Political Quotes

Patty Murray

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Patty Lynn Murray is a United States Senator from Washington, serving since 1993. A member of the Democratic Party, she has held various leadership positions in the Senate, including serving as the Senate's first female President pro tempore. Throughout her tenure, Murray has focused on issues such as education, healthcare, and women's rights, advocating for policies that support working families and promote economic growth.

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  1. My state, where it is often dark earlier than 4pm in the winter, has made it abundantly clear we want permanent Daylight Saving Time.29 sources2026scdailygazette.com
  2. My amendment is very simple — it asks one thing: Tell Congress and the public what these interagency agreements actually cost taxpayers.18 sources2026nebraskaexaminer.com
  3. Unfortunately, this hearing has done exceptionally little to justify the president’s request or to instill confidence that this administration has an exit plan or a strategy to end the war.17 sources2026dailymontanan.com
  4. In fact, we are considerably less safe. Our stockpiles have been depleted and it will take years of production to fully replenish them no matter how much money is thrown at this problem.16 sources2026dailymontanan.com
  5. As long as this former preschool teacher is a United States senator, every one of those bills is dead on arrival.14 sources2026wisconsinexaminer.com
  6. These are funds Congress has delivered on a bipartisan basis and should be helping people—not cut off by a president more focused on building a ballroom than investing in families.8 sources2026huffpost.com
Sep 29, 2026

We should not have to remind you that using government funding to create or air political ads like the ones that have been running over the last few days is illegal and a shockingly corrupt misuse of taxpayer dollars.

rollcall.com
Sep 29, 2026

“Captain Ariana G. Savino represents the absolute best of Washington state and our country. I will forever be grateful for her bravery and sacrifice,”

cantwell.senate.gov
Sep 29, 2026

Theft from the American people, plain and simple.

rollcall.com
Sep 28, 2026

This is theft from the American people, plain and simple.

npr.org
Sep 26, 2026

While Trump spends tax dollars on ads promoting himself, Congress needs to reassert its powers to help people, and it’s past time Republicans join us in that fight.

huffpost.com
Sep 26, 2026

These are funds Congress has delivered on a bipartisan basis and should be helping people—not cut off by a president more focused on building a ballroom than investing in families.

huffpost.com
Sep 24, 2026

Show us the receipts.

npr.org
Sep 24, 2026

Tell Congress and the public what these interagency agreements actually cost taxpayers.

npr.org
Sep 23, 2026

It shouldn’t take public outcry to prevent President Trump and [Office of Management and Budget director] Russ Vought from laying waste to the NIH and defunding lifesaving research because they think it’s ‘woke’ or want to extort a…

rollcall.com
Sep 23, 2026

Cracking down on fentanyl trafficking, countering Putin, protecting Americans from global health threats—these are priorities just about everyone supports.

schatz.senate.gov
Sep 23, 2026

Republicans need to join us to put a stop to any effort by this administration to politicize what groundbreaking new treatments and cures we decide as a country to invest in.

talkingpointsmemo.com
Sep 11, 2026

If we are smart enough to create such powerful AI, then we are smart enough to regulate it.

huffpost.com
Sep 4, 2026

We cannot allow this administration to shred patients’ hopes of new, lifesaving cures and treatments so that President Trump and Secretary Hegseth can secretively fund their own priorities in defiance of Congress.

commondreams.org
Sep 4, 2026

As if canceling lifesaving medical research and clinical trials and firing cancer researchers en masse were not bad enough, the Trump administration is now trying to rob NIH of billions of dollars that Congress provided for medical…

commondreams.org
Sep 2, 2026

We insist you immediately direct an independent strategic review of the extended deployments of the Ford and Lincoln, and the Benfold’s four-day power loss.

coons.senate.gov
Sep 1, 2026

Our military family members with loved ones serving on these ships deserve honest answers, and the Pentagon’s denials to date are an insult to the service of these sailors and Marines.

coons.senate.gov
Aug 27, 2026

It is indisputable that these challenges are particularly pronounced in low income, rural, and Tribal communities — and there’s a reason Democrats and Republicans across the country support this program so strongly.

penncapital-star.com
Aug 27, 2026

The Trump administration’s barbaric treatment of pregnant women in immigration custody is unconscionable.

theintercept.com
Aug 27, 2026

Everyone knows that ICE and DHS lie on a daily basis — and Americans have witnessed the deadly consequences of this administration’s reckless actions for nearly two years,

theintercept.com
Aug 24, 2026

Canada is NOT the 51st state. Trump owes our friends and neighbors an apology for nearly 2 years of his boorish insults and jeers.

nationalpost.com
Aug 20, 2026

The American people deserve someone who will put science and facts FIRST, not another Trump sycophant who will make it their mission to attack medication abortion.

commondreams.org
Aug 11, 2026

There is NO link between vaccines and autism. In the middle of actual public health crises America deserves leaders informed by actual science. FIRE RFK Jr.

theguardian.com

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