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Patty Murray

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Patty Lynn Murray is a United States Senator from Washington, serving since 1993. A member of the Democratic Party, she has held various leadership positions in the Senate, including serving as the Senate's first female President pro tempore. Throughout her tenure, Murray has focused on issues such as education, healthcare, and women's rights, advocating for policies that support working families and promote economic growth.

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Jun 5, 2017

You and I disagree on basic math. But let me just say----

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Jun 5, 2017

Will you commit to responding to the letters that we have sent to you?

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Jun 5, 2017

I hope will not be approved over the opposition of parents and lawmakers on both sides of the aisle.

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Jun 5, 2017

We cannot play math with this. This is real world.

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Jun 5, 2017

So you are going to be creating new regulations, so let me be very clear, for this voucher program, correct?

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Jun 5, 2017

And your budget cuts the budget for the Office of Civil Rights, which addresses that Title IX enforcement on college campuses, among other important civil rights workloads.

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Jun 5, 2017

Thank you, Secretary DeVos, for joining us today.

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Jun 5, 2017

It is extremely important we implement this in a way that we all understand.

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Jun 5, 2017

We are going back to bad numbers. We have to go by what we have approved, what current law is.

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Jun 5, 2017

Taking away public safety grants from cities like New York and Los Angeles--including critical law enforcement support and resources to prevent terrorism--will not make our cities safer. Quite the opposite.

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Jun 5, 2017

It is a new $250 million private school voucher program.

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Jun 5, 2017

Sometimes it is really helpful to us to have answers in writing so we have that as a record.

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Jun 5, 2017

The Navy prioritizes our military construction budget request every fiscal year to ensure we provide maximum support for warfighting readiness within fiscal constraints.

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May 23, 2017

This scandal is just like, here we go again. I just want you to know, all of us to know, that this is just not acceptable from day one.

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May 23, 2017

I am worried there are not enough resources allocated to this problem.

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May 23, 2017

If I can get back from you how much resources you are going to need on that and whether we are ready for that.

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May 23, 2017

I very much appreciate that, and I know I am out of time.

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May 23, 2017

President Trump has spoken at length regarding his desire to increase the size of the Navy to 350 ships.

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May 16, 2017

This program recognizes the sacrifice of the friends and family who take care of our injured servicemembers by offering assistance to ease their burden.

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May 16, 2017

Are you working at all to expand research to find out what the improvements are?

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May 16, 2017

I also just want to say that there was a September 2014 GAO report that had some really important concerns about the Caregivers Program.

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May 16, 2017

our country has a duty to do whatever we can to improve the lives of those who have sacrificed so much for our country.

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May 16, 2017

caring for our veterans shouldn't be a partisan issue.

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May 16, 2017

I expect you will consult with me before the Department attempts to make any changes to who can be helped by this critical program.

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