---
type: Person
title: "Christopher Murphy"
description: "U.S. Senate - CT — State of Connecticut"
role: "U.S. Senate - CT"
party: "D"
level: "federal"
branch: "legislative"
state: "CT"
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  - name: "Senate Committee on Appropriations - Department of Defense"
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  - name: "Senate Committee on Appropriations - Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies"
    role: "member"
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  - name: "Senate Committee on Appropriations - State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs"
    role: "member"
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  - name: "Senate Committee on Appropriations - Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies"
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  - name: "Senate Committee on Foreign Relations"
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  - name: "Senate Committee on Foreign Relations - Europe and Regional Security Cooperation"
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  - name: "Senate Committee on Foreign Relations - Near East, South Asia, Central Asia, and Counterterrorism"
    role: "member"
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  - name: "Senate Committee on Foreign Relations - Western Hemisphere, Transnational Crime, Civilian Security, Democracy, Human Rights, and Global Women's Issues"
    role: "member"
    body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/foreign-relations/subcommittees/western-hemisphere-transnational-crime-civilian-security-democracy-human-rights-and-global-women-s-issues"
  - name: "Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions"
    role: "member"
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  - name: "Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions - Employment and Workplace Safety"
    role: "member"
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  - name: "Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions - Primary Health and Retirement Security"
    role: "member"
    body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/health-education-labor-and-pensions/subcommittees/primary-health-and-retirement-security"
tenure:
  start: "2025-01-03"
  current: true
election:
  next: 2030
  term_length: 6
  term_limit: "none"
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sources:
  - field: tenure
    source: "Senate.gov XML 2026-06-20"
  - field: jurisdiction
    source: "Derived from governor jurisdiction"
  - field: roles
    source: "congress-legislators (unitedstates project)"
confidence: official
tags: [officeholder, federal, legislative, ct]
timestamp: "2026-07-04"
---

# Christopher Murphy

Current U.S. Senate - CT (State of Connecticut).

## Leadership

- Senate Democratic Conference Deputy Secretary (since 2025-01-03)

## Committees

- [Senate Committee on Appropriations](/us/bodies/senate/committees/appropriations.md)
- [Senate Committee on Appropriations - Department of Defense](/us/bodies/senate/committees/appropriations/subcommittees/department-of-defense.md)
- [Senate Committee on Appropriations - Department of Homeland Security](/us/bodies/senate/committees/appropriations/subcommittees/department-of-homeland-security.md) — **ranking-member**
- [Senate Committee on Appropriations - Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies](/us/bodies/senate/committees/appropriations/subcommittees/departments-of-labor-health-and-human-services-and-education-and-related-agencies.md)
- [Senate Committee on Appropriations - State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs](/us/bodies/senate/committees/appropriations/subcommittees/state-foreign-operations-and-related-programs.md)
- [Senate Committee on Appropriations - Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies](/us/bodies/senate/committees/appropriations/subcommittees/transportation-housing-and-urban-development-and-related-agencies.md)
- [Senate Committee on Foreign Relations](/us/bodies/senate/committees/foreign-relations.md)
- [Senate Committee on Foreign Relations - Europe and Regional Security Cooperation](/us/bodies/senate/committees/foreign-relations/subcommittees/europe-and-regional-security-cooperation.md) — **ranking-member**
- [Senate Committee on Foreign Relations - Near East, South Asia, Central Asia, and Counterterrorism](/us/bodies/senate/committees/foreign-relations/subcommittees/near-east-south-asia-central-asia-and-counterterrorism.md)
- [Senate Committee on Foreign Relations - Western Hemisphere, Transnational Crime, Civilian Security, Democracy, Human Rights, and Global Women's Issues](/us/bodies/senate/committees/foreign-relations/subcommittees/western-hemisphere-transnational-crime-civilian-security-democracy-human-rights-and-global-women-s-issues.md)
- [Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions](/us/bodies/senate/committees/health-education-labor-and-pensions.md)
- [Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions - Employment and Workplace Safety](/us/bodies/senate/committees/health-education-labor-and-pensions/subcommittees/employment-and-workplace-safety.md)
- [Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions - Primary Health and Retirement Security](/us/bodies/senate/committees/health-education-labor-and-pensions/subcommittees/primary-health-and-retirement-security.md)

## Sources

- tenure: Senate.gov XML 2026-06-20
- jurisdiction: Derived from governor jurisdiction
- roles: congress-legislators (unitedstates project)

Generated from the Atlas officeholders v3 export (2026-07-04).