Patty Murray actually said...

we can't have strong communities if people can't put food on the table

fighting food insecurity, and getting family support, is a priority of mine, as we negotiate the Farm Bill as well, this year

Families back home are really counting on us to work in this committee and across the Appropriations in a timely bipartisan way.

it is not going to be easy, but we have to live up to our responsibility to pass these funding bills in a timely, bipartisan way