Patty Murray

Thank you for securing the additional funding for the NIH as part of the 21st Century Cures Act! It is funding like this that will keep the United States at the forefront in developing cures for patients who currently do not have cures.

In the 21st Century Cures Act, I pushed to secure nearly $5 billion in Federal funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to bolster specific initiatives and to allow the agency to dedicate more of its discretionary funding to…

Well, thank you very much, Chairman Alexander.

We must balance the potential benefits of gene editing with ethical considerations.

We need to ensure that we are making the right decisions for the future of our health care system.

I urge you and your colleagues on the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation to oppose his nomination.

I think it is critically important we think about how the investments we make in our communities can also play a critical role in making the healthy choice the easy choice for our families in this country.

The blame is shared, and everyone bears responsibility to fix the problem.

We can all agree that our complex health system is inefficient, but, for that reason, the blame is shared.

Your member companies are taking some actions now to deliberately disrupt that balance to get the longest market monopoly possible.

I'm very pleased this Committee worked to increase transparency and foster more competition in the generic drug market.

This is clearly a challenge we need to meet and meet it quickly.

Like everyone here, I've heard from so many families who are forced to choose between some high-priced medication and paying their bills.

I think this is really important, and we need more support, not less, and I've been working on the Appropriations Committee to increase our prevention activities, and I hope that we get support for that.

Medicaid expansion has really been life-saving for a lot of people who suffer from opioid use disorder.

I am very concerned that Dr. Fitzgerald has not sufficiently divested to be able to testify on such an important issue.

This is not somebody else's problem. It's all of ours.

Together with the Division's staff, I will assist in fulfilling the Division's longstanding mission 'to promote and achieve compliance with labor standards to protect and enhance the welfare of the Nation's workforce.'

If confirmed, I look forward to being briefed by Wage and Hour staff regarding matters pertaining to independent contractors.

I want to urge your swift approval of Peter Robb as the next general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board.

President Trump's businesses have been involved in hundreds of legal actions for failing to pay workers the wages they are owed.

President Trump has announced he's going to rescind the rule.

More than 5 years ago, the Department of Labor finalized a rule that stipulates that tips are the property of tipped employees.

Do you think those 13 million workers should be paid more?

The rule that went into effect, as you mentioned, last year has been stopped by a Texas court judge right now.