Patty Murray

I was really pleased to see President Biden's budget lay out a plan to meet this moment, and to push out strong investments in creating and preserving affordable housing.

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

This is going to take a lot of work to build us back fair and stronger.

I just want to underscore my strong support for major investments for affordable housing, like the ones that are included in the American Jobs Plan.

I really want to thank you for spending some time with Pacific Northwest National Lab during your virtual visit.

This year's request specifically propose to eliminate PILT funding, and just for the Hanford and Savannah River DOE sites.

The Federal Government has both a legal and a moral obligation to clean up the Hanford Site

This year's request is a rejection of some of the dangerous cuts that were proposed in the last administration

We now have people trying to go back to work, and they're going, I couldn't afford this before, now what am I going to do?

The pandemic really exposed what many of us have known for a very long time that the childcare system in our country is really broken.

The U.S. is the only industrialized nation where the maternal death rate is rising.

This budget represents a world of change from the past few years on healthcare.

This will not only help see our Nation through this pandemic, but help us rebuild our public health system.

I always say a budget is a reflection of your values, and all-in-all, this budget paints a clear, encouraging picture of President Biden's values on healthcare.

It proposes increasing the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's budget by nearly a quarter.

The pandemic's deadly impact on communities of color really shows that we have a long way to go to address systemic racism and health inequities

I am really worried about staffing shortages. The VA operates one of the largest health care systems in the country.

I am really glad that President Biden included historic investments in home and community-based services in the American Jobs Plan.

I appreciate that, and our women veterans, in particular, we have a large number of women come into the military, they are aging, they are going to need these facilities.

I fought to keep open [the facility in Walla Walla, Washington].

My bill, called the Planning for Aging Veterans Act, would improve VA's relationship with state-run veterans' homes and expand the care veterans in state homes receive.

I'm going to be reintroducing my Values in Arms Export Act to bring vital reforms to this process

I think we need both the American Jobs Plan and the American Families Plan if we want to build back a fairer and a stronger economy on the other side of this pandemic.

I was really pleased to see President Biden's budget lay out a plan to make our economy actually work for working families and not just those at the very top.

I urge the Administration to act now and issue a standard to ensure all workers are safe in their workplaces.