Patty Murray actually said...

"this Senate has turned down those requests every time, so if you want an honest budget, it might be better to come to us without those in them."

"It is tremendously important that we have somebody at the head of this agency who is really going to tackle a lot of issues to get this country back on track."

"If we can use this time to get significant funding in there to reduce the size of those sites, it will be cost effective in the future."

"I wish it was in someone else's, but it is not. And I am responsible, as we all are, for making sure we fund that."