Patty Murray

Metrolink has received appropriations in each of the past 2 fiscal years. A local match of 70 percent is already in place, representing a substantial local and state commitment to the project. I understand the Senator from California's…

Senator Wyden has certainly been a leading and forceful voice for consumer protections in the airline industry. So I would be happy to hear his idea on this subject.

I agree, the Department should give priority consideration to continuing the NTNAC project under the Transportation Planning, Research and Development Program.

Yes, I agree that this ongoing effort could provide DOT an important tool to assess the consequences of transportation policies before they are implemented.

The RoadLIFE program could be a valuable effort not only to New Mexico, but to all states that are interested in using innovative highway financing methods.

The committee endorses the projects included in the bill's report, and will press for the adoption of that list in conference on this bill. However, the limited nature of that list does not prevent other projects from being supported…

The Senate has now, by a vote of 100-0, moved forward to a time where we can finally go to final passage on the Transportation appropriations bill. I hope that occurs sooner rather than later. All of us have constituents who are waiting in…

I am happy to submit it for the Record and to assure our colleagues we are working for the safety of all Americans. I truly hope that now we can move on and put this bill into place so that we can move to conference, and to make sure we…

I will be happy to work with my colleagues in conference on this matter and to look at the specific corridor project they are recommending.

So every minute we delay here means that a family farmer in Yakima, WA, who is suffering under severe financial distress, is going to have to sit through an August break--a month-long August break--not knowing whether or not they are going…

Seventy of the 100 Senators said: Yes, it is time to move along; We are done with offering amendments; We want to get this bill passed; We want the infrastructure improvements that are in this bill; We support the safety requirements; Move…

I got up at 4 o'clock Monday morning to come back from my home State of Washington to be on the floor Monday afternoon and ask Senators to bring their amendments forward. We waited. We have had a few amendments. I believe we have had four…

I would tell the Senator that we have been working diligently all day long to move the Transportation appropriations bill. There are a number of Members on his side who have some concerns about the underlying provisions regarding safety of…

I urge all colleagues to think about the principles of this bill and the underlying concept: We want to make sure every child in this country succeeds. That is not what this amendment will do. It is what we need to do in terms of investing…

If our taxpayer dollars went to a private school in the form of a voucher, there would be no parental involvement, no community involvement, no taxpayer involvement on how their dollars were being spent.

If we send our Federal taxpayer dollars to private schools, our citizens in our communities will not have the opportunity to go before a board that governs a private school to demand that their taxpayer dollars are spent wisely.

It is very clear that as we have listened to this debate in the Senate, Senators on both sides of the aisle believe that the key to the success of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act is accountability, and a part of that is testing…

I commend the Senator from Massachusetts and ask him again, because we have heard from the other side that this is some kind of Federal mandate for local class size would the Senator from Massachusetts not agree with me that this is a…

We have the ability within our military hospitals right now to contract procurements of what our military personnel need. It would frighten me a great deal as a woman serving in the military if none of our military hospitals overseas knew…

Our military hospitals overseas are on military facilities and go by American law. They would be performed in those facilities overseas on our property.

I would assume so. But, again, I would like to point out that we will bill the woman for the costs, whether it is contracted or not. She will be liable to pay.

That question goes directly to what the military is able to do, which is to themselves figure out what the cost is and bill it. It is an easy thing to do. They have done it before. It is not up to me to calculate the cost. Our military…

Any hospital today has to calculate costs. Certainly I give a lot of credence to our military hospitals and to the military officials who run them to be able to do the same thing just as they have done prior to the time when women could…

That is right. Under this amendment, the woman would have to pay for the services in the military hospital on her own.

A woman's health care decision to have or not have an abortion should be with herself, her family, her doctor, and her religion. That is not the case in the military today. When a woman has to go to her commanding officer and request…