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Patty Murray

U.S. Senator · Washington · Democrat · Ranking Member, Appropriations

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474 press releases, floor remarks and posts since Jan 3, 2025.

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4 statements, Aug 11, 2025 – Aug 17, 2025

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  1. Press release

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    Emergency ManagementDisaster Response

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    Senators Murray and Peters Demand Kristi Noem Revoke Policy Requiring Personal Sign Off on Disaster Funds, Demand Timestamps Between Approval and Release of Urgently Needed Funds for Texas Floods

    Demanded DHS Secretary Noem revoke policy requiring personal approval of disaster funds.

    “We write to convey our deep concerns about the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) policy requiring the Secretary’s personal approval of all expenditures exceeding $100,000, including those for disaster-related costs.”

    Read on murray.senate.gov

  2. Press release

    Official

    HealthHealth Care Coverage

    Senator Murray Demands Costco Reverse Course, Make Mifepristone Available, Urges All Pharmacies to Stick to Facts and Science Not Theology

    Demanded Costco reverse decision to stop selling mifepristone medication.

    “Mifepristone is safe and effective—we cannot live in a world where the availability of women’s health care whipsaws back and forth based on the whims of extremists who want to deny women access to basic health care.”

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  3. Press release

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    Environmental ProtectionEcosystem Restoration

    DLarsenDCantwellDDelBeneDGluesenkamp Perez

    Murray, Larsen Lead WA Democrats in Urging Interior Secretary Burgum to Restore Funding for Critical Salmon Recovery and Habitat Restoration Efforts in WA State

    Led letter urging Interior Secretary to restore $1.285 million in salmon recovery funding.

    “We urge you to disburse this previously appropriated funding immediately to prevent disruption to critical recovery and restoration projects.”

    Read on murray.senate.gov

  4. Press release

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    Government Operations and PoliticsGovernment WeaponizationNo Troops in Our Streets Act

    Senator Murray Statement on Trump Ordering National Guard to Washington, D.C. and Taking Control of Metropolitan Police Department

    Criticized Trump's National Guard deployment to D.C. as authoritarian and based on false crime statistics.

    “What we saw at Trump’s news conference this morning was a rambling and incoherent wannabe dictator who is trying to turn D.C. into his personal police state. Whether it’s Washington, D.C.”

    Read on murray.senate.gov

Sources: members’ press releases from their official websites (since the 119th Congress began (Jan 3, 2025)), the Congressional Record (since Aug 2026), and Bluesky posts. Quotes are shown only when they match the archived source text word for word; topics are AI-read and mentions are matched from the text.