WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), alongside Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), and U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), led 45 senators in reintroducing the Background Check Expansion Act to expand federal background checks to all gun sales. Although more than 90 percent of Americans support... Read More about Murphy Leads 45 Senators To Reintroduce Background Check Expansion Act

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) today announced a continuation of their ethics investigation into U.S. Special Envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, and wrote to The White House and Office of Government Ethics (OGE) pushing for answers about inconsistencies in Witkoff’s ethics disclosure forms and... Read More about Murphy, Warren Continue Ethics Investigation Related to Trump’s Envoy to the Middle East

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Sunday appeared on ABC’s This Week to hammer Trump’s lawlessness and corruption: from obstructing the release of the Epstein files to doing nothing to stop the disaster American families face once ACA premium subsidies expire at the end of the year. With stakes this high, Sen. Murphy made clear... Read More about Murphy: Democrats Must Draw Firm Moral Line In The Sand

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) joined their colleagues in a letter to Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol demanding that the multibillion-dollar corporation stop its illegal union-busting campaign and negotiate a fair contract with its... Read More about Murphy, Blumenthal Call On Starbucks CEO to Stop Union-Busting and Negotiate a Fair Contract

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) joined the entire Senate Democratic caucus in a letter to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)... Read More about Murphy, Blumenthal Join Entire Senate Democratic Caucus In Demanding Answers From Trump Admin On New “Review” Of Mifepristone Despite Decades Of Evidence Proving Its Safety & Efficacy

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) released the following statement after voting against a continuing resolution that fails to prevent millions of people from losing access to health care and does nothing to rein in Trump’s lawlessness: “Donald Trump and his Republican enablers caused the shutdown. And even more egregiously, Trump has... Read More about Murphy Statement On Continuing Resolution That Fails To Protect Health Care, Rein In Trump's Lawlessness

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and U.S. Representative Maxine Dexter (D-Ore.-03) on Friday led 58 of their Senate and House colleagues in introducing the Restoring Access to Detainees Act, a bill to ensure the Department of Homeland Security allows noncitizens who have been detained to contact their legal counsel and families. The... Read More about Murphy, Dexter, 58 Democrats Introduce Bicameral Bill To Ensure DHS Detainees Can Speak To A Lawyer, Contact Their Families

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Tuesday gave a fiery speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate hammering the life-or-death stakes of Republicans’ refusal to negotiate with Democrats to end the government shutdown and protect access to health care for millions of Americans. With the ACA‘s open enrollment period beginning on November... Read More about Murphy: Saving Health Care For Millions Of Americans Is A Fight Worth Having

MIAMI, FL—Today, U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Tina Smith (D-Minn.), and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) traveled to Miami, Florida to host a roundtable with Floridians struggling with the rising health care costs and massive coverage cuts caused by President Trump and his Republican allies in Congress. While Trump throws lavish parties and... Read More about With Trump and Republicans MIA from Washington, Senators Murphy, Smith, and Warren Meet with Floridians Hardest Hit by Republican Health Care Crisis

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) today joined Senators Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Edward Markey (D-Mass.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Tina Smith (D-Minn.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) in a press conference to hammer the Trump administration’s refusal to use a $5 billion emergency Supplemental... Read More about Murphy: Trump Is Allowing Children To Go Hungry To Protect Billionaires' Tax Cuts

WASHINGTON–U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) joined U.S. Senators Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), Katie Britt (R-Ala.) to introduce the GUARD Act, bipartisan legislation to protect children from AI chatbots. This legislation would ban AI companions for minors, mandate AI chatbots disclose its non-human status, and create... Read More about Murphy, Blumenthal, Hawley, Britt Introduce Bipartisan Bill Protecting Children From AI Chatbots

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Sunday appeared on CNN’s State of the Union with Jake Tapper. As the federal government shutdown enters its fifth week, Murphy discussed how President Trump and Congressional Republicans are prolonging the shutdown and subjecting millions of Americans to crippling healthcare premium increases.... Read More about Murphy On CNN SOTU: Republicans Need To Come To The Negotiating Table

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Bernie Sanders (D-Vt.), and Cory Booker (D-N.J.) sent a letter to U.S. Senators Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, and Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce,... Read More about Murphy, Blumenthal, Sanders, Booker Warn SCORE Act's Antitrust Exemption Is A Giveaway to The NCAA, Call For Legislation That Puts College Athletes First

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), along with 44 of their Democratic Senate colleagues, sent a letter to U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, urging her agency to release the billions in contingency funds at its disposal to ensure Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)... Read More about Murphy, Blumenthal Join 44 Democratic Colleagues In Urging Trump USDA To Immediately Release November SNAP Benefits

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) joined U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) on the floor of the U.S. Senate to speak out against President Trump’s ongoing attacks on our democracy. Murphy offered a question during Merkley’s marathon overnight floor speech, lauding his efforts to speak candidly with the American people about the... Read More about Murphy Joins Merkley's Marathon Floor Speech: Democracy Doesn't End Overnight

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) sent a letter to U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem after court documents revealed serious factual inconsistencies in DHS’ account of the October 4th, 2025, shooting of a United States Citizen by one of their agents in Chicago, Illinois. Murphy asked that Noem either... Read More about Murphy Demands Answers From Secretary Noem On False DHS Statements

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Sunday joined CBS’ Face The Nation with Margaret Brennan to discuss the White House and congressional Republicans’ refusal to negotiate with Democrats to reopen the government and protect health care for millions of working families. Murphy also expressed cautious optimism about the ceasefire deal... Read More about Murphy On Face The Nation: Republicans are in the Witness Protection Program while the Federal Government is Shut Down

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Friday released a statement after voting against passage of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA): “It is wildly irresponsible for the Senate to act like it’s business as usual and green light President Trump’s ‘Department of War’ while he is militarizing our cities, threatening to invoke... Read More about Murphy Statement On Vote Against Senate Passage Of The National Defense Authorization Act

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Thursday delivered remarks at “Lessons From the Collapse of Steward Health Care,” a Brookings Institution event convened to discuss how Steward Health Care evaded regulatory oversight and eroded patient care at several hospitals, part of a troubling trend where private equity firms take over... Read More about Murphy Issues Warning About Private Equity's Takeover Of Health Care At Brookings Institution

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement on the announced ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas: “I am relieved that Israel and Hamas have agreed to a deal to bring an end to the fighting and allow the hostages to finally return home, and I hope... Read More about Murphy Statement On Phase One Ceasefire Agreement Between Israel and Hamas