Patty Murray

We can and should be addressing foes, like Putin, and supporting allies and populations facing war and famine all at the same time.

It is vital we do these together in one package and not break them apart, such as an Israel-only bill like the one that the House passed last week.

I am going to ask unanimous consent, but before I do, I just want to respond to the Senator and say we have a proposal that covers Israel, humanitarian aid, Ukraine, and the border. We are working to get that done, and I welcome the input…

This could all be a lot easier if we would decide, together, to come together and fix part of this problem.

It is important that the administration has requested this funding to continue to stabilize the child care system.

Making sure synthetic opioids, like fentanyl, do not cross our borders is really important.

It has been 40 years since we have come to a bipartisan agreement on how to change the law.

Most of the complaints here are because these laws have not been updated in 40 years.

Making sure we can adequately support the resettlement of these refugee populations is not just the right thing to do, it also supports important national security and strategic interests.

We have got to act on those requests as well as the President's funding requests to meet operational requirements and needs at the Southern border.

We need to fund basic DHS needs like short-term facilities, transportation, medical care, and other related activities.

We actually can work together, all of us, on common-sense bipartisan solutions to help us humanely manage encounters at the border.

We cannot afford to treat this as a zero-sum game. We are the United States of America.

Let us talk about funding for mental health and substance use disorder treatments.

None of the people we represent who are on the frontlines of this crisis want us to play politics with their lives.

It is vital we do these together in one package and not break them apart, such as an Israel-only bill like the one that the House passed last week.

We can and should be addressing foes, like Putin, and supporting allies and populations facing war and famine all at the same time.

Both Secretaries made a strong case for why passing our full-year appropriations bills with robust investments in America is crucial.

We are here today to discuss the national security components of the President's supplemental funding request.

I am sure she will be a strong voice for our constituents. Welcome to our committee.

If there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask that it stand adjourned under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 5:49 p.m., adjourned until Monday, October, 23, 2023, at 12 noon…

It is a huge issue facing women, as you just mentioned, especially since the Dobbs decision.

It is a huge issue facing women, as you just mentioned, especially since the Dobbs decision.

The Lummi nation lost five members of their tribe to fentanyl overdoses in just one week.

Communities are really, as you know, hit hard by that.