Patty Murray: “Yes. Mr. Secretary, I am very concerned about the House GOP calling for steep cuts to critical programs like our Federal…”

These are funds Congress has delivered on a bipartisan basis and should be helping people—not cut off by a president more focused on building a ballroom than investing in families.

While Trump spends tax dollars on ads promoting himself, Congress needs to reassert its powers to help people, and it’s past time Republicans join us in that fight.

I will keep pushing for that — abortion care should always be accessible and covered, no matter where you get health care or what type of insurance you have.

The pocket rescission represented the theft from the American people, plain and simple.