Senator Murray Slams Trump and Burgum’s Interior Budget that Fires Park Staff and Cuts Funding for Tribes

Criticized Trump's Interior budget for firing park staff and cutting tribal funding.

“we’re sorry, we know you wanted to voluntarily retire, but you’re not able to, you’re not eligible for it.”

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Senator Murray Blasts Trump’s Pitch to Gut Cost Saving Energy Programs, Slams Wright for Shortchanging Hanford

Criticized Trump's energy budget for gutting cost-saving programs and cutting Hanford cleanup funding.

“a primary reason for the selection of which DOE grant termination decisions was whether the grantee was located in a ‘blue state.’”

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Senator Murray Blasts Republicans’ Plans to Pad ICE’s Budget Without Any Strings Attached—While Doing Nothing to Lower Families’ Costs

Murray criticized Republican plans to fund ICE and CBP without accountability or reforms.

“It makes no sense. It’s a racket, plain and simple and I will be voting no.”

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On Senate Floor, Murray Slams Republicans for Cutting a Blank Check for ICE While Costs Skyrocket for Families Across the Country

Murray criticized Republicans for prioritizing ICE funding over lowering family costs.

“Republicans are making clear, their biggest priority is not lowering prices or helping families with the basics, not stopping Trump’s warmongering, it’s giving tens of billions of dollars more of your hard-earned tax dollars to ICE and Border Patrol.”

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At HELP Hearing, Senator Murray Presses RFK Jr. on Public Health Failures, Highlights Broken Promises and Lies to Congress

Pressed HHS Secretary Kennedy on budget cuts to maternal health and CDC programs.

“The budget that was sent to us is not MAGA budget. It is not a MAHA budget. It is a war budget—no one can call it anything other than that.”

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Senator Murray Slams RFK Jr. for Endorsing Cuts to Critical Programs Families Rely on to Fund Trump’s Wars Abroad

Criticized RFK Jr. for endorsing cuts to HHS programs to fund military spending increases.

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In New Video, Senator Murray Rejects Trump’s $1.5 Trillion War Funding Request, Outlines Better Ways to Spend Taxpayer Dollars to Help People

Rejected Trump's $1.5 trillion war funding request and proposed alternative domestic spending priorities.

“Trump just asked Congress to increase defense spending by roughly half a trillion dollars. And to do it, he wants to cut programs people rely on—a home heating and cooling program, housing programs, afterschool programs, small business support, and a whole lot more. In Trump’s own words: ‘We’re fighting wars.”

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Senator Murray on Republicans Releasing Their Budget Resolution to Cut Another Blank Check for ICE & Border Patrol

Opposed Republican budget resolution allocating $70 billion for ICE and Border Patrol without reforms.

“Families want relief from sky-high prices, not more of their tax dollars thrown at a rogue agency that doesn’t respect their rights. Republicans are moving heaven and earth to cut yet another blank check for ICE, but they won’t put a cent toward making health care or housing more affordable.”

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