Patty Murray

Congress is helping the agency regain lost ground after years of effectively flat budgets.

We request this subcommittee support CDC's global measles control activities for fiscal year 2019 at $50 million.

We especially thank Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services (HHS), and Education Chairman Roy Blunt and Ranking Member Patty Murray for their unwavering support for the NIH.

I want to start today by saying I am really appalled by the extreme, cruel, shameful abortion ban that was passed yesterday in Alabama. That legislation is nothing short of an attack on women, and it is part of a larger effort we are…

The teen pregnancy and teen birth rate have declined by an impressive 63 percent and 72 percent respectively since the early 1990s.

I thank Chairman Alexander and join him in commending Ms. Lowery for her many years of dedicated and outstanding service to the HELP Committee, the Senate, and the American people. I greatly appreciate the sacrifice that Ms. Lowery has…

It is unacceptable to leave veterans without a stipend or an incorrect stipend or a delayed stipend, especially when they rely on that to pay for rent or food.

I thank Chairman Alexander and join him in commending Ms. Bolden for her many years of dedicated and outstanding service to the Government Publishing Office, the Congress, and the American people. I greatly appreciate the sacrifice that…

I just want to thank the panel. This has been really a good panel, and I appreciate all of your input.

I think it is a really interesting concept.

All stakeholders, all of them, need to play a role in bringing costs down.

The high cost of care hurts patients across our healthcare system.

Thank you very much, and thank you to all of our panel.

I hope Republicans got the message, ready to turn over a new leaf with us and agree that repeal is off the table.

That is why they want Congress to come together in a bipartisan way and work together on plans to bring down healthcare costs.

People want to know that when a loved one is fighting a life-or-death illness, they can focus on getting healthy, not getting out of debt.

They want real solutions to make sure quality healthcare is accessible and affordable.

The will of the people could not be clearer. It seems they are very tired of President Trump's broken promises and backward steps and blatant gimmicks.

I thank the Senator from California for very clearly outlining, for all of us to hear, why this was not a search for truth on an issue that affects so many people in this country, the victims of sexual assault who often, as she just…

Data from the Department of Housing and Urban Development showed that there was an increase in veteran homelessness in 2017.

I will also add my concerns about the electronic health records.

Because that is critically important, and I am deeply concerned that they are not being used.

This has got to change, and I wanted to know when we are going to see the plan and resources in particular to address Seattle's serious needs.

I am really concerned about the VA's focus on this issue because it has fallen off in recent years.

That is important to all of us.