Patty Murray
U.S. Senator · Washington · Democrat · Ranking Member, Appropriations
Statements and posts
474 press releases, floor remarks and posts since Jan 3, 2025.
Activity, last 12 weeks
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474 statements
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Visited Washington State Fire Training Academy to affirm commitment to wildfire prevention and response.
“Washington state just suffered one of the worst wildfire seasons in history. That’s why I came here to listen to the people who managed these fires and understand what they need to continue this vital work.”
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Led Senate Democrats in letter demanding EPA remove abortion drugs from drinking water surveillance study.
“We write to express our serious concerns with the recent announcement that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) plans to take up a surveillance study to track the presence of the medication abortion drugs mifepristone and misoprostol in drinking water”
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In Nespelem, Murray Meets with the Confederated Colville Tribes to Discuss Wildfire Recovery Support
Visited Colville Tribes to discuss wildfire recovery support and mitigation efforts.
“I know this has been a terrible wildfire season for you and the devastation and loss this community has faced is heartbreaking. This community has endured the unthinkable—and as you rebuild, I want everyone in this room to know that I am with you every step of the way”
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Criticized Trump administration plan to move Federal Student Aid office from Education Department.
“Every family filling out the FAFSA, every student counting on a Pell Grant, and every borrower trying to make a student loan payment will pay for Trump’s idiotic obsession with abolishing the Department of Education.”
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Sent letter urging GSA to fund border station modernization projects in Washington state.
“Delaying these projects will have consequential impacts on the nation’s supply chain, labor market, and national security.”
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Launched Public Health for America Working Group to restore trust in public health after political attacks.
“I’ve worked with health secretaries under five presidents. Republicans and Democrats. People I agreed with and people I disagreed with. But at the end of the day, every one of them understood that their job was to protect the health of the American people. They listened to the scientists. They trusted the experts.”
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Called on Education Department to reverse grant frontloading tactic reducing funding to schools by over $600 million.
“This administration has chosen—brazenly and repeatedly—to prioritize its own backwards agenda over the needs of students, families, and communities across the United States. The Department of Education’s extensive ‘frontloading’ of grants is just the latest example”
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Celebrated opening of Agricultural Research Service Plant Sciences Building at WSU after securing $125 million.
“At a time when our federal research enterprise is under serious threat by overt political interference and a hollowing out of our scientific workforce, today’s milestone offers a bright spot.”
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Criticized Trump administration for withholding billions in energy funding and raising energy costs.
“President Trump hasn’t just sent gas prices through the roof with his war with Iran; he and his administration have systematically held up and cut off energy investments Congress has made that should be lowering families’ energy bills.”
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Toured new Community Nature Center at Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge, highlighted conservation support.
“As the city of Ridgefield continues to grow, the new Community Nature Center will be a valuable way to preserve the community’s connection to nature”
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Held roundtable opposing Trump administration's AI prior authorization program denying seniors' Medicare coverage.
“Despite a lot of empty promises from Republicans to not cut Medicare—Trump’s new WISeR model is essentially a cut to Medicare. What else do you call it when seniors are getting cut off from the health care they need, for no good reason?”
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Led Washington delegation urging Trump to approve disaster declaration for wildfire recovery.
“As members of the Washington state delegation, we write in support of Washington state’s addendum to include Public Assistance to their September 28th request for a Major Disaster Declaration for Individual Assistance due to devastating wildfire damages incurred from July 23rd through August 31st.”
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Held roundtable on AI regulation, emphasized need for federal action without preemption.
“We can’t afford to regulate AI with nothing but a pinky promise. We cannot just wait for the worst risks of this technology to become reality before we take action.”
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Launched working group to develop blueprint for strengthening America's public health system.
“I am honored to work with Senator Murray and my colleagues on this critically important project”
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Government Watchdog: Trump Illegally Blocked Health Research Funding
Criticized Trump administration for illegally blocking health research funding, citing GAO decision.
“This is research that has saved tens of thousands of lives and saved billions of dollars in health care costs—but President Trump and Secretary Kennedy are intent on breaking the law to cut it off, and Republicans in Congress have all but let them do it.”
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Murray on Trump and Duffy’s Plans to Tie Transit Funding to Birth Rates
Criticized Trump administration proposal to tie transit funding to regional birth and marriage rates.
“Tying funding for transit projects to marriage rates and how many babies a woman has is the sort of bizarre and dystopian idea you’d expect in a TV show, not actual policy put forth by the U.S. government—yet here we are.”
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Introduced bill to penalize Trump administration for using taxpayer dollars on political propaganda.
“Not a cent of Americans’ hard-earned tax dollars should ever be used to run political ads glorifying the president. Clearly, this administration couldn’t care less about what the law says or about wasting Americans’ tax dollars on obscene ads. Congress cannot sit on its hands.”
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Praised court ruling reinstating Roger Rogoff as U.S. Attorney for Western District of Washington.
“Trump fired a qualified, court-appointed U.S. attorney in under an hour simply because he didn’t pick him, and today a judge said what we all knew: that’s against the law. Today’s ruling is an important victory for the rule of law and the people in Western Washington who deserve a U.S.”
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Reintroduced bill to increase access to cancer screenings at safety net health care providers.
“I’m proud to reintroduce the Jeanette Acosta Invest in Women’s Health Act in honor of Jeanette Acosta, a fierce advocate who fought to make sure every woman could get the health care she needs”
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Senate passed bipartisan bill simplifying ecosystem restoration approval in floodplains.
“This is great news for Washington state. We are one step closer to making it easier to get ecosystem restoration projects approved. This is a commonsense, zero-cost fix that will cut red tape and allow critical restoration projects in Washington state to move forward”
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Criticized Trump administration's Strategic Petroleum Reserve release as too late to lower energy costs.
“Families in Washington State, Northwest Ohio, and all across the country are still paying too much at the pump and on their home energy bills — and this latest release from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve woefully comes months too late to bring those high costs down.”
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Sought to pass bill blocking Trump's illegal pocket rescissions of appropriated funds.
“Now is the time for our Republican colleagues who said they would never let this happen to help us pass a bill that makes our message to Russ Vought equally clear: stop stealing from our constituents and start following our laws.”
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Taxpayer Assistance and Service Act
Madam President, I thank my colleague from Oregon for setting out what is going on here because, as he said, on Friday night, President Trump announced that he was stealing more money from the American people. Trump and his Budget Director, Russ Vought, call it a pocket rescission. Well, whatever…
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NEW: Trump Sets Over $230 Million for Rural Housing on Fire
Criticized Trump administration for allowing $230 million in rural housing funds to expire.
“This theft is an attack on rural America. President Trump and Secretary Rollins are lighting funding on fire that should have helped families in rural areas fulfill their dreams of owning a home to call their own”
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Murray, Murphy Demand Answers on DHS Spending Tax Dollars to Air Trump Campaign Ads
Murray and Murphy demanded DHS stop using taxpayer funds for Trump campaign ads.
“It has come to our attention that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) may be using Americans’ hard-earned tax dollars to bankroll the obscene political ads celebrating President Trump that have aired on stations nationwide in recent days”
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