EAST HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy visited defense contractors Wednesday to denounce what he called damaging automatic federal budget cuts and said he expected smaller contractors in the state to be hit worst.

The junior Democratic senator toured jet engine maker Pratt & Whitney and helicopter maker Sikorsky. Both are subsidiaries of United Technologies Corp. The senator was scheduled to visit General Dynamics Corp.’s Electric Boat on Thursday.

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