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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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Jul 9, 2024

When you can't get affordable childcare, you can't work. It is that simple.

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Jul 9, 2024

Corporate greed is actually adding fuel to this fire, making it harder for childcare providers to stay in business.

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Jul 9, 2024

Corporate greed is actually adding fuel to this fire, making it harder for childcare providers to stay in business.

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Jul 9, 2024

When you can't get affordable childcare, you can't work. It is that simple.

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Jul 9, 2024

Yet we continue to hear from our Republican friends that we should target IRS funding as part of the increasing deficit.

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Jul 9, 2024

Yet we continue to hear from our Republican friends that we should target IRS funding as part of the increasing deficit.

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Jul 9, 2024

when it comes to our national budget, spending is just half of the equation. There is also revenue.

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Jul 9, 2024

We have to deal with this issue, so I appreciate it.

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Jul 9, 2024

I am a very proud co-sponsor of your bill Senator Casey, Shrinkflation Prevention Act.

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Jul 9, 2024

let's be clear. Republicans who are now in the middle of trying to rewrite history and claim they only want State politicians overruling women--already an extreme position, by the way--just made clear that actually, on second thought, they…

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Jul 9, 2024

to recap, we just tried to pass some very straightforward legislation: a bill to protect a woman's right to travel across State lines to get the healthcare she needs, a bill to protect a doctor's right to provide legal abortion care to…

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Jul 9, 2024

I am here today with a very simple bill to protect doctors who are providing legal care against attacks from extreme out-of-state, out-of-touch politicians. In my State, abortion is not only legal but protected by our State constitution…

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Jul 9, 2024

I am a very proud co-sponsor of your bill Senator Casey, Shrinkflation Prevention Act.

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Jul 9, 2024

when it comes to our national budget, spending is just half of the equation. There is also revenue.

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Jul 8, 2024

Providers are really struggling to keep their doors open. Workers are struggling to make ends meet on poverty wages.

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Jul 8, 2024

Yet we continue to hear from our Republican friends that we should target IRS funding as part of the increasing deficit.

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Jul 8, 2024

when it comes to our national budget, spending is just half of the equation. There is also revenue.

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Jul 8, 2024

Corporate greed is actually adding fuel to this fire, making it harder for childcare providers to stay in business.

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Jul 8, 2024

We have to deal with this issue, so I appreciate it.

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Jul 8, 2024

I think that is really important. When I talk to people back in Washington State, the grocery store were all seeing the same thing.

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Jul 7, 2024

More than a week since the debate and after talking with my constituents, I believe President Biden must do more to demonstrate he can campaign strong enough to beat Donald Trump. There is such a case to be prosecuted against Donald Trump…

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Jun 18, 2024

I rise today to talk about why the funding decisions we make here in this building matter and how the Fiscal Responsibility Act spending caps will continue to hold America back, undercutting our economy, competitiveness, and future, unless…

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Jun 13, 2024

last week, every Senator was put on the record as to whether they will defend the right to contraception, and despite Republicans' words about supporting birth control, their actions--voting against the Right to Contraception Act--spoke…

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Jun 12, 2024

Investing in workforce training doesn't just help build a strong economy from some statistical level. It really changes lives.

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Jun 12, 2024

I worked alongside my Republican colleagues, the late Senator Isakson to pass the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act back then.

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