WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, joined his Democratic colleagues on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in sending a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio regarding the State Department’s recently announced plans to restructure the Department – including folding USAID... Read More about Murphy, Foreign Relations Committee Democrats To Rubio: Plan For USAID Illegal, Unconstitutional; Broader Restructuring Threatens National Security

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) joined 35 of their Senate colleagues in reintroducing the Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act, bicameral legislation to guarantee the right of public sector employees to organize, act... Read More about Murphy, Blumenthal, 35 Senators Introduce Bicameral Legislation To Guarantee Union Rights For Public Workers

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and U.S. Representatives John Larson (D-Conn.-01), Joe Courtney (D-Conn.-02), Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.-03) and Jahana Hayes (D-Conn.-05) joined 71 members of Congress in sending a letter to U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon demanding a reversal of a recently... Read More about Murphy, Blumenthal, Connecticut Delegation Demand McMahon Reverse Abrupt Policy Change Halting Funding For Schools Nationwide

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, joined 22 of their Senate colleagues in a letter to President Donald Trump regarding the firing of the Director of the National Security Agency (NSA) and Commander of U.S. Cyber Command (CYBERCOM), General Timothy... Read More about Murphy, Blumenthal, 22 Colleagues Demand Answers On Abrupt Firing Of NSA Leaders

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Friday spoke on the U.S. Senate floor to oppose Republicans’ budget proposal, which will hand billionaires and corporations a massive tax cut paid for by slashing Medicaid, SNAP and other programs that millions of working American families rely on. “The budget we're debating really comes down to one... Read More about Murphy: This Budget Is Just A Massive Transfer Of Wealth To The Ultra Wealthy

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) on Wednesday joined the entire Senate Democratic Caucus in a letter urging President Donald Trump to rescind his March 27 executive order to end collective bargaining agreements between... Read More about Murphy, Blumenthal, 45 Senate Democrats Demand Trump Rescind Illegal Executive Order Threatening Federal Employee Collective Bargaining Agreements

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) joined 14 of their Senate Democratic colleagues in a letter to U.S. Attorney General (AG) Pam Bondi inquiring into what policies and procedures she will commit to implementing in her capacity as AG to ensure that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives... Read More about Murphy, Blumenthal Join Letter To Attorney General Bondi On Appointment Of Kash Patel As ATF Acting Director

WASHINGTON–U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) joined U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-N.J.) on the floor of the Senate starting at 7pm Monday night for Booker’s marathon speech. Booker, Murphy, and other Senate Democrats are taking the Senate floor to elevate the voices of Americans who are being harmed by the Trump administration’s actions and to lay... Read More about Murphy Joins Booker's Overnight Marathon Speech On The Senate Floor

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) joined U.S. Representatives John Larson (D-Conn.-01),  Joe Courtney (D-Conn.-02),  Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.-03), Jim Himes (D-Conn.-04), and Jahana Hayes (D-Conn.-05) in reintroducing the Save Our Small (SOS) Farms Act of 2025. This legislation improves the farm safety... Read More about Murphy, Connecticut Delegation Reintroduce Legislation To Improve Safety Net For Small Farmers

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, joined a bicameral letter urging United States Agency for Global Media (USAGM) Acting CEO Victor Morales and Special Advisor Kari Lake to rescind the Trump administration’s illegal actions to dismantle the agency, terminate grants for several... Read More about Murphy, Colleagues Urge Trump Administration To Reverse Illegal Gutting Of U.S. Agency For Global Media

HARTFORD—U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) on Friday joined U.S. Representatives John Larson (D-Conn.-01) and Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.-03) in sending a letter to U.S. Department of Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick demanding the reinstatement of over 800 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)... Read More about Murphy, Blumenthal, DeLauro, Larson Demand Reinstatement Of Terminated NOAA Employees

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Thursday spoke on the U.S. Senate floor to object to a Republican request for unanimous consent to pass a resolution that claims to condemn domestic terrorism but instead gives special treatment to Elon Musk. Murphy slammed the hypocrisy of condemning violence against Musk’s businesses while... Read More about Murphy: Republicans Apply a Different Set of Rules for Elon Musk

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee, joined 14 of their Senate colleagues in signing a letter calling on the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee, the U.S. Senate Select Committee on... Read More about Murphy, Blumenthal, Colleagues Demand Senate Hearings On Trump Administration's Reckless Mishandling Of Classified Military Operations

WASHINGTON–U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and U.S. Representatives John Larson (D-Conn.-01), Joe Courtney (D-Conn.-02), Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.-03), Jim Himes (D-Conn.-04), and Jahana Hayes (D-Conn.-05) on Thursday released the following statement on the Trump administration’s sudden termination of federal... Read More about Connecticut Congressional Delegation Statement On Trump Administration’s Cuts To Public Health Services In Connecticut

WASHINGTON–U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Wednesday released the following statement after the Supreme Court upheld the Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) rule to rein in the proliferation of ghost guns in a 7-2 decision: "Today’s ruling is a major defeat for the gun lobby and a big win for the movement to stop gun violence. No... Read More about Murphy Statement On Supreme Court Ruling To Uphold Ghost Gun Rule

WAHINGTON–U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security, on Wednesday released the following statement on the Trump administration closing three watchdog offices within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS): "This is yet another illegal power grab by the Trump... Read More about Murphy Statement On Trump Administration Closing DHS Watchdog Offices

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) joined 26 of their Senate colleagues in sending a letter calling on President Donald Trump to reverse the illegal firing of Commissioners Rebecca Kelly Slaughter and Alvaro Bedoya from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). “This action contradicts long standing Supreme... Read More about Murphy, Blumenthal, 26 Colleagues Call On Trump To Reverse Illegal Firing Of FTC Commissioners

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Thursday released a statement on the Department of Justice’s new rule dismantling a decades-old policy of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) that blocked violent offenders from regaining access to firearms. "With this rule, Trump is taking yet another step to hand the gun... Read More about Murphy Slams New DOJ Rule Giving Violent Offenders Access To Guns, Legalizing Pay-To-Play Scheme

WASHINGTON–U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, on Thursday released the following statement on President Trump’s executive order to bypass Congressional approval and illegally dismantle the Department of Education (ED). “Trump’s attempt to close the Department of... Read More about Murphy Statement On Executive Order To Illegally Dismantle The Department Of Education

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) joined 23 of their Senate colleagues in reintroducing the Stop Comstock Act (SCA), landmark legislation to repeal an arcane 1873 law, the Comstock Act, that anti-choice extremists have repeatedly invoked as a backdoor means to effectively ban abortion nationwide... Read More about Murphy, Blumenthal, 23 Colleagues Reintroduce Legislation To Fight Trump's Backdoor Abortion Ban