Patty Murray

Demonstrated an inability to effectively and efficiently manage public resources.

Many agencies' plans still have yet to be submitted or blatantly omit basic funding details at your agency's direction.

Your lack of transparency shows disdain for the right of the public to understand how taxpayer dollars are being spent and for the rule of law.

Serious questions about what exactly this administration is seeking to hide from the committees—and the American people.

We need to see the 'real version' of HHS' spend plan, and we need to see actual funding amounts—not asterisks—for these vital programs.

These bipartisan investments need to start flowing immediately—as do the hundreds of billions of dollars in other investments President Trump is holding up.

This legal decision affirms what we've long known: The president is breaking the law to block funding Congress passed on a bipartisan basis and that is owed to the American people—simply because he disagrees with it. This plain fact is…

You came here to argue with me. I came here to ask you questions about your budget request.

You repeatedly claimed staffing & funding cuts that have been reported on publicly & even confirmed by your dept staff are not happening. So either you're lying or you're not the one making decisions.

Turns out there ISN'T rampant Social Security fraud, but Elon's witch hunt... IS keeping seniors from getting their benefits as quickly as they should be.

You can have all your air traffic controllers there, but if they don't have the support staff, we can't know that they're doing the job.

The issue, as I stated clearly, was the delay in care.

This budget proposal would set our country back decades by decimating investments to help families afford the basics, to keep communities safe, and to ensure America remains the world leader in innovation and lifesaving research.

It is not too much to ask, and I hope this body recognizes that violence is violence, and we should condemn the attacks on January 6. I yield the floor.

What I'm hearing from my constituents who actually fight fires in Washington state is that Trump and Elon are making wildland firefighters' jobs far more difficult and far more dangerous by indiscriminately firing thousands of Forest…

This is a slush fund continuing resolution that would give Donald Trump and Elon Musk more power over federal spending.

If you refuse to put forward an offer that includes any Democratic input and you don’t get Democratic votes, that’s on Republicans.

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.

Democrats did not have an ounce of input into writing this bill.

The choice between a shutdown and letting the GOP bill pass has always been a false choice.

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.

The choice between a shutdown and letting the GOP bill pass has always been a false choice.

Democrats did not have an ounce of input into writing this bill.

RFK Jr. is already doing incalculable damage by spreading lies and disinformation as the top health official in America.