Patty Murray

Mothers who have been threatened or battered need a safe place for themselves and their children and they need support to reenter the work force. Passage of the family violence amendment makes it possible for States to offer that…

Let me just end this debate by reiterating for my colleagues that today a woman who seeks reproductive health services has to ask her commanding officer and be flown home at taxpayer expense on one of our transports in order to receive…

Today, if a woman serving overseas--whether she is in Bosnia or Saudi Arabia--would like to have health services, she would have to go through a commanding officer and request permission to come home to the United States to have that…

I was concerned that the creation of a NOAA-controlled advisory committee would undermine the very intent of bringing local community members together to consider the resource protection needs of the Northwest Straits in an objective and…

I thank the Senator. As you know, the Northwest Power Act requires the Power Planning Council and Bonneville Power Administration to mitigate the effects of the hydro-electric system on fish and wildlife generally, and anadromous fisheries…

Mr. President, if we agree abstinence programs are vital, fine; let us pay for them. But let us not steal from the critical maternal and child health programs that are so important to so many parents across this country. I urge my…

I will simply conclude by saying that we have had this argument about the importance of providing nutritious meals for our kids so they have the ability to learn and learn well. I urge my colleagues to remember those children when we vote…

The way the current bill is drafted, without my amendment, it simply creates foreign back alleys for our women who are serving overseas--for those of us who were aware before Roe v. Wade, women got abortions in back alleys because they…

I cannot think of any case where a man is denied a medical procedure who is serving in the military overseas.

They are not only making a sacrifice, but these are women who are serving our country who are every day working for every single one of us to make our lives safe here. They should not be treated as second-class citizens. They should be…

This places many undue obstacles in front of the woman who is serving in the military overseas such as asking through her supervisor for permission to leave. This is not something anyone here has to ask for who is serving here or who is…

I have taken the time over the last year to talk to hundreds of young people in my home State. I have talked to people, young students who are 4.0 students; I have talked to students in juvenile detention centers. The one thing they all…

Mr. President, I have a long heritage in the Pacific Northwest. I was born and raised there. My father was born and raised there, and, in fact, my mother was born and raised in Butte, MT. In fact, my husband's grandfather was born in…

The important point of this amendment is that we go back to trees like that in the picture, which are 250 to 300 years old and are coming down because we have a rider in place that says people are not part of the process. That is what we…

Mr. President, there is no more important aspect to this debate than the amendment put forward by my good friend from South Dakota, the minority leader. Yesterday, the Budget Committee heard very important testimony from Dr. Laura Tyson…

Mr. President, I am troubled by the fact that S. 1 might give CBO tremendous new powers to dictate the Senate's legislative agenda. I have listened very carefully to the debate on this bill and I think it is fair to say that we all agree…