If you refuse to put forward an offer that includes any Democratic input and you don’t get Democratic votes, that’s on Republicans.
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.
the Senator's amendment would indiscriminately cut $16 billion from State and USAID, including lifesaving assistance Secretary Rubio said he wants to maintain for the purchase of food from American farmers, programs to counter the PRC…
The choice between a shutdown and letting the GOP bill pass has always been a false choice.
I am focused on doing what I believe is right for my constituents, for our caucus and for our country, and I am a firm no.
let me be perfectly clear for my colleagues: Democrats want to immediately pass a clean 4-week CR. No one wants a shutdown. We should get this done immediately. Right now, we should be hard at work negotiating bipartisan funding bills that…
While I have little to no confidence in the Trump administration to do so, they should immediately nominate someone for this position who at bare minimum believes in basic science and will help lead CDC’s important work to monitor and…
As we face one of the worst measles outbreaks in years thanks to President Trump, a vaccine skeptic who spent years spreading lies about safe and proven vaccines should never have even been under consideration.
The choice between a shutdown and letting the GOP bill pass has always been a false choice.
a vaccine skeptic who spent years spreading lies about safe and proven vaccines
"The choice between a shutdown and letting the GOP bill pass has always been a false choice," Murray said. "Democrats did not have an ounce of input into writing this bill."
During one of the worst measles outbreaks in years because of Trump, Weldon should NEVER have even been under consideration to lead CDC.
RFK Jr. is already doing incalculable damage by spreading lies and disinformation as the top health official in America.
today, with my colleague Senator Cantwell, we commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, or PNNL. As one of the Department of Energy's premier national laboratories over the past 60 years, PNNL has…
if House Republicans don't think they need us when writing a bill, why should they expect us to support that bill, especially when it comes to taking funding away from our families who depend on it and hurting our communities and giving…
Speaker Johnson's slush fund continuing resolution empowers President Trump and Elon Musk to pick winners and losers with taxpayer dollars.
Ultimately, what they want to do is clear: fire the people who help our kids and gut funding for our students, teachers, and schools.
Families want help to get students' math and reading scores up and ensure their kids can thrive—instead, Donald Trump is taking a wrecking ball to the Department of Education and robbing our students and teachers of the resources and…
Ultimately, what they want to do is clear: fire the people who help our kids and gut funding for our students, teachers, and schools.
the job cuts marked an escalation of a 'full-scale, no-holds-barred assault on veterans' by President Donald Trump that would put veterans' health benefits in 'grave danger.'
This is a slush fund continuing resolution that would give Donald Trump and Elon Musk more power over federal spending.
The cancellation [of the FDA advisory committee meeting] is unprecedented and dangerous.