Patty Murray actually said...

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

"We have a responsibility to work in a timely fashion to write a bipartisan funding bill that will keep our communities safe and our nation competitive on the stage."

"We have to maintain our reputation as the leader of the free world, as the land of opportunity."

"Last year I raised concerns about processing backlogs at USCIS."