Patty Murray

That's really troubling to me and I fear is another example of a nominee of a fox to guard the hen house.

He promised he would bring back good coal jobs to struggling communities.

Unfortunately, President Trump and his administration have refused to give millions of workers peace of mind by committing to defend and uphold that rule.

The reason I supported overturning it was because we had specific provisions in the law which prohibited the U.S. Department of Education from issuing regulations.

The Holy Grail is finding more fair ways to pay teachers more for teaching well.

I think the Department does need to improve its state plan submission feedback process so we know states are complying.

The only reason the Federal Government is really involved in education is for civil rights purposes...

If you allow practices like that, you are not promising equality of opportunity in the education to all children.

ESSA is basically a civil rights law. It requires the Federal Government to play a key role in the oversight of states as they implement ESSA.

Transparency is absolutely critical.

The law is not punitive. It is not about punishing schools. It is about providing resources to support students in those struggling schools.

We felt it was important to create those three distinct categories because schools do struggle in different ways and need different levels of intervention and support.

The bipartisan leadership of Tennessee's own Sen. Alexander and Sen. Patty Murray on the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act is an excellent example of how all of us can collaborate on making our public systems…

I look forward to hearing from the State Chiefs about their progress in implementing our landmark education law.

If a woman does not consider herself as a veteran, she does not think about going to the VA.

This increase in suicide is the most important reason yet that I believe VA has to redouble its efforts to reach out to women and get them into care.

I asked for monthly updates until all of the problems of the crisis line are resolved. VA has not done that, and that is really unacceptable.

When it comes to suicide prevent policy, to me anything less than 100 percent is not acceptable.

We were heartened by the bipartisan effort being spearheaded by Senators Alexander and Murray.

We strongly support both nominees and urge swift approval to fill the current vacancies to ensure effective oversight by the Commission.

I urge my Republican colleagues to drop this repeal immediately. This is not what Americans want, and it is an affront to the way that the Senate should work.

Will each of you commit to me that you will make finalizing a transparent pay data collection by the EEOC a priority and that it will be finished in a timely manner?

Women make up half the workforce. Two-thirds of them are primary or co-bread winners in America today, yet women still only make 80 cents on the dollar.

Gave states even more flexibility,' and she encouraged states to, quote, 'go right up to the line, test how far it takes to get over it.'

The bipartisan Every Student Succeeds Act was written by this Committee just 2 years ago, and we worked very hard to carefully strike a balance between providing states with flexibility while holding them accountable for ensuring that our…