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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August 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.
— Patty Murray
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by number of sources- 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
- Trump is trying to destroy Head Start—and he's hoping you won't notice.23 sources2026commondreams.org
- My amendment is very simple — it asks one thing: Tell Congress and the public what these interagency agreements actually cost taxpayers.18 sources2026nebraskaexaminer.com
- If you’re proud of this deal, show us the price tag.18 sources2026nebraskaexaminer.com
- 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
- 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
This rule is not final. There is a public comment period. I want parents to weigh in.
Your child’s safety should not depend on their zip code. That has been the entire point of Head Start since 1965.
From Joint Base Lewis-McChord to Fairchild Air Force Base and everywhere in between Tribal Nations—like Yakama, Suquamish, and many more—do critical work to support military installations in Washington state and throughout the country…
Senators who vote for Blanche are voting for an Attorney General who will attack abortion rights in EVERY state.
This corrupt policy would allow Trump to hold even more federal grants hostage.
This bill includes important extensions and language that House Republicans' CR did not, and it rejects Trump's frivolous war spending wish list.
The proposed rule would systematically politicize federal funding and allow Trump officials to cancel grants at any time for any reason.
It’s good that we were able to produce a much-improved CR to keep the government funded and avert a shutdown that no one wants.
Importantly, we closed the loophole in House Republicans' CR that would have allowed the Trump administration to transfer funding provided for other programs to Border Patrol, which desperately needs reform, not more money.
Pete Hegseth has denigrated the role of women in the military in ways that are completely detached from the reality of the meaningful contributions of women servicemembers.
My amendment is very simple — it asks one thing: Tell Congress and the public what these interagency agreements actually cost taxpayers.
The Trump administration is attempting a transparent end run around the Constitution and Congress by appointing Pete Serrano to a position he is not qualified to hold after the Eastern District declined to extend his tenure as U.S…
Republicans are not pro-family and they won’t lift a finger to help families get IVF—the Texas Republican Party just recently made banning IVF a part of their official party platform," said Murray.
[Trump] has told us over 40 times now that a deal is near, and the war will be over soon. But now, he’s asking for $70 billion more, and for us to just trust him it’ll work out fine.
That is absolutely outrageous. We have provided billions of dollars to this Defense Department. The fact is that Hegseth has not managed it well, and this administration has taken us into a war that has no strategy. It has no…
Absolutely not. The - I mean, Hegseth's go-to - in fact, many of the Cabinet members' go-to responses if they don't have a good response, blame Biden. Look, Biden did not get us into this war. Trump and Hegseth started this war, and they…





