WASHINGTON – During a U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee hearing on Tuesday, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) lambasted HELP Committee Republicans for refusing to schedule any hearings on Trumpcare. Last week, Murphy and all other HELP Committee Democrats called on the HELP Committee’s Republican... Read More about MURPHY: HEALTH COMMITTEE REPUBLICANS “PRETENDING” TRUMPCARE “DOESN’T EXIST”

WASHINGTON – During Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi’s visit to Washington, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC), joined SFRC Chairman Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), SFRC Ranking Member Ben Cardin (D-Md.), and a bipartisan group of 13 other senators in calling on President Donald... Read More about MURPHY, BIPARTISAN GROUP OF SENATORS URGE PRESIDENT TRUMP TO CONTINUE U.S. SUPPORT FOR UNITY & STABILITY IN IRAQ

WASHINGTON –  U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, joined HELP Committee Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-Wash.) and all other HELP committee Democrats in calling on the HELP Committee’s Republican leadership to dedicate Tuesday’s scheduled... Read More about MURPHY, HEALTH COMMITTEE DEMS CALL ON GOP TO HOLD FIRST HEARING ON TRUMPCARE THIS TUESDAY

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, released the following statement on a new state-by-state cost analysis by the Center for American Progress, which found that Trumpcare will cost Connecticut residents and their families thousands more for health... Read More about NEW REPORT: TRUMPCARE WILL COST CONNECTICUT FAMILIES & SENIORS THOUSANDS MORE FOR HEALTH CARE

HARTFORD – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced on Friday that The Jackson Laboratory (JAX)  of Farmington is this month’s “Murphy’s Innovator of the Month.” JAX is a nonprofit biomedical research institution dedicated to discovering the precise genomic causes of and cures for devastating... Read More about MURPHY HIGHLIGHTS FARMINGTON INNOVATOR, THE JACKSON LABORATORY, AS “MURPHY’S INNOVATOR OF THE MONTH”

WASHINGTON – As Congressional Republicans continue their dangerous crusade to quickly force Trumpcare through Congress without sufficient hearings, amendments, or debate, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) led 17 senators in demanding Senate Republican leadership conduct an equally transparent and thorough deliberative process on Trumpcare... Read More about MURPHY, 17 SENATORS TO GOP: TRUMPCARE PROCESS MUST EQUAL THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT’S

WASHINGTON – After President Trump unveiled his outline for the Fiscal Year 2018 budget, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations and U.S. Senate Appropriations Committees, blasted the proposal for egregiously cutting to funding for the U.S. State Department and other critical U.S. national security... Read More about MURPHY: “PRESIDENT TRUMP’S BUDGET…MAKES AMERICA LESS SAFE.”

WASHINGTON – In response to last week’s presentation by Speaker Paul D. Ryan, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, laid out the facts of Trumpcare following the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) analysis with a PowerPoint presentation on... Read More about MURPHY TELLS REAL STORY OF TRUMPCARE: HIGH COSTS, LESS CARE, TAX CUTS FOR THE WEALTHY

WASHINGTON, D.C. – After President Trump unveiled his outline for the Fiscal Year 2018 (FY18) budget, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, vowed to fight against the harmful proposed cuts.  “President Trump’s budget is an utter disaster for Connecticut” said Murphy.... Read More about MURPHY VOWS TO FIGHT AGAINST ANTI-CONNECTICUT BUDGET IN APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Wednesday released the following statement after a federal judge blocked President Trump's executive order restricting refugees and immigrants from six Muslim-majority nations in Africa and the Middle East from entering the United States. Trump’s re-issued executive order was... Read More about MURPHY APPLAUDS FEDERAL COURT BLOCK OF RE-ISSUED TRAVEL BAN

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) led U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), and Ed Markey (D-Mass.) on Wednesday in calling on the U.S. Department of the Interior to prioritize support in the FY 2018... Read More about MURPHY LEADS GROUP OF NEW ENGLAND SENATORS IN REQUESTING FUNDING FOR CONTE REFUGE & CONNECTICUT RIVER WATERSHED

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, on the sixth anniversary of the start to the Syrian civil war, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, joined U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-Va.), John McCain (R-Ariz.), and Marco Rubio (R-Fl.) in introducing a Senate resolution that condemns the Assad regime’s... Read More about MURPHY, KAINE, MCCAIN & RUBIO INTRODUCE BIPARTISAN RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING SIXTH ANNIVERSARY OF SYRIAN CIVIL WAR

WASHINGTON – Building on a nearly decade-long, community-driven effort, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and U.S. Representative Elizabeth Esty (CT-5), joined by U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and U.S. Representative John Larson (CT-1), reintroduced their Lower Farmington River and Salmon Brook Wild and Scenic River Act to... Read More about MURPHY, ESTY, BLUMENTHAL, LARSON REINTRODUCE WILD & SCENIC BILL TO PROTECT LOWER FARMINGTON RIVER

HARTFORD – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced on Monday that Micro Precision LLC of South Windham is this week’s “Murphy’s Monday Manufacturer.” Founded in 1981, Micro Precision manufactures precision-machined components, such as hydraulic accumulators, valves, actuators, manifold assemblies, and air horns, for the railroad and defense... Read More about MURPHY HIGHLIGHTS SOUTH WINDHAM MANUFACTURER, MICRO PRECISION LLC, AS “MURPHY’S MONDAY MANUFACTURER”

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, released the following statement on Monday after the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released their projected cost and reach of Republicans’ misguided Trumpcare. The CBO report made clear that... Read More about MURPHY ON TRUMPCARE CBO SCORE: “PASSING THIS BILL WOULD BE A HUGE MISTAKE”

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), released a statement on following reported cuts to the Sea Grant program. “Eliminating the federal Sea Grant program is short-sighted at best and catastrophic at worst. I’ve been a vocal proponent of these grants because I know the work they fund at UConn Avery Point boosts... Read More about MURPHY STATEMENT ON PROPOSED CUTS TO SEA GRANT PROGRAM

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) released the following statement on Saturday following reports that the U.S. Department of Justice requested the resignation of forty-six remaining U.S. Attorneys, including Deidre Daly, the U.S. Attorney for Connecticut. “Presidents have the right to put in place their own U.S. attorneys... Read More about MURPHY STATEMENT ON TRUMP ADMINISTRATION DEMANDING RESIGNATION OF U.S. ATTORNEYS, INCLUDING CT’S DEIRDRE DALY

WASHINGTON, DC –U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Representative Elizabeth Esty (CT-5), cosponsored bipartisan legislation in both the Senate and the House to expand a successful program that helps those who care for wounded, ill, or injured veterans. The Military and Veteran Caregiver Services... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL, ESTY RENEW BIPARTISAN PUSH TO EXPAND VETERAN CAREGIVER SERVICES TO VETERANS OF ALL ERAS

WASHINGTON – Days after House Republicans released their proposal to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA), U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) spoke on the floor of the U.S. Senate about Congressional Republicans’ dangerous attempt to quickly force TrumpCare through Congress without sufficient hearings, amendments, or debate.   As a member of the... Read More about MURPHY BLASTS CONGRESSIONAL REPUBLICANS FOR TRUMPCARE “RUSH JOB”

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), John Thune (R-S.D.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), Pat Toomey (R-Pa.), and Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.) reintroduced on Thursday the Helping Angels Lead Our Startups (HALOS) Act, legislation that would support small businesses and help create local jobs by removing burdensome restrictions from individuals... Read More about MURPHY, THUNE, SCHATZ, TOOMEY, HEITKAMP INTRODUCE BIPARTISAN HALOS ACT TO SUPPORT STARTUP JOBS, INNOVATION & SMALL BUSINESSES