WASHINGTON—Ahead of his upcoming congressional delegation trip to the region, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Thursday spoke at a U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on assessing U.S. policy towards the Western Balkans. On the Serbia-Kosovo normalization agreement, Murphy said: “I share the chairman's concerns about... Read More

WASHINGTON–As permitting reform negotiations gain momentum in Congress, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Wednesday sent a letter to the Chair and Ranking Member of the Committee on Environment and Public Works, U.S. Senators Tom Carper (D-Dele.) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.V.) urging them to prioritize clean transportation... Read More

WASHINGTON–U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, along with U.S. Senators Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Alex Padilla (D- Calif.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), and Ben Cardin (D-Md.) reintroduced... Read More

WASHINGTON–Amid the continued rise in horrific incidents of domestic terrorism and hate crimes targeting religious and ethnic minorities and communities of color, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) joined U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, in reintroducing legislation to address the... Read More

WASHINGTON–U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on Tuesday spoke at a hearing on what comes next for U.S. policy towards Russia with Dr. Andrea Kendall Taylor, Senior Fellow and Director for the Center for a New American Security’s Transatlantic Security Program, and John... Read More

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Near East, South Asia, Central Asia and Counterterrorism, on Tuesday chaired a nominations hearing for U.S. ambassadors to Oman, Lebanon, Ethiopia, Sierra Leone, and Uganda. During the hearing, Murphy discussed anti-LGBTQ legislation... Read More

WASHINGTON–U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), and U.S. Representatives Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.-3), John Larson (D-Conn.-1), Joe Courtney (D-Conn.-2), Jim Himes (D-Conn.-4), and Jahana Hayes (D-Conn.-5) on Monday sent a letter to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack requesting... Read More

WASHINGTON–U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Todd Young (R-Ind.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), and Tim Kaine (D-Va.) on Tuesday released a new report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) which found the use of non-compete agreements (NCAs) is widespread throughout the U.S. labor... Read More

WASHINGTON–Members of Connecticut’s congressional delegation announced that a collection of Connecticut stakeholders led by the University of Connecticut and including Yale University, municipal leaders, the state of Connecticut, workforce development agencies, and private sector partners has received an award through the U.S. National... Read More

WASHINGTON–U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Sunday released the following statement on President Biden’s announcement of additional actions to fully implement and maximize the benefits of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act: “Not even a year after it was signed into law, the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act is already... Read More

WASHINGTON–U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Sunday joined NBC’s Meet the Press with Chuck Todd to discuss the prospect for bipartisan immigration reform in the wake of Title 42’s expiration, House Republicans’ Default on America Act, and the gun violence prevention movement’s progress over the last year. On the... Read More

WASHINGTON–U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Chairman of the U.S Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Near East, South Asia, Central Asia and Counterterrorism, joined U.S. Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Chairman and Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, along with Senate Majority Leader... Read More

WASHINGTON–U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, introduced legislation to improve living conditions and mental health support for junior U.S. Navy Sailors assigned to ships undergoing extended maintenance overhauls. The Seaman Xavier Sandor Support for Sailors... Read More

WASHINGTON–U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i), Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), and Katie Britt (R-Ala.) on Thursday authored an op-ed in the Washington Post on social media’s harmful impact on kids and the importance of their legislation, the Protecting Kids on Social Media Act. “We are a bipartisan group of... Read More

WASHINGTON–U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, and John Kennedy (R-La.) introduced the Teacher, Principal and Leader Residency Access Act on Monday to improve access to training for college students who aspire to become teachers and leaders in America’s... Read More

WASHINGTON–U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, joined U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy (R-La.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), and his colleagues in introducing the College Transparency Act (CTA), bipartisan legislation which would ensure that students and... Read More

WASHINGTON–U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security, and U.S. Senator James Lankford (R-Okla.) on Wednesday sent a letter to U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to request the agency expedite processing Notices to Appear (NTA).... Read More

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Chairman of the U.S Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security, on Wednesday held a hearing on transnational criminal organizations (TCOs) with officials from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI). In his opening remarks, Murphy... Read More

WASHINGTON–U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, on Tuesday spoke at a hearing on the President's Fiscal Year 2024 Budget Request for the Army with U.S. Secretary of the Army Christine Wormuth and General James C. McConville, Chief of Staff of the Army. Murphy discussed the... Read More

WASHINGTON–U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chairman of the U.S. Senate HELP Committee, sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Education (ED) in response to ED’s request for information on successful ways to... Read More