WASHINGTON–U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) released the following statement after voting against the confirmation of Gail Slater to lead the Department of Justice’s antitrust division. “Monopolies lead to higher prices and lower quality products for everyone, but they’re great for billionaires. Antitrust enforcement is our best tool to break... Read More about Murphy Statement On Confirmation Of Gail Slater To Lead Antitrust Division At DOJ

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) joined 45 of their Senate colleagues in sending a letter calling on Social Security Administration (SSA) Acting Commissioner Leland Dudek to address concerns about President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s plans to purge the Social Security workforce. The Trump... Read More about Murphy, Blumenthal, Democratic Caucus Press Trump Administration To Address Consequences Of Social Security Workforce Layoffs

WASHINGTON–U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) sent a letter to Chair and Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), requesting a holdover on Tuesday’s business meeting amid the illegal dismantling of USAID and the wrongful... Read More about Murphy, Van Hollen, Merkley Holdover Foreign Relations Business Meeting Amid Illegal Actions At USAID, State; Demand Rubio Testify Before Senate Foreign Relations Committee

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), joined 44 of their Senate colleagues and 210 members of the U.S. House of Representatives in reintroducing the Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act (PRO Act),... Read More about Murphy, Blumenthal, 44 Colleagues Introduce Bicameral, Bipartisan Legislation To Protect The Rights Of American Workers

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security, joined U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Vice Chair of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, U.S. Representative Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.-03), Ranking Member of the U.S. House Appropriations Committee, and U.S.... Read More about Murphy, Colleagues Slam Trump Administration’s Attacks On Workers Who Keep Air Travel Safe

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Thursday joined Senate Democrats for a media availability following reports that President Trump will soon sign an executive order abolishing the U.S. Department of Education. Murphy slammed the plan as a dangerous move that would hurt families across the country and prioritize profits for the... Read More about Murphy: Billionaires Don't Need Public Schools, But Millions Of Americans Do

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Thursday spoke on the U.S. Senate floor to expose the unprecedented corruption of the Trump administration’s first six weeks in office. Murphy condemned Trump’s normalization of pay-to-play politics, where billionaire donors dictate policy and taxpayer money is funneled into the pockets of the... Read More about Murphy: Six Weeks In, This White House Is On Its Way To Being The Most Corrupt In U.S. History

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on Tuesday questioned Christopher Landau, nominee to be U.S. Deputy Secretary of State, and Michael Rigas, nominee to be U.S. Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources. Murphy pressed Landau on the administration’s hollowing out of... Read More about Murphy Grills Trump Nominees On Gutting USAID, Abiding By The Constitution

WASHINGTON–U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Sunday joined CNN’s State of the Union with Dana Bash to discuss President Donald Trump’s meeting with President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky and the upcoming joint address to Congress. Murphy explained why President Trump appears to be aligning himself with Vladimir Putin: “The White House has... Read More about Murphy On State Of The Union: Trump Wants Our Closest Relationships With Despots So It’s Easier For His Billionaire Pals To Steal From Americans

WASHINGTON—U.S Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security, and U.S. Representative Lauren Underwood (D-Ill.), Acting Ranking Member of the U.S. House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security, on Thursday sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem... Read More about Murphy, Underwood Demand Answers from DHS on Executive Actions and Funding Decisions

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on Thursday joined U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Member Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), and U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), Chris Van Hollen... Read More about Murphy, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Democrats Statement On Trump Administration’s Reckless Termination Of U.S. Foreign Assistance Programs

WASHINGTON–U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on Wednesday released a statement on the Trump administration’s illegal move to terminate the overwhelming majority of U.S. foreign aid programs. “This is further evidence that our country is barreling toward a full-blown constitutional crisis.... Read More about Murphy Statement On Trump Administration Illegally Terminating Foreign Aid Programs

WASHINGTON—U.S Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) on Wednesday joined a group of eleven Senate Democrats in sending a letter pressing U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Scott Turner on whether his plan to reprivatize Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will make mortgages more expensive. Following his... Read More about Murphy, Blumenthal, Senate Democrats Press HUD Secretary Turner On Threat Of Rising Housing Costs From Plan To Reprivatize Fannie Mae And Freddie Mac

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security, joined Democratic leaders of the Senate Judiciary and Appropriations Committees in sending a letter to President Trump denouncing his transfer of immigrants from the United States to the detention center at... Read More about Murphy, Colleagues Denounce President Trump's Unlawful Transfer Of Immigrants To Guantánamo

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) joined 19 of their Senate colleagues in sending a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio urging him to restore funding for global health, development, and humanitarian programs. In the wake of the Trump... Read More about Murphy, Blumenthal, Colleagues Urge Secretary Rubio To Restore Critical Global Health Programs To Keep Americans Safe

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Europe and Regional Security Cooperation, on Monday joined 17 of his Senate colleagues in supporting a bipartisan resolution acknowledging the third anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The resolution expresses the... Read More about Murphy, 17 Colleagues Lead Bipartisan Resolution Supporting Ukraine on Third Anniversary of Russia’s Full-Scale Invasion

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on Wednesday joined 21 members of Congress in writing a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, urging him to replace the 2010 New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START), a nuclear arms agreement between the United States and Russia.... Read More about Murphy, 21 Colleagues Urge Secretary Rubio to Replace Nuclear Arms Treaty With Russia

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Wednesday spoke on the U.S. Senate floor to sound the alarm on President Donald Trump’s blatant disregard for the rule of law. Murphy condemned Trump’s efforts to use the justice system as a tool to punish his critics and protect his allies, warning the confirmation of Kash Patel to lead the FBI... Read More about Murphy: If Your Plan is to Destroy the Rule of Law, Kash Patel is the Perfect Person to Lead the FBI

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Wednesday spoke on the U.S. Senate floor to call out Republican’s latest tax and spending plan for benefitting billionaires and corporations at the expense of seniors and working families. Murphy slammed Trump for using the government as a cash machine for his family and billionaire friends, gutting... Read More about Murphy: Trump’s Billionaire Tax Cut is a Scam to Take Money From Regular People

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, on Wednesday questioned Lori Chavez-DeRemer at a hearing on her nomination for Secretary of Labor. Murphy pressed Chavez-DeRemer on whether she would prevent Elon Musk or any private company from accessing sensitive labor... Read More about Murphy Presses Labor Secretary Nominee on Protecting Sensitive Data and the NLRB From Elon Musk