Patty Murray

Too many students miss out on college financial aid that they are eligible for, like Pell Grants, in part because the application process has been so cumbersome.

For years, I have introduced legislation to fix the absurd way that the bankruptcy code treats student debt.

High quality plans are only successful if they are effectively implemented.

I just wanted to thank you and your staff for all the hard work implementing the American Rescue Plan Act and other COVID-19 Relief Legislation.

I believe that combination of additional Federal education investments, accurate and timely reporting, and thoughtful review of how all education funds are being allocated and used in schools needing additional support would improve the…

I am concerned that free community college for everybody unfairly subsidizes higher-income students.

This budget takes the task of reckoning with these inequities seriously, with investments across a range of programs to help ensure all students can get a quality public education.

I look forward to continuing to work with you, to support students and families in our country.

I am pleased to see that the budget does not include widespread loan forgiveness.

We have to strengthen and expand Pell. And this budget is a clear step in the right direction.

We need to make investments to support student and staff wellbeing, and we need to bring in more counselors, nurses, and psychologists.

I introduced that earlier this year and it's a bill that will provide really needed relief to public transportation agencies through the Capital Investment Grant Program by increasing the Federal cost-share by an additional 30 percent of…

I was really pleased to see the proposed levels of investment for the Department of Transportation in the President's budget, especially with regard to transit funding and the TIGER-BUILD-RAISE Discretionary Grant Program.

I appreciate your work on that, but I do want to urge you and the FTA Administrator Fernandez to work with our transit agencies on the ground out there to get what we need for the grant agreement.

That money is so critical to keeping workers on the jobs and trains and buses moving on time and I just want to join everybody in urging you to get that money out as fast as possible.

I believe they belong in an infrastructure package and to that end, I recently co-sponsored the Bridge Investment Act.

Investing in our transit systems and our agencies is really important as we talk about reauthorizing the nation's surface transportation programs and an infrastructure package.

I would really love to have your support on that.

I appreciate your work on that, but I do want to urge you and the FTA Administrator Fernandez to work with our transit agencies on the ground out there.

I just want to say I was really pleased to see the proposed levels of investment for the Department of Transportation in the President's budget.

That money is so critical to keeping workers on the jobs and trains and buses moving on time.

Investing in our transit systems and our agencies is really important as we talk about reauthorizing the nation's surface transportation programs.

I was really pleased to see the strong funding for home and CDBG programs that were included in the budget.

It is essential, the Federal government does all it can to provide the resources and coordination with state and local authorities.

I have spoken to people in communities across my home state of Washington who have raised really serious concerns about the impact this pandemic has had on housing security.