Chair's Press

Updated report shows stalled progress in collecting demographic data   Report shows small increase in cases reporting racial data, small decrease in cases reporting ethnic data, and no change in cases reporting both   Senator Murray: “While this virus is still surging, the Trump Administration’s efforts on testing, tracing,...

  Members: “These proposals would move the nation backwards by reinstating a broken status quo that allows financial advisors to evade their fiduciary duties and denying retirement savers meaningful remedies when they have been harmed.”   WASHINGTON – Yesterday, in a letter to Labor Secretary Eugene Scalia, Senate...

Senators make clear CDC should lead vaccine distribution given its decades of expertise CDC annually distributes over 80 million vaccine doses across the country   Senators: “Our nation’s ability to beat this pandemic relies on the successful distribution and widespread administration of safe and effective...

In remarks on the Senate floor, Senator Murray called for Republicans to end their months-long delay and pass meaningful relief for students, families and workers, including her Coronavirus Child Care and Education Relief Act (CCCERA)   Senator Murray: “My question to Republican leaders is why, when things are already so hard, are you...

Letter details how proposed rule ignores the evidence about the value of investments based on environmental, social, and governance factors, and contradicts the Administration’s own recent actions   Despite Labor Department’s baseless assertions to the contrary, evidence shows ESG investments have outperformed traditional...

Murray: “Republicans’ latest response plan does nothing to address the fact that millions of people have already lost their health coverage and are worried about how they can afford the care they need during this crisis.”   (Washington, D.C.) – U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health,...

Senator Murray votes to confirm Lauren McFerran to the NLRB and votes against Republican nominee Marvin Kaplan   Senator Murray: “Workers right now are dealing with unprecedented challenges and are making great personal sacrifices to keep the country running during this crisis. And the nominees under consideration today for the National...

Murray: “Republicans’ proposal, which is woefully inadequate on funding and is silent on the need for a serious testing plan, simply isn’t going to fix things.”   Murray: “We absolutely cannot settle for the status quo here, we need to demand a serious change of course from the Trump Administration before this...

Senate Republican proposal dramatically underfunds child care   Senator Murray: “With nearly half of our country’s child care providers at risk of permanent closure and parents across the country in need of quality, affordable child care in order to return to work, a massive investment in our child care sector is absolutely...

Murray: “This proposal still falls far short of what we need to do to ensure we develop and produce at scale a safe, effective vaccine that is cost free for all and widely and equitably distributed and administered—which is the only way we are going to end this crisis.”   Murray: “We need to take action to make sure the...

(Washington, D.C.) – Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee and Rep. Bobby Scott (D-VA), chair of the House Education and Labor Committee, released the following statement on the Republican proposal to condition K-12 funds by requiring schools to...

Murray: “We cannot drag our feet and leave workers and retirees dangling in the face of a sudden cut to the pensions they have earned.”   (Washington, D.C.) – Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement...

Updated legislation aims to increase scrutiny to prevent drug companies from using sham patents to block competition from cheaper generic drugs   Murray: “We need to be doing everything we can to help bring down prescription drug costs, and that means making it harder for drug companies to get away with using sham patents to keep cheaper...

The White House gave hospitals 48 hours to switch their data reporting to a new system it set up from the system at CDC they have used for years   Hospitals have been forced to spend precious time and resources making the switch, and those unable to do so in 48 hours could lose access to critical supplies   States which have built...

Earlier this week, the Trump Administration provided Congressionally required 30-day update to COVID-19 demographic data report   Latest report is still missing race or ethnicity data in more than half of COVID-19 case reports   Senator Murray: “It’s unacceptable that two months after the Trump Administration submitted its...

Senator Murray: “It’s entirely unclear why the Trump Administration has asked states and hospitals to upend their reporting systems in the middle of a pandemic—in 48 hours nonetheless—without a single explanation as to why this new system is better or necessary.”   Murray wrote to the Administration in June...

13 Democrats submit comment letter opposing proposed rule that would discourage investments which consider environmental, social, and governmental (ESG) criteria   Such investments allow financial advisors to consider issues like whether or not companies have established diverse leadership teams,  foster inclusive or discriminatory...

Senator Murray: “I’m very glad to see that my Republican colleagues have recognized that we need to do something about the child care crisis in this country—but their proposal doesn’t even invest a single dime in actually solving the problem.”   (Washington, D.C.) – Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray...

New report shows 5.4 million laid off workers became uninsured during first months of COVID-19 pandemic   Finding underscores the stakes of partisan lawsuit where President Trump and Republicans are fighting to strip health care from four times as many people Murray and Democrats have urged Republicans to work on policies to ensure access to...

New white paper from Senate Democrats outlines policies in eight areas crucial to ensuring one or more safe, effective COVID-19 vaccines that are produced, distributed, and administered widely enough to end the COVID-19 pandemic   Policies aim to avoid repeat of the mistakes that have plagued the Trump Administration’s testing efforts...