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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Pick a week or a day to set the dates below. One count per message: copies of one post on X and Bluesky count once, and reposts aren’t counted. Shading is scaled to Murray’s own volume over the last 12 months (a typical active day = 2). Aug 17, 2026 – Nov 2, 2026.
9 statements, Mar 23, 2026 – Mar 29, 2026
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After Years of Investment, Murray Celebrates Historic Crosslake Connection at Grand Opening
Celebrated grand opening of Sound Transit light rail connection in Bellevue.
“After years of wondering: When is light rail coming to Bellevue? Families finally have their answer—about every 8 minutes!”
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Senator Murray Statement on DHS Funding
Praised DHS funding deal that pays TSA agents and funds disaster relief and cybersecurity.
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Introduced bipartisan bill authorizing $105 million annually to prevent youth homelessness.
“No one should be homeless in America but especially not our kids—this is an issue Republicans and Democrats can come together on to make sure all of our kids have a safe place to call home”
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Established working group to coordinate Democratic support for affordable child care legislation.
“Trump wants to spend our taxpayer dollars on a war with Iran that no one asked for—I want to make affordable child care a reality for every family in America”
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Criticized Trump administration cuts to Social Security Administration workforce affecting seniors.
“Believe me: I want everyone to know; I’m watching this investigation closely and demanding accountability. If we want to protect Social Security for decades to come, yes, we do need to talk about solvency.”
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Urged HHS Secretary Kennedy to restart preventive health task force work without political interference.
“The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force should restart its work immediately and without political interference.”
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Senator Murray Slams Republicans for Voting to Uphold Trump’s Extreme VA Abortion Ban
Criticized Republicans for upholding Trump administration's abortion ban for veterans.
“Today’s vote was about protecting one of the most basic freedoms for people who risked their lives to protect all of our freedoms—it was about making sure veterans who are survivors of rape or incest are able to get abortion care”
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Senator Murray on Funding DHS and Reining in ICE and CBP
Called for DHS funding while demanding reforms to rein in ICE and Border Patrol.
“Just as Democrats have been very clear, we will immediately fund TSA, FEMA, Coast Guard, and CISA while talks continue on ICE and Border Patrol, we’ve also made very clear that if we are talking about funding any part of ICE or CBP, we absolutely must take some key steps to rein them in.”
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Urged HHS to reverse changes that would undermine legal services for unaccompanied children.
“Legal service providers work to prevent further abuse, trauma, neglect, and exploitation of children, by building relationships with the children through in-person consultations, tracking their cases closely, and advocating for the legal rights and best interests”
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.