US Senator Christopher Murphy (D-CT)
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Recent News About US Senator Christopher Murphy (D-CT)
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Murphy On MSNBC: I’m Going to Look at the Deal, But Biden Kept the Most Reckless Things Republicans Wanted Out of the Agreement
U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Sunday joined MSNBC’s Inside with Jen Psaki to discuss the White House’s agreement with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to prevent the federal government from defaulting on its debt
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Murphy Op-Ed in the Daily Beast: The Left Needs A Spiritual Renaissance. So Does America.
U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) co-authored an op-ed in the Daily Beast with Ian Marcus Corbin, a philosopher at Harvard Medical School and a Senior Fellow at the think tank Capita, to call for a spiritual renaissance in American politics
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Murphy, Blumenthal Introduce Legislation To Stop Dangerous Gun Marketing
U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) introduced legislation directing the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to study the dangers posed by unfair and deceptive marketing and advertising practices conducted by the gun industry
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Murphy to Reintroduce Legislation to End Corporal Punishment in Schools
U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, on Tuesday joined U.S. Representatives Suzanne Bonamici (D-Ore.), Lucy McBath (D-Ga.), Gwen Moore (D-Wis.), and Frederica Wilson (D-Texas) to announce reintroduction of legislation to prohibit the practice of corporal punishment in any school that receives federal funding
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Murphy, Blumenthal Applaud Navy's Steps to Improve Living Conditions for Sailors, Call on Congress to Pass Seaman Xavier Sandor Support for Sailors Act
U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, on Friday released the following statement on the U.S. Navy’s announcement that intends to take steps to improve quality of life for sailors, following the tragic suicide deaths of three sailors aboard the USS George Washington, including Connecticut’s Master of Arms Seaman Recruit Xavier Sandor
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Murphy, Peters Travel to Western Balkans
U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-Mich.), a member of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee, this weekend traveled to the Western Balkans for a congressional delegation visit to the region
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Murphy Debunks Republican Myths About the End of Title 42
U.S Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security, on Thursday spoke on the U.S. Senate floor to debunk the myths and untruths about the end of Title 42
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Murphy Reintroduces Legislation to Protect Students from Dangerous Seclusion and Restraint Practices
U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chair of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, and Patty Murray (D-Wash.), alongside U.S. Representatives Don Beyer (D-Va.) and Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (D-Va.), on Thursday reintroduced the Keeping All Students Safe Act, legislation to protect students from dangerous seclusion and restraint discipline practices in school
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Murphy, Hagerty Introduce Legislation to Target Deadly Fentanyl Before It Reaches U.S. Border
U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), both members of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on Thursday introduced bipartisan legislation to tackle the fentanyl crisis by addressing critical pieces of the fentanyl supply chain before the finished product enters the U.S
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Ahead of Trip to the Region, Murphy Discusses U.S. Policy Toward Kosovo, Serbia, North Macedonia
Ahead of his upcoming congressional delegation trip to the region, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.)
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Murphy Stresses Importance Of Permitting Reform, Urges Negotiations To Prioritize Clean Transportation Infrastructure, Litigation Reform
As permitting reform negotiations gain momentum in Congress, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.)
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On Brown v. Board Anniversary, Murphy Reintroduces Legislation to Increase Diversity in Schools
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 Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.)
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Murphy, Durbin, Colleagues Reintroduce Legislation to Combat Rising Domestic Terrorist Threat
Amid the continued rise in horrific incidents of domestic terrorism and hate crimes targeting religious and ethnic minorities and communities of color, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) joined U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, in reintroducing legislation to address the growing domestic terrorism threat
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Murphy: We Can’t Counter Russia If The State Department Has One Hand Tied Behind Its Back
U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on Tuesday spoke at a hearing on what comes next for U.S. policy towards Russia with Dr. Andrea Kendall Taylor, Senior Fellow and Director for the Center for a New American Security’s Transatlantic Security Program, and John Sullivan, former Deputy Secretary of State and Ambassador of the United States to the Russian Federation
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Murphy Chairs Nominations Hearing on Key Posts in Middle East and Sub-Saharan Africa
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 chaired a nominations hearing for U.S. ambassadors to Oman, Lebanon, Ethiopia, Sierra Leone, and Uganda. During the hearing, Murphy discussed anti-LGBTQ legislation in Uganda, the Tigray War, and U.S. policy on Lebanon
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Murphy Leads Connecticut Delegation in Request for Additional USDA Resources to Support State's Urban Farmers
U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), and U.S. Representatives Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.-3), John Larson (D-Conn.-1), Joe Courtney (D-Conn.-2), Jim Himes (D-Conn.-4), and Jahana Hayes (D-Conn.-5) on Monday sent a letter to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack requesting the Department create an Urban Service Center in Connecticut to provide technical assistance and federal support to the state’s growing number of urban farmers
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Murphy, Young, Warren, Rubio, Wyden, Kaine Release GAO Report Showing Widespread Use of Non-Compete Agreements Restricts Job Mobility, Stifles Wages and Innovation
U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Todd Young (R-Ind.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), and Tim Kaine (D-Va.) on Tuesday released a new report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) which found the use of non-compete agreements (NCAs) is widespread throughout the U.S. labor market and serves to protect the stated interests of businesses
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Connecticut's Congressional Delegation Announces First-Ever Regional Innovation Engine Program Award, $1 Million in Federal Funding from CHIPS Act
Members of Connecticut’s congressional delegation announced that a collection of Connecticut stakeholders led by the University of Connecticut and including Yale University, municipal leaders, the state of Connecticut, workforce development agencies, and private sector partners has received an award through the U.S. National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Regional Innovation Engines program
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Murphy Applauds Biden's Latest Actions to Fully Implement the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act
U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Sunday released the following statement on President Biden’s announcement of additional actions to fully implement and maximize the benefits of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act
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Murphy Discusses Immigration Reform, Debt Default, Gun Violence Prevention on Meet the Press
U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Sunday joined NBC’s Meet the Press with Chuck Todd to discuss the prospect for bipartisan immigration reform in the wake of Title 42’s expiration, House Republicans’ Default on America Act, and the gun violence prevention movement’s progress over the last year