Patty Murray actually said...

"I am hopeful that this Committee can be a place where we can come together to tackle our fiscal and economic challenges in a balanced way that works for the families and communities that we all repres..."

"There has been nothing regular about the lurching from crisis to crisis over the past year."

"we might want to ask those folks for more revenue rather than cutting back on the needs of some of the most vulnerable people in this country."

"They are about the families across America whose lives will be impacted by the decisions that we make."