Patty Murray

We have got to educate people today for the jobs that are going to be out there.

Well, in honesty in budgets, that is probably a proposal that is DOA when it gets here.

But is this specific proposal one that you are looking at?

This is an obligation, and I am looking for at least $6.5 billion in the fiscal year 2010 request when the details are finally announced.

I appreciate a budget that comes to us that addresses that, and at the same time says we have got to get our arms around some very critical issues--energy, health care, education--in order to make sure that we have a strong economy in the…

The American people have sort of lost faith in the leaders of our financial institutions, and they are skeptical that the Government has used taxpayer money wisely so far.

The efforts that have been made so far to strengthen our banks and unfreeze the credit markets and stabilize this housing market have really failed to generate any confidence with the American people or with the markets.

As I have said many times, Mr. Chairman, our VA staff are some of the most caring and compassionate people I know.

I especially want to extend a welcome to Valerie O'Meara. She has traveled here across the country to testify in front of us today as a nurse practitioner from the Seattle VA Center.

What our amendment simply does is provide an additional $100 million for counseling so families do not go into foreclosure. There is $15 billion in spending in this underlying bill, all of which is being declared an emergency. It seems to…

Last year's budget had a $180 billion tax cut in it--not for the wealthiest Americans but for hard-working middle-class Americans. We worked very hard to put together a fiscally responsible budget. We are not going to sit here and listen…

I think it is a point we have to look at in terms of the costs of providing this military contract to a subsidized foreign company as well as the future costs--not just for those airplanes but for the infrastructure to handle it and our…

I am listening to the Senator from Kansas, and he makes a very good point about the infrastructure that will be needed to be built to build these larger airplanes. Was any of the cost of building those runways or those hangars to…

The final paragraph of the letter our Appropriations Committee received from Chairman Baucus and Ranking Member Grassley of the Finance Committee states that they look forward to working with our Appropriations Committee as partners in…

I have looked in the eyes of too many people who have lost a loved one to a product that contained asbestos because they went to work and didn't know they were being exposed. To all of those people who have stuck with us and worked with us…

I want to thank all of my staff who have been involved in this. Bill, Crystal, Alex, in my press shop, Mike, Pete, previous staff members have put in countless hours on this. Without them we would never do this. I certainly know that…

This continuing resolution provides funding for the Essential Air Service program at the current rate with the expectation that the program shall continue to function as it is functioning now. We expect the Department of Transportation to…

I agree that we have seen serious disruptions in payments to project-based section 8 facilities in recent months. That has caused real difficulties for many owners. I do believe that HUD needs to have processes in place that will make…

I want to remind all my colleagues that we are trying to work to finish this bill. Hopefully, we will get a path cleared for late tonight or to finish tomorrow morning. I remind everyone that we are going to be finishing this bill because…

This bill has broad, bipartisan support because it addresses pragmatically the very real housing and transportation needs of American families across all regions of the Nation. Rather than endorse the many arbitrary and destructive cuts…

Last year, the White House changed that procedure by slipping a change into the PATRIOT Act reauthorization. With that change, the White House was then able to install interim U.S. attorneys indefinitely without going through the normal…

I modify my request to ask that there be 4 minutes equally divided. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Is there objection to there being 4 minutes equally divided between both sides before the vote?

If I could just ask that Senator Schumer be given 2 minutes to speak prior to the vote. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Is there objection? The Senator from Washington.

I would not object. If the Senator could withhold for just 1 minute to let me check on my side.

If I could clarify for the Senate, on our side, what we would like to be able to do over the next half hour, Senator Kerry of Massachusetts would like 2 minutes, the Senator from New York would like 20 minutes, and we are willing to work…