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Patty Murray

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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.

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Apr 17, 2023

I believe this is the kind of innovation that we should be supporting.

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Apr 17, 2023

I'm very proud that Democrats were able to pass steps in the Inflation Reduction Act to help working families by lowering costs and leveling the playing field.

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Apr 17, 2023

There really is no reason that an investor on Wall Street should be paying less in taxes than a firefighter in Spokane.

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Apr 17, 2023

It is so important that we return to regular order and work to pass our funding bills in a timely, bipartisan way.

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Apr 17, 2023

If we are going to keep pace with our adversaries like China, and others; that means our investments have to keep pace too.

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Apr 17, 2023

The full faith and credit of the United States should never be held hostage to score political points, period.

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Apr 17, 2023

We need to make sure we are doing the same if we want to stay ahead of our adversaries.

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Apr 17, 2023

You don't get to ignore the law just because you're rich.

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Apr 17, 2023

Everyday Americans, they should not be stuck footing the bill for billionaires who can pay lawyers to run circles around the IRS.

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Apr 17, 2023

It's not fair and I don't think it's American. We really need to close the loopholes and make sure that the wealthy pay their fair share.

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Apr 17, 2023

I'm really glad, Mr. Chairman, that President Biden has put forward a road map to help move us even closer to a tax system where everyone pays their fair share.

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Mar 29, 2023

I have also heard allegations that Starbucks has interfered with employees' ability to testify, including in Seattle.

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Mar 29, 2023

We have to maintain our reputation as the leader of the free world, as the land of opportunity.

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Mar 29, 2023

We have to make sure that our food supply is secure, and that means protecting our families from unsafe food.

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Mar 29, 2023

Our kids cannot grow and thrive in body and mind if they are not getting the nutrition they need.

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Mar 29, 2023

I rise today to recognize the life and legacy of disability rights activist, Judy Heumann. Today, I join so many touched by her advocacy in mourning her passing, remembering her life, and paying tribute to the contributions she made to the…

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Mar 29, 2023

My family relied on food stamps when I was growing up, and my dad lost his job because he got sick.

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Mar 29, 2023

Yes. Mr. Secretary, I am very concerned about the House GOP calling for steep cuts to critical programs like our Federal Food Assistance.

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Mar 29, 2023

I am hearing from a number of really troubling reports about Starbucks refusing to allow credit card tipping, cutting employee hours, holding the loss of critical benefits like health care insurance and gender affirming care over the heads…

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Mar 29, 2023

We have to make sure that our food supply is secure, and that means protecting our families from unsafe food.

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Mar 29, 2023

We have to make sure that our food supply is secure, and that means protecting our families from unsafe food.

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Mar 29, 2023

it is not going to be easy, but we have to live up to our responsibility to pass these funding bills in a timely, bipartisan way to keep our families strong, and our economy strong, and our country competitive on the world stage.

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Mar 29, 2023

We have a responsibility to work in a timely fashion to write a bipartisan funding bill that will keep our communities safe and our nation competitive on the stage.

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Mar 29, 2023

It would be an enormous mistake, I believe, to make things worse by gutting these agencies working to conserve our vital watersheds.

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Mar 29, 2023

I will keep saying it, it is not going to be easy, but we have to live up to our responsibility to pass these funding bills in a timely, bipartisan way to keep our families strong, and our economy strong, and our country competitive on the…

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