Patty Murray: “It is my privilege to present Gil Kerlikowske for the position of Director of National Drug Control Policy.”

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.

I will keep pushing for that — abortion care should always be accessible and covered, no matter where you get health care or what type of insurance you have.

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…

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.