WASHINGTON–U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) released the following statement after voting for a short-term deal to keep the government open and deliver disaster aid to impacted communities in Connecticut and across the country. “The government almost shut down because the only thing co-presidents Elon Musk and Donald Trump care about is making... Read More about Murphy Statement on Short-Term Deal to Keep the Government Open

WASHINGTON–U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Thursday spoke on the U.S. Senate floor to call out President-elect Trump’s ongoing plan to crush political dissent and lay the groundwork to transition American democracy into an oligarchy – all before he is even sworn in. This week alone, House Republicans recommended former Congresswoman Liz... Read More about Murphy: Trump and His Billionaire Buddies Want to be in Charge to Make Themselves Richer at Our Expense

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), and Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.), and U.S. Representatives Mike Flood (R-Neb.) and Ami Bera (D-Calif.), sent a bipartisan, bicameral letter to U.S. Comptroller General Gene Dodaro requesting the Government Accountability Office (GAO) conduct a study on federal programs monitoring loneliness and social... Read More about Murphy, Ricketts, Flood, Bera Make Bicameral Push For GAO Study On Federal Response To Loneliness Crisis

WASHINGTON–U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) joined Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) in sending a letter to the Founder and CEO of EasyKnock—a real estate company that bought people’s homes and turned them into renters—probing the company’s allegedly deceptive and predatory business practices and their impacts on... Read More about Murphy, Blumenthal, Lawmakers Probe Real Estate Firm EasyKnock After Abrupt Closure, Demand Answers for Customers

WASHINGTON–U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) joined 19 of their colleagues in introducing an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) of 2025 to remove language that would strip away servicemembers’ parental rights to access medically necessary health care for their transgender children. The... Read More about Murphy, Blumenthal Join Colleagues in Introducing NDAA Amendment to Protect Military Parents’ Right to Health Care for Their Kids

WASHINGTON–U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) joined U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i) and 14 of their Senate colleagues in reintroducing the End the Threat of Default Act, legislation that would permanently remove the threat of a default by repealing the national debt ceiling, an arbitrary limit restricting... Read More about Murphy, Blumenthal, Schatz, Colleague Reintroduce Legislation to Avoid Catastrophic Default

WASHINGTON–U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Chair of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Near East, South Asia, Central Asia and Counterterrorism, on Monday released the following statement supporting a plan for the U.S. to lift sanctions on Syria: “Since the collapse of the Assad regime, events are moving quickly to shape the new... Read More about Murphy Statement on Plan to Lift Syria Sanctions

WASHINGTON–U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, along with U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Chris Coons (D-Del.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), and Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), released... Read More about Murphy, Colleagues: Venezuela’s Demand for Freedom Will Not Be Silenced

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security, and U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) led 7 of their Senate colleagues in sending a letter to U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas urging the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to finalize... Read More about Murphy, Murkowski Lead Senate Colleagues In Calling For Action To Lower Costs, Improve Services For Coast Guard Installations

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) introduced the Vision Lab Choice Act of 2024, legislation to allow clinicians to use the medical labs of their choosing and lower costs for both patients and doctors. There are currently just two Vision Benefit Managers (VBMs) that dominate the vision insurance market,... Read More about Murphy And Cramer Introduce Legislation To Improve Vision Care Quality, Protect Consumer Choice

WASHINGTON—Ahead of the twelfth anniversary of the tragic shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Thursday spoke on the U.S. Senate floor to honor the twenty children and six educators who were senselessly killed that day and the impact of America’s gun violence epidemic. "I never really know what to say... Read More about Murphy: Who Would The Sandy Hook Kids Be Today?

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee (HELP), applauded the passage of the National Resource Center for Engaging Older Adults Act, legislation Murphy introduced to reduce loneliness and improve quality of life for older adults. The National Resource Center for... Read More about Murphy Applauds Senate Passage Of Legislation To Combat Loneliness Amongst Older Adults

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 Tina Smith (D-Minn.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) on Thursday reintroduced the Parity Enforcement Act, legislation to hold insurance companies accountable and give the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL)... Read More about Murphy, Smith, Luján Reintroduce Legislation Giving The U.S. Department Of Labor More Tools To Enforce Mental Health Parity Laws

WASHINGTON–U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) joined  U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) and U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-N.J.) who led a group of over 40 Senators to urge Senate Appropriations Committee Chair Patty Murray (D-Wash.) and Vice Chair Susan Collins (R-Maine) to keep any new dangerous, hyper-partisan policy provisions that would... Read More about Murphy, Baldwin, Booker, 40+ Senators: No New Anti-LGBTQ, Anti-Abortion Provisions in Must-Pass Government Funding Bills

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and U.S. Representative Joe Courtney (D-Conn.-02) on Wednesday celebrated the unanimous passage of H.R. 8753 by the U.S. House of Representatives. The bipartisan legislation includes a provision requiring the U.S. Postal Service to assign a single ZIP code to the town of Scotland,... Read More about Murphy, Courtney Applaud Unanimous House Passage of Scotland Zip Code Solution

HARTFORD—U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and U.S. Representatives John Larson (D-Conn.-01) and Jim Himes (D-Conn-04) joined Governor Ned Lamont and the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) to announce that the cities of Bridgeport, Bristol, and Stamford will receive more than... Read More about Murphy, Larson, Himes, Governor Lamont Announce $9.8 Million In Federal Grants To Benefit Municipal Parks In Bridgeport, Bristol, And Stamford

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Chair of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Near East, South Asia, Central Asia and Counterterrorism, on Sunday released a statement following reports that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad resigned and fled the country after armed rebels took control of the capital city of... Read More about Murphy Statement On The Fall Of Bashar Al-Assad's Regime In Syria

WASHINGTON–U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on Friday released the following statement on the need to expand the Darfur arms embargo during the United States’ presidency of the UN Security Council: “As the United States assumes the Presidency of the UN Security Council this month, I... Read More about Murphy Calls For Expansion Of Darfur Arms Embargo

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, on Wednesday joined U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and U.S. Representatives John Larson (D-Conn.-01), Joe Courtney (D-Conn.-02), and Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.-03) in calling on the U.S. Department of Education to... Read More about Murphy, Blumenthal, Larson, Courtney, DeLauro, Colleagues Call On Department Of Education To Discharge Loans For Defrauded Borrowers

HARTFORD–U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced on Wednesday that Koster Keunen, based in Watertown, was named “Innovator of the Month” for its leadership in natural wax production and technology. Founded in 1852, Koster Keunen specializes in the ethical development, processing, and manufacturing of wax ingredients and derivatives. The... Read More about Murphy Highlights Watertown's Koster Keunen As "Innovator Of The Month"