Chair's Press

In a 13-9 vote, HELP Committee approves comprehensive legislation to reauthorize FDA’s user fee programs, keep families safe, lower drug costs, and bolster innovation   In FDA bill, Murray strikes historic, bipartisan deal to allow prescription drug importation from Canada to lower costs for patients across the country   Legislation...

Murray, Casey, Cantwell push FTC to investigate whether major retail chains have engaged in unfair trade practices by raising prices for specialized formulas during nationwide shortage   Senators: “It is utterly unconscionable that anyone would try to take advantage of this shortage to extort scared parents with hungry infants so they...

***WATCH: SENATORS MURRAY, KAINE SPEAK AT RALLY***   WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) led Senators, House members, and advocates from across the country in a rally on Capitol Hill to call for their child care...

(WASHINGTON, DC) – Today, U.S. Senators Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions, and Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) introduced a resolution opposing the criminalization of the full range of reproductive and sexual health care, including abortion, gender-affirming care, and contraceptive care....

Washington, D.C. – Today, Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Chair Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) released the following statement on the Senate vote on the nomination of Lisa Gomez to serve as Assistant Secretary of Labor for the Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA). The 49-51 result showed there are...

“As extremist judges and Republican politicians intensify their efforts to strip Americans of their basic reproductive freedoms, you can demonstrate to the country and women everywhere that you will do everything in your power to fight back.” “We urge you to immediately issue an executive order instructing the leaders of every...

***WATCH: Murray, Pressley hold press conference on effort to expand birth control access***   (Washington, D.C.) – Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (D-MA-07), Chair of the Pro-Choice Caucus’ Abortion Rights and...

Senators introduce bipartisan retirement package to bolster emergency savings, increase access to retirement plans, provide additional information and transparency to help people manage their finances, and more   Committee will mark up RISE & SHINE Act next Tuesday   Murray: “The COVID pandemic upended our economy—and with...

According to survey No Surprises Act prevented more than two million surprise medical bills—in just two months   Murray: “Surprise medical bills are unfair, expensive, and financially devastating—and thanks to the law I worked to pass they are now largely a thing of the past.”   Washington, D.C. – Today,...

Historic debt discharge will provide $5.8 billion in relief to half a million borrowers     Nearly 17k Washington state borrowers defrauded by Corinthian will see $157.9 million in relief     Senator Murray: “I’m so glad that after years of delays from the Trump Administration, the Biden Administration...

Center for Budget and Policy Priorities: Murray-Kaine Proposal to Expand, Improve Child Care Would Benefit Families and the Economy   Child Care Aware: Newest Proposal Would Provide Robust Investments to Early Childhood Programs   Center for Law and Social Policy: Senate Child Care Proposal Could Reach 1 Million+ More Children MomsRising:...

Bipartisan user fee package ensures FDA has the resources it needs to do its work, includes new oversight of cosmetics and dietary supplements, modernizes diagnostic test regulation, reauthorizes important programs for medical product development, and more   Introduced legislation builds on discussion draft with new steps to strengthen the...

Bipartisan retirement package would bolster emergency savings, increase access to retirement plans, provide additional information and transparency to help people manage their finances, and more  Murray: “We need to put families back on solid financial footing and use the tools we know work to help people put more money in their savings...

(Washington, D.C.) – Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, issued the following statement on Oklahoma’s complete ban on abortion, which was signed into law by Governor Kevin Stitt Wednesday and takes effect immediately. The law is the strictest abortion...

Senator Murray: “The fact we even have to have this hearing, the fact that shelves are empty, the fact that babies across the country are going hungry and parents can’t find what they need to feed their infants is a massive, unacceptable failure.”   ***WATCH: SENATOR MURRAY’S OPENING REMARKS AND...

***WATCH: DPCC Roundtable on Reproductive Rights in the States***    Washington, D.C.) – Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, joined a roundtable hosted by the Democratic Policy and Communications Committee (DPCC) on the fight for reproductive freedom...

(Washington, D.C.) – Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, led a mark-up to advance nominees to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Department of Education, and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).   “Workers, seniors,...

(WASHINGTON, DC) – Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, joined a letter led by U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) requesting that the agency conduct a comprehensive, wide-ranging study into the...

BuzzFeed Investigation Showed KKR Put Profits before Patients, Resulting in Abuse and Neglect and Putting the Lives of Patients at Risk   Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senators Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee; Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Finance and Banking,...

Senate voted unanimously to pass the Access to Baby Formula Act  ICYMI: Senator Murray, Casey, Democrats Push Biden for White House Formula Coordinator to Lead National Strategy – MORE HERE ICYMI: Murray, Casey, Democrats Push Infant Formula Manufacturers To Address Crisis, Get Formula On Shelves ASAP – MORE HERE Senator Murray:...