WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement on Tuesday in response to reports that the Russian-backed Syrian regime – led by Bashar al-Assad – launched a chemical weapons attack in the Idlib province of Syria, which has left dozens of... Read More about MURPHY STATEMENT ON REPORTED CHEMICAL WEAPONS ATTACK IN SYRIA

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement on Tuesday in response to reports that the Russian-backed Syrian regime – led by Bashar al-Assad – launched a chemical weapons attack in the Idlib province of Syria, which has left dozens of... Read More about MURPHY STATEMENT ON REPORTED CHEMICAL WEAPONS ATTACK IN SYRIA

Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Chris Murphy (D-CT) joined Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) in marking Equal Pay Day and reintroducing the Paycheck Fairness Act, legislation that... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL, JOIN MURRAY, DELAURO IN REINTRODUCING THE PAYCHECK FAIRNESS ACT

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) joined U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) in introducing legislation Monday to make public colleges and universities tuition-free for working families and to significantly reduce student debt. The... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL JOIN SANDERS IN BACKING COLLEGE FOR ALL

HARTFORD – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced on Monday that Ashcroft of Stratford is this week’s “Murphy’s Monday Manufacturer.” Headquartered in Connecticut since 1880, Ashcroft today manufactures pressure and temperature instruments, such as mechanical gauges, digital indicators, transducers and... Read More about MURPHY HIGHLIGHTS STRATFORD MANUFACTURER, ASHCROFT, AS “MURPHY’S MONDAY MANUFACTURER”

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) joined U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), all members of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, in calling on President Trump to stop his efforts to undermine the... Read More about MURPHY, HEALTH COMMITTEE DEMOCRATS CALL ON PRESIDENT TRUMP TO PROTECT AMERICANS FROM HIGH MEDICAL COSTS & STOP UNDERMINING THE ACA

WASHINGTON  – Today, U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) joined a group of thirteen Senators, led by U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), in sending a letter to President Donald Trump urging him to form a Presidential Task Force to address the alarming rise of hate crimes across many communities... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL COLLEAGUES CALL FOR PRESIDENTIAL TASK FORCE TO COMBAT HATE CRIMES, VIOLENCE

WASHINGTON – Days after President Trump released his Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 budget proposal to completely eliminate the $73 million National Sea Grant College Program, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) led a group of 22 other senators in calling on President Trump to reconsider his proposed elimination of the critical program. In a letter to... Read More about MURPHY LEADS 22 SENATORS IN CALLING ON PRESIDENT TRUMP TO RESTORE FUNDING FOR NATIONAL SEA GRANT COLLEGE PROGRAM

WASHINGTON — As part of his continued push to strengthen and improve Buy American laws and support U.S. manufacturing, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Legislative Branch Subcommittee, called on the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) to investigate U.S. government compliance with... Read More about MURPHY CALLS ON GAO TO INVESTIGATE U.S. GOVERNMENT COMPLIANCE WITH “BUY AMERICAN” LAWS

Washington – More than 30 U.S. Senators, including U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) introduced legislation to rescind President Trump’s Executive Order to reverse several landmark U.S. initiatives to combat climate change. “The time for debating climate change is over. President Trump’s... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL, COLLEAGUES INTRODUCE BILL TO RESCIND PRESIDENT’S ANTI-CLIMATE EXECUTIVE ORDER

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) released the following statement on Thursday after the U.S. Senate voted to allow states to withhold Title X funding – which covers services such as contraception, STD screenings and treatments, but cannot be used to cover abortions – from healthcare providers, such as Planned... Read More about MURPHY: “I’M SICK OF THESE REPUBLICAN ATTACKS ON WOMEN AND THEIR HEALTH CARE.”

WASHINGTON — Weeks after President Trump walked back his promise and announced that the slated Keystone XL pipeline would not be constructed in entirety with American-made steel, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) joined U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) and a group of nine other senators on Thursday in urging President Trump to protect... Read More about MURPHY CONTINUES “BUY AMERICAN” PUSH, JOINS GROUP OF SENATORS IN CALLING ON PRESIDENT TRUMP TO KEEP HIS PROMISE & USE AMERICAN-MADE STEEL

WASHINGTON – Just two weeks after reintroducing the bill in the Senate, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) applauded the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on Thursday for passing the Lower Farmington River and Salmon Brook Wild and Scenic River Act – legislation Murphy has... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL CELEBRATE COMMITTEE PASSAGE OF LOWER FARMINGTON RIVER BILL

Click here or the image above to view video of Murphy speaking about the retirement crisis. WASHINGTON – Before the U.S. Senate voted to roll back a rule providing retirement savings programs, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) lambasted Senate Republicans’ efforts to obstruct the ability of millions of working Americans to save for... Read More about MURPHY OPPOSES EFFORTS HURTING WORKERS’ ABILITY TO SAVE FOR RETIREMENT

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) joined Senate Democrats in writing a letter to President Trump urging him and his administration to abandon their efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and undermine the U.S. health care system so they can work in a bipartisan fashion to lower the costs of... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL, SENATE DEMS TO PRESIDENT TRUMP: ABANDON ACA REPEAL EFFORTS, STOP UNDERMINING HEALTH CARE SYSTEM AND WORK IN BIPARTISAN FASHION TO LOWER HEALTH CARE COSTS FOR ALL AMERICANS

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Europe and Regional Security Cooperation, on Tuesday welcomed Montenegro to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). By a vote of 97-2, the Senate ratified Treaty 114-12, Protocol to the North... Read More about MURPHY WELCOMES ACCESSION OF MONTENEGRO TO NATO

WASHINGTON  – After the Department of Education Office of Inspector General (OIG) found that Federal Student Aid (FSA) failed to identify Corinthian Colleges’ weak financial situation and allowed the failing for-profit to continue receiving Title IV student aid dollars without restriction, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL, COLLEAGUES URGE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT TO PROTECT STUDENTS AND TAXPAYERS FROM FAILING COLLEGES

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) released the following statement on Tuesday after President Trump, joined by head of the Environmental Protection Agency Scott Pruitt, signed an executive order attempting to dismantle former President Obama’s Clean Power Plan to cut carbon emissions and curb global... Read More about MURPHY STATEMENT ON TRUMP’S ATTEMPT TO DISMANTLE CLEAN POWER PLAN

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Tuesday announced he will vote against Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court nominee Judge Neil Gorsuch. Murphy met with Judge Gorsuch on February 16, 2017.  “Confirming a Supreme Court Justice is one of the most important responsibilities of a U.S. Senator. It’s a... Read More about MURPHY STATEMENT OPPOSING JUDGE GORSUCH

HARTFORD – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced on Monday that LogoSportswear of Wallingford is this week’s “Murphy’s Monday Manufacturer.” LogoSportswear manufactures customized apparel, such as t-shirts, sweatpants, aprons, team jerseys, and accessories for small- and medium-sized businesses, schools, teams,... Read More about MURPHY HIGHLIGHTS WALLINGFORD MANUFACTURER, LOGOSPORTSWEAR, AS “MURPHY’S MONDAY MANUFACTURER”