Patty Murray

I expect to hear more following the Army's review of the safety procedures about how we are preventing future tragedies because at the end of the day the heart of our military isn't our weapons or our equipment, it is the brave and…

I'm going to be watching that very closely.

We need to tackle this crisis now before there is more lasting damage.

Today's hearing marks another important step as we work to return to regular order and pass in a timely bipartisan way our funding bills to keep our families safe, our economy strong, and our Nation competitive with adversaries like China.

Effective water management is essential to keeping our families healthy, our environment thriving and our economy competitive.

I do support efforts to move forward only after you are confident about the safety and effectiveness of the system.

We can fulfill our commitment to make sure veterans receive the care and support they earned, including veterans who experience toxic exposures.

I will do everything we can to live up to that obligation.

President Biden's budget shows he also understands that when we make a promise to our veterans our word has to be ironclad.

When it comes to our veterans, we cannot cut corners, we can't break our promises, and we can't let partisan politics get in the way of passing funding the VA needs.

Every single member of this committee voted to pass the PACT Act because we know veterans who are exposed to toxins in the line of duty deserve care.

No one who has put their life on the line for our country should struggle to provide for their family.

Upholding our promises to our veterans isn't just critical to our country; it is really personal to me.

I look forward to working together on this year's appropriations bills, to make sure that we provide the Department of Energy and National Security Administration the resources that you need.

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

The Federal Government has a legal and moral obligation to clean up the Hanford Site, and protect Hanford workers.

Our adversaries are doing everything they can to get ahead.

We cannot seed ground and let countries like China get ahead of us and capitalize on the defining discoveries of the future.

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

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.

Today's hearing marks another important step as we work to return to regular order and pass in a timely bipartisan way our funding bills to keep our families safe, our economy strong, and our Nation competitive with adversaries like China.

I'm going to be watching that very closely.

I want to see us grow even bolder to make sure we are making the necessary investments to give these critical projects their due.

The Howard Hanson Project is critical in my State and I'm going to be watching the progress of that very closely...