Patty Murray actually said...

"I'm confident that this committee can do it again because we know this isn't about us, it's not about partisanship, it's not about politics."

"I feel very optimistic that there's a lot more that we agree on than we disagree on with respect to that goal."

"We've heard from really great witnesses who have laid out some really good ideas for helping us to move forward and engaged in productive negotiations."

"I think this is the way things ought to go. This is the work that we should be doing here in the Senate, Democrats and Republicans coming together focused on common ground and working to find results ..."