Chair's Press

The Save Women’s Preventive Care Act would help shield preventive health care services—cancer screenings, birth control, domestic violence screenings, and more—from attacks by Trump Administration   Senators say legislation is urgently needed, especially in light of political attacks on women’s health and rights by...

House Republicans voted 217-213 to pass Trumpcare, bill now goes to the Senate   Trumpcare would kick tens of millions off health insurance, raise premiums for pre-existing conditions, raise health care costs, and create chaos in the nation’s health care system   Murray: “Trumpcare is headed straight to a dead-end here in the...

In new letter, Senators request information from President Trump on his decision to dismiss Surgeon General Murthy   Senators say they are concerned given this Administration’s “pattern of politically motivated and ethically questionable personnel decisions”; precedent for Surgeons General to serve across administrations of...

Murray slammed President Trump during a press conference reintroducing the Equality Act: “We’re here to make very clear President Trump does not represent who we are as a nation” – LINK   Murray called out President Trump for nominating several anti-LGBTQ advocates, in particular the choice of Mark Green to serve as...

Data retrieval tool that makes it easier for students to apply for student aid was taken down on March 3 citing security concerns   Senators request regular briefings and action plan to get tool back online, including addressing security concerns and any options to reinstate the tool before the announced October deadline   (Washington,...

(Washington, D.C.) – Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member on the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, criticized President Trump’s appointment of Teresa Manning, an anti-abortion activist, to the role of Deputy Assistant Secretary for Population Affairs at the Department of Health and Human...

(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 as Congress nears passage of a bipartisan appropriations bill free of poison pill riders on women's health.   “One budget fight after another, efforts to...

  (Washington, D.C.) – Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today issued the following statement on the Trump Administration’s reported decision to appoint Charmaine Yoest to be Assistant Secretary of Public Affairs at the Department of Health and Human...

Trumpcare 2.0 would allow states to decide whether insurers need to cover pre-existing conditions and gut key consumer protections—on top of all the harm done in House Republicans first failed effort   (WASHINGTON, D.C.) – Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member on the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions...

Lawmakers reintroduce Tyler Clementi Higher Education Anti-Harassment Act to require colleges and universities to establish clear anti-harassment policies   LGBTQ youth are twice as likely to be harassed than their peers     Yet there is no federal requirement that schools have policies in place to protect these...

FDA to delay existing rule on menu labeling requirements, two weeks before it was scheduled to take effect     Murray had been actively working with the Obama Administration to finalize guidance—LINK   (Washington, D.C.) —Today, Senator Patty Murray, (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and...

At Senate HELP Committee markup, Murray says FDA nominee has failed to address serious concerns about whether he is “truly committed to putting families’ health first”   Among many, Murray cited concerns about Dr. Gottlieb’s ability to “withstand political pressure” from the Trump...

As Trump Administration temporarily backs down from threats to sabotage the health care system by ending cost-sharing, Murray calls for full certainty for patients and families   (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...

In nomination hearing, Acosta said he will not stand up to Trump – LINK   Murray urged colleagues to vote against a nominee who refused to commit to standing up to Trump Administration’s anti-worker policies   Murray: “We need a Secretary of Labor who will prioritize workers and the mission of the Department of Labor...

More than 130 Members of Congress urge Secretary DeVos to reverse her decision to scrap Obama-era student loan servicing reforms   On April 4, Secretary DeVos rescinded policy memos that included consumer protections for borrowers   “Your decision to rescind these memos… will put millions of borrowers and taxpayers at...

Sen. Murray: “It’s the right thing to do” for working parents, women, and local economies VIDEO of Sen. Murray’s remarks here Washington, DC – Addressing hundreds of low-wage workers outside the Capitol, Sens. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) announced legislation that would raise the federal minimum...

Senators reintroduce the Therapeutic Fraud Prevention Act to empower the FTC to crack down on so-called “conversion therapy”   Senators are redoubling efforts following anti-LGBTQ policies, hires made by the Trump Administration   “Conversion therapy” advocates “heartened” by Trump Presidency...

  More than two weeks after senators submitted questions for the record following Dr. Scott Gottlieb’s nomination hearing, HELP Committee has yet to receive any response   WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member on the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, issued the...

WASHINGTON, April 14 – The leaders of the Senate and House health committees today released a discussion draft of bipartisan legislation reauthorizing the Food and Drug Administration user fee agreements.  The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Reauthorization Act of 2017 renews FDA's authority to collect user fees from...

  (Washington, D.C.) – Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), top Democrat on the Senate health committee, issued the following statement on President Trump’s comments seeking to undermine and damage our health care system by withholding payments to insurers:   “Last night’s threatening comments by President Trump make it...