Patty Murray

Nominations of such importance require more than a 'check the box' hearing.

It would take a bedside manner such as you have to lower the temperature, as Senator Kaine suggested.

I think it will take a little while to lower that temperature just because we spent 6 years as the Hatfields and the McCoys.

Over the past two decades, Representative Price has spent his career dedicated to an agenda that undermines the health and well-being of the entire LGBTQ community.

We appreciate your respect for the work of this committee, and are confident you agree that the Senate has a critical role to play in providing the President with advice and consent on his nominees.

Just days ago President-elect Trump said his plan would provide insurance for everybody.

Well, I think just with these questions I'm very concerned that your vision for a health care system is very different than one that I think millions of Americans are counting on.

I believe it's inappropriate, and we need answers to this regarding whether you and Congressman Collins used your access to non-public information.

Well, if you're telling me he gave you information about a company, you were offered shares in the company at prices not available to the public, you bought those shares, is that not a stock tip?

I also have a petition signed by 500,000 people from across the country opposing this nomination.

Well, Congressman Chris Collins, who sits on President-elect Trump's transition team, is both an investor and a board member of the company.

This nominee is going to have jurisdiction over the health care and lives of millions of Americans

Your bill would repeal dependent coverage available to young adults up to age 26. That is correct, right?

I think it's really important that we have clear answers.

It is unprecedented for a chairman to turn down a member who has a question to ask

We remain deeply disappointed in last night where Democrats were blocked from asking more than one round of questions on Betsy DeVos

I'm very hopeful that your tone will help us come to a conclusion and a consensus in this very important area of providing concrete, practical alternatives to give Americans access to health care they can afford.

Your bill takes away current benefits, which includes prescription drugs, mental health and substance use disorder benefits, and maternity coverage, among others. That is correct, right?

What I believe I said to you was that I learned of the company from Congressman Collins.

I want to ask consent to put a letter to Chairman Alexander from all 11 Democrats on this committee on the importance of a second round of questions on this nominee.

These nominees in a new administration that many people have questions about deserve to be asked questions, scrutinized in public

If this behavior, kissing and touching women and girls without their consent, happened in a school, would you consider it a sexual assault?

Ms. DeVos is reported to have described her work as a way to 'advance God's kingdom.'

Public education must remain the central concern for the Department of Education and its resources should not be diverted.

We are committed to advancing a nominee for the Secretary of Education who will continue the progress we have made to improve outcomes for these children.