Patty Murray

Do not let Speaker McCarthy's partisan, hostage taking win the day, and lose the 21st Century.

Come to the table. Work with us to simply pay our country's bills like we have so many times before.

My Prevent Pandemics Act, which was signed into law last year, includes directives to ASPR to assist state and local health departments in accessing the Strategic National Stockpile.

I am working to reintroduce my Public Health Infrastructure Saves Lives Act, to help provide state and local health departments with the strong, sustained funding that they really need.

One of the things we really saw in COVID was that we needed accurate data.

What we get for these investments are really important discoveries that keep our Nation competitive.

I couldn't disagree more with the House Republicans whose proposal to slash NIH funding would mean we will fall behind.

If we want to continue to lead on the world stage, we have to continue our global dominance in biomedical research.

We cannot forget the millions of families who are fighting cancer and Alzheimer's, substance use disorders, long COVID, and so much more.

So are you coordinating with the EPA to make sure the Army is testing at the most recent recommended lifetime drinking water health advisory levels?

It's really important to me that this conversation also focuses on getting our military families the support they need.

I'm really glad to join both of you to keep talking about the investments that we've got to make to support our troops and keep our country safe.

Our investments have to keep up, not fall behind or fall into uncertainty because of partisan gridlock.

We need to return to regular order and pass our Nation's funding bills in a timely bipartisan way.

At the end of the day the heart of our military isn't our weapons or our equipment, it is the brave and talented men and women who are willing to put their lives on the line to keep our country safe.

I am certain you understand how strongly I feel about meeting that obligation.

Well, as you know, Tribes in Washington State, and really across the country, they each have unique energy demands and challenges.

Ensuring that our Tribes and indigenous communities have access to clean, reliable power is really critical, we recently provided $75 million in the Inflation Reduction Act for the Tribal Loan Guarantee Program to help our Tribes and…

House Republicans, as you know, have voted to cut overall funding back to fiscal year 2022 levels or worse.

If we want to stay ahead we can't just focus on defense spending, we have to invest in the many other programs that keep our country strong, and safe, and competitive.

We have to work in a timely, bipartisan way, and live up to our responsibility here to provide the funding our Nations needs.

Our adversaries are doing everything they can to get ahead.

You know, industrial emissions made up roughly 30 percent of the U.S. climate emissions, and to address the climate crisis we need to modernize our industrial manufacturing base, and work to reduce emissions across the cement, steel…

It's really important to me that this conversation also focuses on getting our military families the support they need, like childcare and mental healthcare and good housing and schools, and we also have to make sure we're keeping men and…

But, first of all, let me just say, Chairman Tester and Vice Chair Collins, who is being filled in by Senator Moran today, I'm really glad to join both of you to keep talking about the investments that we've got to make to support our…