Patty Murray

Paid leave is an issue that I have been focused on since I first got into politics.

I am going to do everything I can to get the paid leave policy President Biden proposed in the American Families Plan across the finish line.

If we are going to rebuild our Country stronger and fairer, we have to address the reality that, for far too long, the ways we helped families plan for the future have been stuck in the past.

I am glad the Biden administration is continuing to release funds from the American Rescue Plan to help address some of these challenges.

We have to learn from it. We have to be better prepared for the next public health emergency.

A record 87,000 people, at least, are estimated to have died from drug overdoses in our Country over the last year.

Seattle Children's Hospital in Washington State is seeing 170 children with mental health emergencies a week, compared to 50 before the pandemic.

Around half of the adults in our Country say the stress and worry of this pandemic has impacted their mental well-being.

This pandemic has taken a devastating toll.

COVID came in and said, the jig is up, we cannot do this anymore.

I really want to talk to Senator Cassidy's point that you guys were courageous, and you did the right thing.

I fought to secure over $50 billion in funding for childcare to make sure our childcare sector can survive the pandemic.

It is why I worked in a bipartisan way to secure the biggest ever increase in Federal childcare funding in 2018.

We are pulling a fast one on children, parents, providers, and the economy.

This legislation will jumpstart our economy by creating 770,000 new childcare jobs, helping 1.6 million parents, primarily mothers, go back to work.

We are here today because our Nation is in the middle of the most unequal jobs crisis in modern history.

The reality of health inequities is that how you live and even whether you live or die in a pandemic is impacted by your race, your income, your ZIP Code, your disability, your gender identity, and your sexual orientation.

Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islanders have the highest COVID-19 infection rate. American Indian and Alaska Natives have the highest death and hospitalization rates.

I would like to start by taking a moment to address the awful violence we saw in Georgia yesterday. Everyone, especially elected officials, needs to not just speak out but to act against this deadly display of hate. To the victims and…

We owe it to every American who has suffered or who is grieving after this year to make sure we never find ourselves here again.

We have to keep our focus on this because this pandemic will not truly be over for anyone until we can vaccinate everyone that we can.

The difference between how President Biden has been handling the crisis and how former President Trump refused to is staggering.

I urge my colleagues to work with me on a bipartisan basis to confirm her without delay.

Historic crises like these demand bold solutions.

The role of OMB is critical to addressing these challenges head on.