Chair's Press

“Let’s be clear: President Trump has broken a whole lot of campaign promises, but he has never wavered in attacking Obamacare and undermining women’s access to health care,” said Senator Patty Murray (D-WA).    Senator Murray: “… those who want to go back to the days when insurers could deny patients...

HELP Committee Democratic staff memo outlines alarming history of ideological positions from Diane Foley, President Trump’s appointee overseeing the Title X family planning program   Earlier this year, the Trump-Pence Administration announced a domestic gag rule to restrict Title X funds that would limit access to care for millions of...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, and Congressman Bobby Scott (D-VA), ranking member of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, issued the following statements after the U.S. Department of Education announced a two-year delay of the...

Murray sent letters to associations representing biomedical and pharmaceutical companies asking about harassment in the industry and what steps they are taking to address harassment in the workplace   Inquiry follows troubling reports on industry-sponsored party: “Biotech Firms Run Away After Industry Party With Topless...

41 Democrats wrote to Health Department’s Inspector General requesting comprehensive review of program charged with caring for children impacted by President Trump’s family separation policy   Senators: “We are alarmed by the uncertainty and pain inflicted on thousands of families arriving at the U.S. border, particularly the...

At HELP hearing on health costs, Murray condemned sabotage by the Trump Administration, which has hiked premiums and eroded patient protections   Murray also criticized President Trump’s inaction on his promises to lower drug costs and efforts to sabotage innovative pilot programs to deliver high quality care at lower...

Murray: “I urge all Republicans in Congress who claim to care about the economic security of the middle class to work with us to strengthen the rights of workers”   Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following...

Senator Murray praised bipartisan work on reauthorization of key career and technical education program for helping states and local communities maintain a competitive workforce in changing 21st century economy   Murray also applauded a maternal mortality bill the Committee passed as an important step in addressing national...

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., and Bob Casey, D-Pa., along with Senate education committee Chairman Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., and Ranking Member Patty Murray, D-Wash., applauded the committee’s passage of legislation to reauthorize the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education (CTE) Act.   The...

Murray and group of 11 other Senate Democrats ask the Government Accountability Office to study state-based efforts to combat maternal mortality   U.S. has one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the developed world   Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates 700 women die from childbirth or pregnancy-related...

Although Senator Murray first asked Secretary Azar about this weeks ago at a HELP Committee hearing, he has still not responded with information he promised regarding President Trump’s family separation policy   Murray has continually demanded answers on how parents are being informed about their children’s safety, where they are...

June 21st  marks National Asking Saves Kids (ASK) Day, a day to promote safe storage of firearms   Since the Columbine shooting in 1999, over 210,000 students in over 200 schools have experienced a shooting on campus   Senator Murray urged Secretaries Azar and DeVos to develop safe storage plans, promote responsible gun ownership,...

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement today on the reports that the Trump Administration is going to propose a major reorganization and consolidation of the federal government.   “Rather than...

Murray: “Republicans are once again trying to bring Trumpcare back from the dead with a harmful repeal proposal that would undermine health care for patients.”    WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, issued the...

Senate HELP Committee held third hearing on 340B program that helps make drugs more affordable for safety net care providers   Murray highlighted five safety net providers in Washington state using 340B savings to serve Washington communities   Murray: “Unfortunately, instead of working in good faith to make this system stronger,...

Murray joins the vast majority of the medical community including groups representing doctors, nurses, and patients in opposing new Trump Administration health care sabotage   Murray: “Let’s be clear—this policy has nothing to do with patients and everything to do with appealing to extreme Republican donors and special...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, issued the following statement following Chairman Lamar Alexander’s (R-TN) request that the Trump Administration implement select policies originally included in a bipartisan agreement to roll...

  President Trump’s Department of Justice announced it will stop defending pre-existing conditions protections in court   Move jeopardizes protections that prevent insurers from discriminating based on pre-existing conditions, gender, or age   Nearly unprecedented move threatens coverage for millions of families, ignores...

As Inequality Reaches Highest Levels Since The Great Depression, Senate & House Democrats Introduce New Legislation To Provide A Better Deal For American Workers   Democrats’ New Bill Strengthens American Workers’ Freedom To Negotiate, Penalizes Predatory Corporations, Protects Workers From Workplace Violations And Abuses, And...

Murray calls on Republicans to put patients ahead of extreme, partisan special interests and join Democrats in opposing President Trump’s steps to roll back protections for patients with pre-existing conditions   WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) issued the following statement on Majority Leader...