Patty Murray actually said...

I was really dismayed to once again see how drastically underfunded the Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund is.

The revenue policy in the budget that this Committee wrote and the Senate passed... was shaped by those unavoidable realities.

I have long believed that early childhood education is one of the best investments the Federal Government can make.

I believe that is what every bipartisan group that has examined our budget situation... has also recommended several times more revenue.