Patty Murray

We have a lot air traffic controllers we need out there. The age of these folks--they are aging out of the system.

Nobody understands what this biographical questionnaire is evaluating or why they are not making it through.

I am really pleased to see the Federal Transit Administration's (FTA's) progress in standing up its safety offices.

Okay. And we look forward to having a continuing conversation on that.

I am glad to see that the Department's reauthorization proposal includes $3.4 billion dedicated for bridges.

I assume you can submit an answer for the record on that.

It was only 2 months ago that Congress passed legislation to fund the Government for the rest of fiscal year 2014, and that achievement came after several years of gridlock.

Many Americans are still struggling in what remains a tough economy, and we need to continue to focus on investments that create jobs and opportunity as well as make transportation safe and reliable.

Well, I think the recall raises some questions about why the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration failed to open a defect investigation despite 260 relevant complaints since 2003.

Our budget rolled back some of the automatic across-the-board cuts to priorities like education, infrastructure, and research.

I just want to make sure we stay focused on that, and if we do see the costs are not being met, that we are aware of that situation sooner, not later.

I am very, very concerned about the budget request reduction for funding of TBI-specific health care and research.

I think we all have this thought that when the war is over we do not have to worry about spending care on veterans anymore, but the exact opposite is true.

I think that as members of Congress we need to know what the need is, and then we need to figure out how to fund it rather than just being told everything is OK.

We have more than 1,000 veterans who need care.

I am very concerned about that, especially because the budget request proposes reducing funding for State veterans homes grants.

Overall, senior management is very aware of the budget shortfall and is taking actions to limit the deficit.

This is deeply concerning to me.

The questions were asked to them of the VISN, and they responded back. So, it was the senior leadership at the Spokane VA center, saying very clearly, they do not have the dollars to be able to do the duties that they need.

We have a 2-year budget agreement in place, and we have taken the possibility of another fiscal crisis off the table through 2015.

We need to do everything we can to get more people back on the job and build a foundation for broad-based economic growth now and in the future.

Since August of 2010, we have put in place $3.3 trillion in deficit reduction.

Thank you for all the important work you are doing to boost our economy and strengthen our middle class.

If you work full-time, you shouldn't be poor.

To find out whether my Republican colleagues are really prepared to tell 1 in 4 working women in America that $7.