Senator Murray's work in SECURE 2.0 to bring the long-term part-time worker requirement down from 3 years to 2 years will positively impact more seasonal and part-time employees by providing access to employer plans sooner.

Democrats are working hard to help make sure women are able to decide when and how they start a family

Democrats are working hard to help make sure women are able to decide when and how they start a family

when Republican politicians take away a woman's control over her own body, they're also taking away women's ability to plan their families, their finances, and their futures on their own terms

it's pretty clear that Republicans want to force women to stay pregnant, but won't lift a finger to help new parents.

women of color, especially Black women, this is really worsened longstanding inequities that they have faced.

``We have the means and just enough time this week to avoid a shutdown and to make serious headway on our annual appropriations. But as always, the task at hand will require that everyone rows in the same direction: toward clean…

Senator Murray's work in SECURE 2.0 to bring the long-term part-time worker requirement down from 3 years to 2 years will positively impact more seasonal and part-time employees by providing access to employer plans sooner.

Republicans' antiabortion extremism doesn't just mean forcing women to stay pregnant. Ultimately, it often means women forced out of the workforce and into financial hardship with no support to speak of.

since Republicans overturned Roe v. Wade reproductive rights have really been under attack like never before in our country

I know of no further debate on the bill. The amendment was ordered to be engrossed and the bill to be read a third time. The bill was read the third time. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The bill having been read the third time, the question is…

we all understand we cannot leave our job here unfinished. The clock is ticking right now, and there is so much at stake. We have a strong, bipartisan package to support our allies in Ukraine, Israel, and the Indo-Pacific and provide…

I have spoken quite a bit about how the votes we cast as U.S. Senators for this funding have tremendous consequences. I have talked about whether or not we deliver this aid, especially to Ukraine, is a question of whether or not America…

What is the point of being a senator if you let Donald Trump make all of the decisions for you?

let's be clear. The stakes of this moment could not be higher. The question before us is nothing short of what kind of future do we want for our kids. Our role as the leader of the free world is on the line. If we tell dictators like Putin…

I really believe that Congress does need to do more here, I have for a long time, and I also think pharmaceutical companies need to do much more to put patients first.

it should never have taken us this long to move forward on this aid that so many of us are saying is necessary. But I am so glad that we are finally here making progress on this crucial package. We have more work ahead to get this passed…

I really believe that Congress does need to do more here, I have for a long time, and I also think pharmaceutical companies need to do much more to put patients first.

I come to speak before the vote today, but I do hope that all of my colleagues heard the Senator from Oklahoma, heard his powerful words, especially the last several minutes, and pause and think about it. They were critically important for…

I really believe that Congress does need to do more here, I have for a long time, and I also think pharmaceutical companies need to do much more to put patients first.

I continue to hear, as many have said, that sky-high drug costs are forcing many people... to choose between filling their prescription and paying for other things they need.

we recently released the text of the supplemental. This bill is about our national security, it is about our national credibility, and it is about our future. That is why Democrats have been glued to the table, negotiating in good faith…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. The Senator from Washington.

I have been fighting for over a decade to establish a new summer nutrition program to help end child hunger, and I come to the floor today to celebrate the tremendous progress we have made in that effort because, this year, legislation I…

I rise in opposition to the motion to commit the CR with instructions. The Senate has before it a bipartisan, bicameral CR which keeps the government open and gives us time to negotiate and pass full-year funding bills under the…