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.

Mar 17, 2009

No one said it was going to be easy.

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Mar 17, 2009

In December, I sent a letter to the National Guard Bureau signed by all the members of the Washington State Congressional delegation requested to have HAMMER training center be named the western regional training center for National Guard…

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Mar 17, 2009

Expanding TRICARE coverage to 'gray area' retirees must be weighed against costs and the ultimate impact to overall force readiness.

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Mar 17, 2009

The time passage of pending Congressional legislation is crucial to implementing the full vision of this project.

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Mar 17, 2009

The Army's deployment schedule and adequate care of both soldiers and their families is very important to me.

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Mar 17, 2009

We have to think about the future while we are thinking about today.

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Mar 17, 2009

I am very worried about our domestic industrial base. I am worried about its long-term ability to provide our military forces with what they need to accomplish their national security missions.

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Mar 17, 2009

I stand ready to help you do whatever we need to do there to make sure we are ready for that as well.

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Mar 17, 2009

And we do not have the budget capacity for that?

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Mar 17, 2009

Hope to is not a definite timeframe.

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Mar 17, 2009

I want to make sure that we maintain a domestic industrial base that can respond to the ongoing need of our warfighters.