Patty Murray

Posts From Senator Patty Murray

• Senator Murray Pushes FDA To Keep Building on Efforts to Fight Youth Tobacco Use In Light of New Finding One-in-Five Teens Use E-Cigarettes
  The Food and Drug Administration announced new plans to ban menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars and further curb youth tobacco use by reducing youth access to some flavored e-cigarettes Senator Mur …
• Senator Murray Re-Elected to Senate Democratic Leadership Team For The 116th Congress
  Washington, D.C. – Senate Democratic Leader-elect Chuck Schumer today announced the Senate Democratic Leadership for the 116th Congress following Senate Democratic leadership elections. “I am excited …
• As Veterans Seek Relief from Mounting Housing and Education Expenses, Senator Murray, Colleagues Call For Increased Transparency and Action at VA to Process Delayed GI Bill Benefits
  Led by Senator Murray, new letter to VA Secretary Robert Wilkie highlights impact of processing delays on veterans receiving GI Bill benefits  Senators request additional information regarding the Dep …
• Senator Murray Calls on Newly-Installed Acting Attorney General to Recuse Himself From Mueller Investigation
  Washington, D.C.)  – Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) released the following statement after President Trump forced out U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who had recused himself from oversee …
• Senate Democrats to Secretary Azar: End Efforts to Redefine Sex to Exclude Transgender Persons
  Senators: “We are concerned that this effort to redefine ‘sex’ is putting politics ahead of science and access to health care” Redefinition of sex under Title IX endangers health care protections for …
• Murray, Scott Blast DeVos for Deeply Flawed Rulemaking Process That Could Weaken Key Protections for Students
  Forthcoming rulemaking process on federal student aid programs could abandon key protections for students, give predatory institutions free reign to take advantage of students and taxpayers Proposed r …
• Senator Murray Urges Secretary Chao to Reject Industry Bid to Gut California Meal and Rest Break Rules
  Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), top Democrat on the Senate labor committee, led her colleagues in a letter to the Secretary of the Department of Transportation (DOT) Elaine …
• As National Disability Employment Awareness Month Concludes, Senator Murray Releases New Report Highlighting Employment Challenges Facing People with Disabilities
  New report makes recommendations, urges action to modernize outdated disability employment policy and programs In observance of National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM), Senator Murray a …
• Senators Murray and Cantwell Urge Trump Administration to Reverse Course on Proposed Fuel Economy Rollback
  As public comment period on proposed rule closes, Senators warn in new letter that it would harm consumers, increase oil consumption, and worsen climate change WASHINGTON, D.C. –  Today, U.S. Senators …
• Senator Murray Calls for Delay on 9th Circuit Court Nomination Hearing Scheduled to Take Place During Senate Recess, Urges Republicans to Stop Ignoring Bipartisan Process in Order to Jam Judges Onto Bench
  (Washington, D.C.)  – Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) urged Senate Republican leaders to delay a hearing for the nominee for the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, currently scheduled for to …

Senator Patty Murray In The News

• Veterans Affairs official to be demoted over delayed GI Bill benefits
• Seattle Has the Highest Number of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women in Urban Areas, According to New Study
• Trump's PBGC Nominee Clears Senate Finance Committee
• Why Businesses Should Be Optimistic About the Midterm Results
• New study released identifies more than 500 Missing and Murdered Indigenous women
• America's Finest ship wins Senate waiver
• Report ID's 506 cases of murdered, missing Indigenous women
• Catherine Cortez Masto to Lead DSCC for 2020, Report Says
• Top Democrats unveil bill to protect students from seclusion and restraint practices
• The Latest: Schumer wins another term as Democrats' leader