WASHINGTON – The United States Navy on Wednesday awarded U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) with the Navy Distinguished Public Service Award, the “highest form of public service recognition bestowed by the Department of the Navy to civilians who demonstrate outstanding service of substantial and long-term benefit to the Navy, Marine... Read More about MURPHY AWARDED NAVY’S DISTINGUISHED PUBLIC SERVICE AWARD

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Tuesday released the following statement following President Donald Trump’s announcement of Judge Neil Gorsuch of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit in Denver as his nominee to serve as Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court: “I want a Supreme Court... Read More about MURPHY STATEMENT ON PRESIDENT TRUMP’S SUPREME COURT ANNOUNCEMENT

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on the Europe and Regional Security Cooperation, on Tuesday condemned the increase in violence by Russian-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine, which has claimed the lives of eight Ukrainian soldiers and wounded twenty-six since... Read More about MURPHY ON ESCALATION OF VIOLENCE IN UKRAINE: TRUMP NEEDS TO SHOW LEADERSHIP

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) demanded on Monday night that Congress take immediate action to block President Trump’s harmful restriction on refugees and immigrants from certain Muslim-majority nations in Africa and the Middle East. Murphy told the story of Milford resident from Syria, Fadi Kassar, whom his office is... Read More about MURPHY CALLS ON GOP TO JOIN HIM IN BLOCKING TRUMP’S HARMFUL EXECUTIVE ORDER ON REFUGEES

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, voted against Secretary of Education nominee Betsy DeVos on Tuesday during the HELP Committee meeting. After meeting with DeVos privately and questioning DeVos during a HELP Committee hearing earlier this... Read More about MURPHY ON DEVOS: “I’LL BE VOTING AGAINST HER NOMINATION TODAY.”

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, announced on Tuesday that he has been named Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Europe and Regional Security Cooperation, which includes U.S.-Russia policy. Murphy will remain a member of the Foreign Relations... Read More about MURPHY NAMED TOP DEMOCRAT OF FOREIGN RELATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE ON EUROPE & RUSSIA

WASHINGTON – Ahead of the committee vote, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, joined U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and four other HELP Committee members in raising concerns about Education Secretary nominee Betsy DeVos’s potential... Read More about MURPHY, SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE MEMBERS RAISE NEW CONCERNS ABOUT BETSY DEVOS’S CONFLICTS OF INTEREST IN HIGHER EDUCATION

WASHINGTON – Following a NBC Connecticut report this weekend, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) contacted the family of Fadi Kassar, a Milford resident from Syria, to work to reunite Kassar with his family. Despite securing refugee status, Kassar’s wife and two daughters, ages 5 and 8, were stopped from boarding their flight to the... Read More about MURPHY ASSISTING MILFORD RESIDENT & SYRIAN REFUGEE FAMILY BARRED FROM U.S. AFTER TRUMP EXECUTIVE ORDER

HARTFORD – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced on Monday that The Platt Brothers and Company of Waterbury is this week’s “Murphy’s Monday Manufacturer.” The Platt family founded the company in Waterbury in 1797 as a grist mill. Over time, the company expanded their capabilities and services, and today, the... Read More about MURPHY HIGHLIGHTS WATERBURY MANUFACTURER, THE PLATT BROTHERS & COMPANY, AS “MURPHY’S MONDAY MANUFACTURER”

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee and U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, unveiled legislation on Monday to block President Trump’s harmful restriction on refugees and immigrants from certain Muslim-majority nations in the Middle East. Specifically, the bill would... Read More about MURPHY INTRODUCES BILL TO BLOCK PRESIDENT TRUMP’S HARMFUL EXECUTIVE ORDER ON REFUGEES

WASHINGTON —Following President Trump's executive order to implement what he calls "extreme vetting" of refugees, Senator Murphy published an op-ed on Huffington Post detailing how the proposal will make America less safe.  The full text of Murphy’s piece is below: Donald Trump’s long-awaited Muslim ban became a reality... Read More about Senator Chris Murphy in Huffington Post: How Trump Just Made America Less Safe

Hartford, CT – U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Congressman John Larson (CT-1) and Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-2) issued the following statement in response to the announcement by the Pentagon today of a review of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program: “Any review of the F-35 Joint Strike... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL, LARSON, COURTNEY STATEMENT ON PENTAGON F-35 REVIEW

WASHINGTON, DC—U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) joined a group of 53 members of Congress, led by Ranking Members of the Senate and House Veterans’ Affairs Committees, Senator Jon Tester (D-Mont.) and Representative Tim Walz (D-Minn.), to demand President Trump exempt the entire VA and all veterans... Read More about MURPHY, BLUMENTHAL JOIN 53 MEMBERS OF CONGRESS TO DEMAND TRUMP EXEMPT ENTIRE VA FROM HIRING FREEZE

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) reiterated his commitment on Wednesday to passing comprehensive immigration reform that secures our borders, helps law enforcement, and provides a pathway to citizenship that will keep families together and protect undocumented students who were brought here as children. Murphy released the... Read More about MURPHY: “TRUMP’S DIVISIVE POLICIES…DO NOTHING TO MAKE US SAFER”

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, announced his support on Tuesday for South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley as U.N. Ambassador following a vote on her nomination in Committee. Murphy questioned Haley when she testified before the Committee last week. “After an... Read More about MURPHY SUPPORTS GOV. NIKKI HALEY AS U.N. AMBASSADOR

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, joined Senate Democrats on Tuesday in unveiling a major $1 trillion transportation infrastructure investment plan to rebuild America’s roads, rails, bridges, and other critical infrastructure projects over the... Read More about MURPHY JOINS SENATE DEMOCRATS IN PROPOSING MAJOR INVESTMENT PLAN TO REBUILD ROADS, RAIL & CRITICAL TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE

HARTFORD — As President Trump begins the first week of his presidency, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Monday unveiled a letter he’s sending to President Trump outlining five executive actions that the President should take immediately to close loopholes in Buy American laws. President Trump campaigned on increasing U.S.... Read More about MURPHY CALLS ON PRESIDENT TRUMP TO TAKE FIVE EXECUTIVE ACTIONS NOW TO BOOST “BUY AMERICAN”

HARTFORD – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) joined manufacturers from across Connecticut in Middletown on Monday to celebrate reaching a milestone of 100 “Murphy’s Monday Manufacturers.” Murphy launched his weekly “Murphy’s Monday Manufacturer” series in the fall of 2014 to recognize Connecticut’s... Read More about MURPHY CELEBRATES 100 “MURPHY’S MONDAY MANUFACTURERS”

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) voted on Friday to confirm General James Mattis as Secretary of Defense and General John Kelly as Secretary of Homeland Security. Murphy released the following statement: “It’s my hope that Generals Mattis and Kelly draw upon their experience to inject a level of seriousness into... Read More about MURPHY STATEMENT ON CONFIRMATION OF SECRETARIES OF DEFENSE, HOMELAND SECURITY

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) released the following statement on Friday regarding the inauguration of President Donald Trump: “I congratulate President Trump on his inauguration as our nation's 45th President, and I give thanks to President Obama for his extraordinary eight years at the helm of our great nation. I... Read More about MURPHY STATEMENT ON THE INAUGURATION OF PRESIDENT TRUMP