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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 3, 2024

It is no exaggeration to say that getting this rulemaking right may deliver tens of thousands of high-wage jobs while reducing emissions.

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Jun 3, 2024

People are saying, we may disagree politically, we may disagree on this or that issue, but very strongly, the American people believe it is women, not the government that has a right to control their own body.

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Jun 3, 2024

The Democratic position on abortion is simple and mainstream. We want to ensure that every woman has the right to receive abortion care, should she need it.

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Jun 3, 2024

I think that is incredibly alarming.

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Jun 3, 2024

More and more women will continue being forced to stay pregnant, forced into motherhood against their will.

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Jun 3, 2024

That expansion nearly cut child poverty rates in half from the previous year, but that progress is being reversed with the expiration now of the CTC.

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Jun 3, 2024

Well, the President has requested in this budget request to expand the Child Tax Credit and to make permanent full refundability and also advanceability.

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Jun 3, 2024

The decision to have an abortion is extremely personal, and that should be made in every instant by the patient and their doctor, not by politicians.

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Jun 3, 2024

Democrats are going to make sure women's voices are heard in our Nation's capital, including at hearings like this one.

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Jun 3, 2024

Democrats are going to continue to stand with women, lift their voices up like today, and push with everything we've got, to restore every woman's right to access abortion care in this country.

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Jun 3, 2024

I hope everyone truly thinks about what that means for women and how it would change our entire country and our women's rights moving forward across the board.

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May 15, 2024

I want to see a better balance than increasing nuclear weapon activities by 4 percent to nearly $20 billion, while decreasing nuclear nonproliferation and cleanup by 4-and-a-half percent and over 2 percent, respectively.

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May 15, 2024

I look forward to working together on this year's appropriations bill to make sure we are providing the Army Corps and the Bureau the resources they need.

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May 15, 2024

The climate crisis is more than a rolling series of devastating weather disasters. It is also an economic threat and a national security threat.

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May 15, 2024

I will be insisting on parity between new resources for defense and nondefense.

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May 15, 2024

I want to see a better balance than increasing nuclear weapon activities by 4 percent to nearly $20 billion, while decreasing nuclear nonproliferation and cleanup by 4-and-a-half percent and over 2 percent, respectively.

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May 15, 2024

The climate crisis is more than a rolling series of devastating weather disasters. It is also an economic threat and a national security threat.

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May 15, 2024

We cannot cut investments without ceding ground.

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May 15, 2024

We cannot cut investments without ceding ground.

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May 15, 2024

I look forward to working together on this year's appropriations bill to make sure we are providing the Army Corps and the Bureau the resources they need.

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May 15, 2024

I will be insisting on parity between new resources for defense and nondefense.

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May 14, 2024

We cannot cut investments without ceding ground.

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May 14, 2024

The climate crisis is more than a rolling series of devastating weather disasters. It is also an economic threat and a national security threat.

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May 14, 2024

I want to see a better balance than increasing nuclear weapon activities by 4 percent to nearly $20 billion, while decreasing nuclear nonproliferation and cleanup by 4-and-a-half percent and over 2 percent, respectively.

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