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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9 statements, Mar 9, 2026 – Mar 15, 2026
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Expressed condolences for Captain Ariana G. Savino and five other Air Force personnel killed in KC-135 crash in Iraq.
“I also want to express my sincerest condolences to the family and loved ones of Capt. Savino and join them in mourning her loss. I, of course, also extend my condolences to the families and loved ones of the other five brave Air Force Airmen we lost in this tragic incident.”
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Murray, Hirono, King Lead Colleagues in Demanding HHS Immediately Release Title X Funding
Led letter demanding HHS immediately release Title X family planning funding.
“Any gap in Title X funding could result in over two million patients losing access to contraception and preventative care, worsen maternal health outcomes, and increase sexually transmitted infections.”
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Introduced Fair Wages for Home Care Workers Act to protect minimum wage and overtime.
“In Washington state and across our country, home care workers ensure that seniors and people with disabilities can live in their homes with dignity and respect. They play a vital role in our communities and too many of them are struggling to make ends meet on the low wages they’re receiving”
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Criticized Senate Republicans for blocking five bills to fund TSA, FEMA, CISA and Coast Guard.
“This isn’t complicated: if Republicans won’t agree to rein in ICE and Border Patrol, they should at minimum work with us to pay TSA agents and fund disaster relief. But they won’t”
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Senate Republicans Again Block Bill to Fund TSA, FEMA, & Cyber Defense Agency
Criticized Senate Republicans for blocking bill to fund DHS agencies except ICE and Border Patrol.
“Right now, TSA agents are going without pay because Republicans and the White House have decided they would rather shut down all of DHS than pass some very basic reforms to rein in ICE and Border Patrol.”
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Murray Calls Out Republicans for Again Blocking Bill to Fund TSA, FEMA, & Cyber Defense Agency
Criticized Republicans for blocking bill to fund TSA, FEMA and cyber defense agency.
“Democrats are not going to write a blank check for rogue agencies that are trampling on the rights of Americans. Nor are we going to accept the premise that the only way to fund TSA or disaster relief is by giving money to ICE. That’s absurd.”
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Pressed DOD for answers on airstrikes on Iranian school and civilian casualties.
“We write with grave concern regarding the airstrikes on a girls’ elementary school that reportedly killed at least 168 people – mostly children – in Minab, Iran during the opening salvo of U.S. and Israeli operations on Iran on February 28.”
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Murray and Cantwell expressed concern over proposed student loan limits in RISE rule.
“Collectively, the Department’s proposed regulations will make it more difficult for working-class students to afford graduate and professional study in critical fields such as nursing, public health, social work, early childhood education, teaching, mental health, and many more.”
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Released video highlighting multiple ICE and Border Patrol shootings and calling for accountability.
“The painful reality is that in addition to the tragic killings of Alex Pretti and Renee Good which—rightfully—got national attention, there are other cases where ICE and Border Patrol shot people, with no clear cause, and lied about it afterwards.”
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.