Patty Murray

At 2 am, Republicans just passed a bill to defund public broadcasting and lifesaving aid because Trump told them to—they wouldn't even protect rural radio or emergency alerts.

Do not start now. Not when we are working, at this very moment, in a bipartisan way to pass our spending bills.

For us to be able to work in a bipartisan way effectively, that requires us to work with each other. To not just write bipartisan funding bills—but to defend them from partisan cuts sought by the president and the OMB director.

I really do hope that Dr. Monarez will defy my expectations. I hope she will stand up for science and put public health first.

I am concerned because this committee, it feels like, has all but abandoned its serious oversight of this crisis.

Every day that this funding is held up is a day that school districts are forced to worry about whether they'll have to cut back on afterschool programs or lay off teachers instead of worrying about how to make sure our kids can succeed.

Trump and OMB director Russ Vought need to stop sabotaging our students' futures and get these resources out the door.

Every day that this funding is held up is a day that school districts are forced to worry about whether they'll have to cut back on afterschool programs or lay off teachers instead of worrying about how to make sure our kids can succeed.

Kicking millions off healthcare, blowing up the national debt by trillions, and devastating generational economic harms—all being written into law on the fly.

I, too, want to stand and join with our colleagues from Idaho with our deep sorrow for everyone in those impacted communities. It is close to the border of Washington. Many of our responders joined with all of you, and our hearts and…

This is a long-sought goal of anti-choice extremists — no surprise, it is overwhelmingly unpopular with the American people.

It will take another step toward enacting Republicans’ plan for a backdoor nationwide abortion ban. How does it do this? By defunding Planned Parenthood.

It is not just that it is going to be debt. It is the cost to families because of this debt they are putting in place. People's houses are going to cost more because their mortgage interest rates are going to go up. Their car interest…

To my friend from Oregon, I never would have contemplated it, and I never would have put it forward. I happen to know that if I would have suggested that, my Republican colleagues would have been all over me, telling me that breaks the…

The Supreme Court just gave the green light for Republican-led states to defund Planned Parenthood, which will have disastrous consequences for women across the country who rely on Planned Parenthood centers for basic health care ― often…

This provision would have sent a major shock wave through our health care system and ripped away access to abortion care for countless women, despite our state’s laws protecting abortion rights.

Part of Republicans’ plan to institute a backdoor nationwide abortion ban by making abortion care inaccessible for everyone, everywhere.

It's disgusting that this policy was ever allowed to go into effect, and I will not let it fly under the radar.

Healthcare isn't just a special privilege Trump gets to dole out to veterans who agree with the president—it's a moral obligation our country owes to every single man and woman who serves in uniform.

Those sorts of actions, and that sort of rhetoric from the president, should stop every one of us cold.

You are deploying the American military to police the American people.

I have never come this close to having tears in my eyes.

Trump wants Congress to vote to cut off public radio broadcasts our constituents count on for weather forecasts, emergency alerts, and updates on what's going on in their community—and force layoffs at local TV stations.

Over the past few months, this administration has fired and pushed out nearly 5,000 critical employees across NIH.

It’s telling that President Trump has chosen to release his budget on a Friday night with no fanfare whatsoever.