Patty Murray

I was really pleased that Chairman Blunt and I were able to fund the new apprenticeship grant program in the 2016 appropriation bill.

Studies have shown that a $1 Federal investment has a $27 return.

I know Chairman Blunt would like to work on this bill in a bipartisan manner as well.

I appreciate that. I want to keep working with you on that.

While we have seen 72 straight months of job growth, and unemployment has fallen 5 percent, wages have only risen slightly in the past year, and 8 million jobseekers cannot find work.

I believe we should do both, because they would benefit working families.

The safe transport of crude-by-rail is of great importance to me and my constituents.

While I appreciate the Department's attention to this critical issue to date and the investments in the fiscal year 2017 budget request, there is more work to be done.

We need robust requirements for oil spill response plans for railroads, too.

I'm going to work to continue to protect those existing vouchers and, of course, work for more.

I just want to ask for your commitment to continue to examine that renewal funding inflation factor.

This issue really demands a coordinated and robust response from local, State, and, of course, the Federal Government.

We spoke about the need for continuing to invest in housing first, because that is the most effective way to end homelessness.

The safe transport of crude-by-rail is of great importance to me and my constituents.

Not all for-profits are predatory, but there are a few that have been very misleading in the way they appeal to students.

I am worried about that because the number of cases that remain unresolved for more than 180 days has increased from 315 at the end of fiscal year 2009 to 1,311 at the end of fiscal year 2015.

Dr. King, as you know, the bipartisan Every Student Succeeds Act marks the first time that our Nation's primary education law authorized dedicated funding to improve access to preschool for children from low-income and disadvantaged…

I am proud to be the lead sponsor in the United States Senate of the bill, America's College Promise.

I, as you know, have been pushing the Department for some time now to make sure that the Federal student loan servicing quality reaches the highest standards of customer service and complies with the law.

Campus sexual assault and violence is a growing national crisis. Depending on the survey that you look at, we know that at least one in five women are being sexually assaulted while on college campus, and that is the lowest of the…

College affordability, an issue I hear from absolutely everyone.

Our veterans, our students, our families deserve better.

I believe schools can only truly help every student succeed when they have adequate funding.

Students should not be subject to arbitration agreements. That should just be a disqualifier right from the beginning.

I am concerned about the budget's proposal to designate a portion of the increase for use outside of the authorized Title I formulas.