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 released the following statement on the recent elections in Pakistan: “The people of Pakistan made their voices heard in long-awaited elections last week, and it is... Read More about Murphy Statement On Elections In Pakistan

HARTFORD–U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, on Tuesday launched the “Connecticut Fund Finder” – an interactive online map detailing the federal dollars that Murphy has helped secure for Connecticut since 2020. The map features the major federal investments in Connecticut as a result of the... Read More about Murphy Launches New Interactive Map To Track Federal Investments In Connecticut

WASHINGTON–U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Tuesday released the following statement on Senate passage of the national security supplemental: “As Ukraine runs out of bullets and Putin grows increasingly emboldened by Donald Trump’s reckless rhetoric, this national security supplemental comes at a dire time. I’m glad some of my Republican... Read More about Murphy Statement On Senate Passage Of National Security Supplemental

WASHINGTON–U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Sunday joined CBS News’ Face the Nation to discuss Republicans blocking a bipartisan deal to help fix the asylum system and deliver aid to Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan, and Gaza, and prospects for passing a national security supplemental this week. Murphy also discussed the Biden Administration’s efforts... Read More about On Face The Nation, Murphy Discusses Aid To Ukraine And Israel, Republicans' Refusal To Address Border Challenges, And Why Joe Biden Is The Right Candidate In 2024

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), along with U.S. Representatives Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), John Larson (CT-01), Joe Courtney (CT-02), Jim Himes (CT-04), and Jahana Hayes (CT-05), released today a statement in response to a report that the U.S. Army would cancel its Future Attack Reconnaissance... Read More about Murphy, Connecticut Delegation Statement on U.S. Army’s Troubling Decision to Cancel Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft Program

HARTFORD–U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced that LambdaVision, based in Farmington, was named “Innovator of the Month.” LambdaVision is a biotechnology company developing the first protein-based artificial retina to help restore vision to those who are blind due to retinal degenerative diseases.  LambdaVision has secured over $10 million... Read More about Murphy Highlights Farmington's LambdaVision As "Innovator Of The Month"

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Thursday spoke at a U.S. Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Committee hearing on the high cost of prescription drugs in the United States. In his questions to Johnson & Johnson CEO Joaquin Duato and Bristol Myers Squibb CEO Chris Boerner, Murphy pressed the executives on why the prices of... Read More about Murphy To Pharma CEOs: What Do You Say To Americans Who Pay High Prices For Prescription Drugs And See You Spend Millions More On Stock Buybacks And Dividends Than R&D?

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Thursday spoke at a U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on the nomination of Dr. Dafna Rand to serve as Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor. “I want to draw your attention to Egypt because this committee has been in a pretty regular fight, dispute,... Read More about Murphy: By And Large Our Middle East Policy Is Stuck In 1989

WASHINGTON–U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, and U.S. Representative Alma Adams (D-N.C.-12), a member of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education and Labor, on Wednesday reintroduced legislation to promote gender equity in college and K-12 sports.... Read More about Murphy, Adams Reintroduce Legislation To Promote Gender Equity In Sports

WASHINGTON–U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Wednesday released the following statement after Senate Republicans blocked consideration of the bipartisan national security supplemental: “Senate Republicans are now just as dysfunctional as House Republicans. I spent four months in good-faith negotiations with Senator Lankford and Senator Sinema... Read More about Murphy Statement On Republicans Blocking Bipartisan National Security Supplemental

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 Wednesday joined 18 of his Senate colleagues in co-sponsoring an amendment to require that the weapons received by any country under the proposed national security supplemental... Read More about Murphy Joins Amendment to the National Security Supplemental Requiring the Use of U.S. Aid Comply with U.S., International Law

WASHINGTON–U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security and a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on Tuesday spoke on the U.S. Senate floor on Republicans blocking the national security supplemental. “We delivered a bipartisan bill to fix the border with the... Read More about Murphy On Republicans Blocking National Security Supplemental: There's Only One Thing That Matters To Them – Donald Trump

WASHINGTON–U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Tuesday released the following statement on the State of Connecticut’s new social connection campaign. “People are more isolated from each other than ever before, and policymakers cannot continue to ignore the epidemic of loneliness. For over a year, I’ve been leading a conversation in Congress... Read More about Murphy Applauds State Of Connecticut's Launch Of Social Connection Campaign

WASHINGTON–U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security and a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on Friday delivered the following remarks following the release of the national security supplemental bill: “First of all, let me say how grateful I am to the work... Read More about Murphy: We Produced a Bipartisan Agreement to Help Fix Our Broken Asylum System

WASHINGTON–U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security and a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on Sunday released the following statement on text of the national security supplemental bill: “After months of negotiations, we have reached a landmark bipartisan... Read More about Murphy Statement on National Security Supplemental

WASHINGTON–U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Near East, South Asia, Central Asia, and Counterterrorism, Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Chris Coons (D-Del.), and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) on Friday led 21 colleagues in a letter to President Biden urging the administration to encourage Israeli... Read More about Murphy, Van Hollen, Coons, Merkley, 21 Colleagues Urge Biden Administration to Work with Israel to Take 5 Steps to Get More Humanitarian Aid into Gaza

HARTFORD–U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Friday released the following statement on the dignified transfer of the 3 U.S. servicemembers killed in Jordan: “I’m heartbroken by the deaths of Sergeant William J. Rivers, Specialist Kennedy L. Sanders, and Specialist Breonna A. Moffett who bravely risked their lives in service of this country. We... Read More about Murphy Statement On Dignified Transfer Of U.S. Servicemembers Killed In Jordan

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 Wednesday joined U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-M.D.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, along with Representative Jim McGovern (D-Mass.-02) and U.S Senators Tim... Read More about Murphy, Cardin, Colleagues Introduce Legislation To Protect Human Rights Defenders Worldwide

HARTFORD — U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) on Wednesday led 263 Members of Congress in submitting an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court in the case of Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. FDA, urging the Supreme Court to reverse a stay from Texas District Court that would override the Food and Drug... Read More about Murphy, Blumenthal Urge Supreme Court To Reverse Dangerous Ruling That Would Restrict Access To Mifepristone

WASHINGTON–U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Sunday joined CNN’s State of the Union to discuss bipartisan negotiations on the national security supplemental. On the status of the bipartisan negotiations, Murphy said: “We do have a bipartisan deal…We are sort of finalizing last pieces of text right now and this bill could be ready to be on the... Read More about Murphy on State of the Union: I Hope There Are More Republicans Who Want To Fix Challenges At The Border Than Do Donald Trump's Bidding