Chair's Press

***WATCH: Senators Murray, Markey, Hirono, Blumenthal, Klobuchar host press conference*** Senator Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP), Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Senator Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), and Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) announced their effort to pass...

Murray, Wyden: “We are concerned by numerous stories of exploitation, mistreatment and maltreatment, abuse and neglect, and fatalities in these facilities.”    (Washington, D.C.) – Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), and Senator Ron...

Smith, Murray, Warren bill would protect and expand access to birth control and other essential reproductive health care services   ***WATCH: Senator Murray calls out Republicans’ hypocrisy on Senate floor***    (Washington, D.C.) – Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Committee on Health,...

In letter to Sec. Becerra, Sen. Murray ask for details on monkeypox response plan, including efforts to provide public health guidance, ensure access to tests, treatments, and vaccines, coordination with local health departments, and funding challenges   Washington, D.C. – Yesterday, Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions...

***WATCH: Senators Smith, Murray roll out bill at press conference***   Senators’ Expanding Access to Family Planning Act Would Provide Consistent Funding for the Title X Family Planning Program    (Washington, D.C.) – Today, U.S. Senators Tina Smith (D-Minn.), Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Chair of the Senate Health,...

(Washington, D.C.) – Today, the Department of Education released new guidance for states and school districts to help school leaders address disparities in discipline for students with disabilities. In 2018, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) reported that students with disabilities, along with Black students and boys, face...

Murray secured $5 billion dollars for mental health in a bipartisan funding package—including a significant increase for the 988 Lifeline   ICYMI: Last month Senator Murray held a roundtable at a Seattle crisis hotline center with Sec. Becerra and highlighted the need for a stronger federal mental health response   Murray:...

Earlier this year, in a bipartisan vote, the HELP Committee passed a comprehensive reauthorization bill Senator Murray negotiated with Senator Burr   Washington, D.C. – Today, Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Chair Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) released the following statement on negotiations to...

Leading Advocacy Orgs: “We write to underscore the urgency and necessity of passing a reconciliation package that includes funding for affordable, quality child care and early learning, to lower costs for families and raise wages for providers.”   (Washington, D.C.) – ICYMI, this week, 85 leading national organizations...

***WATCH: Senator Cortez Masto seeks to pass Freedom to Travel for Health Care Act***   ***WATCH: Senator Murray calls out Republicans’ extremism on Senate floor***    (Washington, D.C.) – Today, U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) and Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Committee on Health,...

(Washington, D.C.) – Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), marked the 57th anniversary of the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) with a resolution celebrating the agency’s critical mission protecting workers’ rights...

Senator Murray: “Republicans are going to force women to stay pregnant, not only when they don’t want to be—but even when it could kill them.”   Senator Murray: “We will not let Republicans whistle past the graveyard they have spent so long digging. And we will absolutely not stop fighting with everything...

(Washington, D.C.) – Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), and Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) led 15 of their Democratic colleagues in the Senate in calling on Senate and House leadership to support robust funding for...

ICYMI: Senators introduce legislation to protect women’s constitutional right to travel across state lines to seek abortion care     (Washington, D.C.) – Today, U.S. Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) and Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), issued...

***WATCH: Senators Murray, Cortez Masto, Gillibrand hold press conference*** (Washington, D.C.) – Today, U.S. Senators Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee (HELP), and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) led a group of their Democratic colleagues, including Senators Sheldon Whitehouse...

Senator Murray: “Birth control allows women to plan a family on their own terms. With Republicans stripping women of their fundamental reproductive rights, I’m fighting hard to ensure everyone can get the birth control they want—without extra hoops or extra costs.”    (Washington, D.C.) – Today,...

(Washington, D.C.) – U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, joined a group of 12 senators in calling on the Department of Justice (DOJ) to support online protections for Americans with disabilities. The senators asked DOJ to restart a rulemaking process under the Americans...

(Washington, DC) – Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement in response to news that President Joe Biden is issuing an executive order on protecting abortion access in light of the Dobbs decision. The executive order comes following a...

***PHOTOS OF THE PRESS CONFERENCE HERE***   ***LISTEN TO THE PRESS CONFERENCE HERE***   ICYMI: Senator Murray Leads Democrats in Pushing Biden for “Bold Action” to Protect Abortion Access in a Post-Roe America – MORE HERE   Senator Murray: “I’m fighting hard, with everything I’ve got, and I’m...

Biden Administration’s rule will strengthen program, encourage more plans to seek relief, save even more workers’ benefits   Provision passed by Senator Murray has already saved pensions for over 120,000 workers and retirees   President Biden to speak about the pension relief program later today   Murray: “As...