Patty Murray actually said...

"I think what the American public deeply want us to do is to take the two budgets... and try to find some longer-term deal."

"They are saying that any additional revenue, even if it is generated by closing unfair tax loopholes, is off the table."

"But as everyone on this Committee knows, the path before us is going to be a struggle."

"I am very concerned and have said repeatedly that this managing our country by crisis to crisis is really hurting families across the country."