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Capitol: 202.224.4041 FAX: 202.224.9750 District: 860.549.8463 District FAX: 860.524.5091
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Senator
Room 136 HSOB- Hart Senate Office Building 120 Constitution Avenue, NE Washington, DC 20510-0705
Residence: Cheshire, CT
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Elected: 2012 Next Election: 2024 | Spouse: Catherine Holahan DOB: 8/3/1973 |
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Chairman | Senate Subcommittee on Department of Homeland Security | Chairman | Senate Subcommittee on Near East, South Asia, Central Asia, and Counterterrorism | Member | Senate Subcommittee on Europe and Regional Security Cooperation | Member | Senate Subcommittee on Legislative Branch | Member | Senate Subcommittee on Children and Families | FC Member | Friends of Portugal | FC Member | Hurricane Irene Coalition | Co-Chair | Congressional Land Conservation Caucus | FC Member | Congressional Social Work Caucus | Co-Vice Chair | Senate Ukraine Caucus | Member | Senate Subcommittee on Primary Health and Retirement Security | FC Member | Senate Aerospace Caucus | Member | Senate Committee on Foreign Relations | Member | Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions | Member | Senate Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs | Member | Senate Subcommittee on State Department and USAID Management, International Operations, and Bilateral International Development | Member | Senate Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Transnational Crime, Civilian Security, Democracy, Human Rights, and Global Women's Issues | Member | Senate Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies | FC Member | Senate Defense Communities Caucus | FC Member | Bicameral Congressional Caucus on Parkinson's Disease | FC Member | Congressional Boating Caucus | Member | Senate Subcommittee on Department of Defense | Member | Senate Subcommittee on Department of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies | FC Member | Congressional Tourette Syndrome Caucus | FC Member | Congressional Caucus on Bosnia | FC Member | Senate Law Enforcement Caucus | Member | Senate Committee on Appropriations | FC Member | Senate Mental Health Caucus | FC Member | Expand Social Security Caucus (Senate) | FC Member | Brain Injury Task Force | FC Member | Vision Caucus | FC Member | Senate Oceans Caucus | FC Member | Air Force Caucus (Senate) | FC Member | Senate Small Brewers Caucus | FC Member | Joint Strike Fighter Caucus | FC Member | Senate Cultural Caucus | FC Member | Senate National Guard Caucus | FC Member | Senate India Caucus | FC Member | Congressional French Caucus | FC Member | Arthritis Caucus | FC Member | Congressional Caucus on U.S.-Turkish Relations and Turkish Americans | FC Member | Dairy Caucus | FC Member | Bipartisan Congressional Task Force on Alzheimer's Disease | FC Member | Coalition for Autism Research and Education (CARE) | FC Member | USO Caucus | FC Member | Congressional Fire Services Caucus |
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BioChris Murphy, the junior United States Senator for Connecticut, has dedicated his career to public service as an advocate for Connecticut families. Senator Murphy has been a strong voice in the Senate fighting for job creation, affordable health care, education, sensible gun laws, and a forward-looking foreign policy.
As a member of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee (HELP) Senator Murphy has worked to make college more affordable and ensure that our public education system works to serve all students. Senator Murphy also led a bipartisan effort to reform our mental health system, working across the aisle to craft the first comprehensive mental health bill in the Senate in decades.
Senator Murphy has laid out a forward-thinking foreign policy vision for the United States. As a member of the Foreign Relations Committee, he has been an outspoken proponent of diplomacy, international human rights and the need for clear-eyed American leadership abroad.
Following the tragic shooting at Sandy Hook elementary school in 2012, Senator Murphy became one of the leading proponents of commonsense reforms to reduce gun violence. He has championed a number of bipartisan bills aimed at expanding background checks and keeping guns out of the hands of criminals.
As a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, Senator Murphy has fought to increase investments in Connecticut manufacturing and promote procurement of world-class national defense products made in the state. He has fought to expand American manufacturing and create jobs through his Buy American initiative, which urges the U.S. government to spend taxpayer dollars on American-made goods. Additionally, Senator Murphy has worked in partnership with local city and town leaders to rehabilitate former brownfield and factory sites so that they can be developed into new community spaces and businesses.
Prior to his election to the U.S. Senate, Murphy served Connecticut's Fifth Congressional District for three terms in the U.S. House of Representatives. During his time in the House, Murphy worked to improve access to housing for homeless veterans, foster job creation and advocate for affordable healthcare for all Americans. Murphy authored the Frank Melville Supportive Housing Investment Act to revitalize housing programs for people with disabilities. The bill was signed into law by the president in 2010.
Before getting elected to Congress, Murphy served for eight years in Connecticut General Assembly where he was the author of the state's historic stem cell investment legislation and the state's workplace smoking ban. Senator Murphy grew up in Wethersfield, Connecticut, and attended Williams College in Massachusetts. He graduated from the University of Connecticut School of Law and practiced real estate and banking law with the firm of Ruben, Johnson & Morgan in Hartford, Connecticut.
He is married to Catherine Holahan, an attorney. They have two sons, Owen and Rider, as well as two cats and two guinea pigs.
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