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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.
we are going to hear tonight from President Obama about his plans for changes to troop levels in Afghanistan. Last week I joined with a bipartisan group of my Senate colleagues on a letter to the President urging him to begin a sizeable…
I ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be rescinded. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. The Senator from Washington. ____________________
today I wish to discuss the importance of summer learning, and to draw attention to the significance of high- quality summer learning opportunities in the lives of young people. The effort to keep kids learning during summer is based on…
In Senator Murray's home State of Washington, the DOD OCRP has funded five grants in the last 5 years to either the University of Washington or to the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center to study research questions regarding:
Because we're about to make some of the same mistakes we made after the Vietnam war.
I take this issue very seriously, and I've been trying to draw attention to some of the all too often unseen costs of war.
we, as a country, are going to be taking care of them, and their families, not just today, not just when they return home, for but a lifetime.
the President has made it clear that he intends to withdraw troops from Afghanistan in the coming months, and while I am a supporter of this drawdown, I am concerned with the security situation on the ground for our remaining forces.
The relationship that the Pentagon has with the Veterans Administration (VA) and with communities throughout the country has got to get stronger.
I do think we have to really seriously be considering this, because it does impact our troops today.
I thank the Chair. (The remarks of Mrs. Murray pertaining to the introduction of S. 1166 are located in today's Record under ``Statements on Introduced Bills and Joint Resolutions.'') The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Texas…
I ask unanimous consent that following my remarks, the Senator from Texas, Mr. Cornyn, be recognized. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The Senator from Washington is recognized.
I come to the floor today to talk about our obligation to protect workers across America and to urge my colleagues to support the Protecting America's Workers Act, which I am very proud to introduce today. Mr. President, middle-class…
I believe that these kinds of investments really are some of the most important that we can make.
If we do this nationwide we are going to see costs reduced in special education and remediation.
I believe I am the only person in the Congress that is a former preschool teacher.
For too long we have been investing billions of dollars in training our young men and women to protect our Nation, only to ignore them when they come home.
I am going to continue to make sure that this Committee does all it can to ensure that our veterans receive the benefits and services they have earned through their service to this Nation.
We have a responsibility to protect our veterans and to protect our employees.
Our hands-off approach has left us now with an unemployment rate in February of over 27 percent among young veterans coming home from Iraq and Afghanistan.
This legislation will help us rethink the way we support our servicemembers as they return home and search for living-wage jobs.
today, as Chairman of the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs, I am pleased to introduce the Veterans Programs Improvement Act of 2011. The bill I am introducing today would allow the Department of Veterans Affairs to continue the…
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