RECENTLY ANNOUNCED FEDERAL FUNDING BILL INCLUDES $8 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDING TO PROTECT LONG ISLAND SOUND

WASHINGTON – Ahead of President Trump’s 100th day in office on Saturday, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) released the following statement. “Day after day, President Trump breaks the promises he made to the American people. He promised a ‘tremendous’ health care system that would lower costs and cover everyone, but... Read More about MURPHY STATEMENT ON TRUMP’S FIRST 100 DAYS

WASHINGTON – Ahead of “National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day” tomorrow, Saturday, April 29th, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) urged Connecticut residents to return their unused and expired prescription medications to one of the dozens of collection sites located across the state. The collection of drugs will reduce the... Read More about MURPHY URGES CONNECTICUT RESIDENTS TO RETURN UNUSED DRUGS TOMORROW ON “NATIONAL PRESCRIPTION DRUG TAKE-BACK DAY”

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development (THUD), and Related Agencies Subcommittee, led a group of senators in urging increased funding for rail investment along the Northeast Corridor (NEC). In a letter addressed to Appropriations Chairman Thad... Read More about MURPHY LEADS SENATORS IN CALL FOR INCREASED RAIL INVESTMENT ALONG NORTHEAST CORRIDOR

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, joined U.S. Senator Todd Young (R-Ind.) and a bipartisan group of seven senators in calling on the Saudi government to take specific steps to address the humanitarian crisis in Yemen. Saudi airstrikes have killed thousands of Yemeni... Read More about MURPHY, BIPARTISAN GROUP OF SENATORS CALL ON SAUDI ARABIA TO TAKE SPECIFIC STEPS TO ADDRESS THE HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN YEMEN

HARTFORD – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced on Friday that Continuity of New Haven is this month’s “Murphy’s Innovator of the Month.” Founded in 2008 during the depths of the Great Recession, Continuity helps all financial institutions comply with banking regulations. With the help... Read More about MURPHY HIGHLIGHTS NEW HAVEN INNOVATOR, CONTINUITY, AS “MURPHY’S INNOVATOR OF THE MONTH”

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), author of the Honor Our Commitment Act of 2017, pressed the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) on Thursday to continue their efforts to ensure that veterans who have been released from military service with Other-Than-Honorable (OTH) or bad-paper discharges receive mental health and... Read More about MURPHY PRESSES VETERANS ADMINISTRATION TO ENSURE DISCHARGED MILITARY SERVICE MEMBERS RECEIVE MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Foreign Relations Committee and the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, and U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.)  joined a bipartisan group of more than three dozen U.S. Senators led by Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) and Sen. Todd Young (R-IN) in support of robust... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL JOIN BIPARTISAN GROUP OF SENATORS IN SUPPORT OF FULLY FUNDING THE INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS BUDGET

Washington, D.C.) –U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and U.S. Representative Joe Courtney (D-2) today joined more than 130 Members of Congress, led by Sens. Patty Murray (D-WA) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), and Reps. Bobby Scott (D-VA) and Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), in sending a letter to Secretary of... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL, COURTNEY, COLLEAGUES URGE SECRETARY DEVOS TO REINSTATE STUDENT LOAN PROTECTIONS

Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) joined a group of 17 senators, led by U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), in calling on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Speaker of the House Paul Ryan to include a substantial increase in funds for the fight against the nation's... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL JOIN COALITION URGING LEADER MCCONNELL AND SPEAKER RYAN TO FOCUS ON FUNDING FOR OPIOID CRISIS AND MEDICAL RESEARCH

Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), led by Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) and Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), joined 23 Senate Democrats in reintroducing the Therapeutic Fraud Prevention Act, legislation to classify “conversion therapy” as a fraudulent practice that would... Read More about FOLLOWING WIDESPREAD ANTI-LGBTQ PUSH UNDER PRESIDENT TRUMP, MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL, JOIN EFFORTS TO END DANGEROUS, FRADULENT “CONVERSION THERAPY”