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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8 statements, May 11, 2026 – May 17, 2026
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Reintroduced bipartisan bill to improve reproductive health care access for women with disabilities.
“This bill will help make a big difference in making sure people with disabilities can get the informed and accessible reproductive health care they deserve.”
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Senator Murray Celebrates $8.8M Nuclear Energy Award for Richland
This funding was secured in the FY24 appropriations bill which Murray helped author and negotiate; currently, Murray is the ranking member of the Senate Appropriations subcommittee that funds the Department of Energy Washington, D.C. –…
“This funding is great news for Richland—it will help create jobs and grow the local economy across the Tri-Cities. During my visit last week, I met with the labor leaders that will make this project a reality and saw firsthand exactly where the materials we need for our clean energy future will be manufactured”
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Senator Murray Statement on Supreme Court Preserving Access to Medication Abortion Nationwide
Praised Supreme Court decision preserving access to medication abortion via mail and telehealth.
“the nationwide threat to medication abortion has not gone away—far from it. If Donald Trump and his anti-abortion allies return to power, they will do everything they can to rip away access to mifepristone and ban abortion nationwide.”
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Criticized HUD Secretary for prioritizing defense spending over housing affordability and homelessness programs.
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Pressed EPA Administrator on agency siding with polluters and gutting clean water funding.
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Senator Murray Grills Kash Patel on Tenure at FBI
Questioned FBI Director Kash Patel on conduct undermining the Bureau's mission.
“We need somebody at this agency who’s focused on solving criminal cases, not passing out branded bourbon, or jetting around the globe. Your job is to be reachable. … If you want to pass out liquor, or pop bottles in a locker room, stick to podcasting.”
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Questioned Defense Secretary Hegseth on Iran war costs and $1.5 trillion defense budget priorities.
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Criticized Trump's proposed $500 billion defense increase while child care costs rise.
“Trump is asking Congress to increase his war budget by $500 billion dollars and even said: ‘’We’re fighting wars. We can’t take care of day care.’ Well, as a former preschool teacher and mom, I think that is just absurd”
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.