Chair's Press

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:...

***WATCH: PRESS CONERENCE*** (Washington, D.C.) – Today, Assistant Democratic Leader Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) led a press conference with Democratic women Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Kirsten...

Senator Murray: “Republicans want to force us all with them into their time machine. But we’re not going to let them. Democrats are fighting Republicans’ increasingly extreme policies at every step of the way.”   ***WATCH: SENATOR MURRAY’S FLOOR REMARKS***    (Washington, D.C.) – Today,...

Murray, Casey, 30 Democratic colleagues call on President Biden to immediately appoint a White House coordinator on infant formula and develop a national strategy to address shortages     (Washington, D.C.) – Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and...

(Washington, D.C.) – Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) joined a letter led by Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) to SafeGraph and Placer.ai, two data brokers, condemning the companies for collecting and selling the cellphone-based location data of people who visit abortion clinics and risking the safety of...

Senator Murray: “We can’t just call it a day after we make technology easy to use and access. We need to make sure it is also safe and secure. We need to address cybersecurity attacks and ensure they are treated like the national security threat they are.”   ***WATCH: SENATOR MURRAY’S OPENING...

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   Murray: “Families want to know the products they entrust their health to are...

The Century Foundation: “At a time when parents feel more alone than ever, this new proposal makes clear that there are parents, and grandparents, in Congress who have their backs.”   First Five Years Fund: “Sen. Murray and Sen. Kaine [are] taking definitive action to ensure child care is included in the budget reconciliation...

Senator Murray: “This is hard work, and we owe it to our first responders to make sure they have all the support they need.”   ***LISTEN TO SENATOR MURRAY’S FULL ROUNDTABLE HERE***   (Seattle, WA) – U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, Pensions Committee, hosted...

Murray, Casey, 30 Democratic colleagues call on infant formula manufacturers to increase production, prevent future supply chain disruption, and get formula to parents   Murray and Casey called attention to infant formula situation back in February and demanded information following massive Abbott recall due to contaminated...

Senator Murray: “Washington state families cannot rely on foreign competitors to bring down prices, strengthen supply chains, provide U.S. workers good paying jobs, and build a brighter future for our country. We have to build it ourselves—which is why I am going to be pushing to make sure we … pass the strongest package we...

Murray: “My heart is with everyone missing someone they lost today.”   (Washington, D.C.) – Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee released the following statement as the U.S. marks the loss of a million people to COVID-19.   “My heart is with...

Senator Murray: “Every worker should have the right to form and join a union to demand better and their fair share of the economic growth they drive—and our tax code shouldn’t reward companies that pay consultants hundreds of dollars an hour to dissuade workers from exercising their right to...

***WATCH: SENATOR MURRAY FLOOR REMARKS***   (Washington, D.C.) – Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement laying out a path forward after Senate Republicans blocked the Women’s Health Protection Act (WHPA) in a 49-51...

Senator Murray: “People across the country do not want to go back. They do not want politicians planning their families for them. They do not want politicians forcing people to stay pregnant. They do not want this to be the first generation of women with fewer rights than their mothers.”   ***WATCH: SENATOR MURRAY’S...

Senator Murray: “No worker should ever be cheated out of the hard-earned pay they have worked for—it’s as simple as that.”    (Washington, D.C.) – Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro...

Senator Murray: “At every turn in her career, Ms. Kotagal has been a champion for workers denied the pay, dignity, and respect that are their right—and I have no doubt that, as a member of the EEOC, she will continue fighting to create better, fairer workplaces, and an economy that works for everyone.”   ***WATCH:...

Senator Murray: “This pandemic has been incredibly hard on people here in Washington state, especially our kids. … I’m going to keep working across the aisle and pushing to make sure our communities get the support they deserve, so our families can get the mental health care they need.”   ***PHOTOS OF THE EVENT...

Senator Murray: “I will not stop fighting, I will not stop speaking up—and doing everything I possibly can to get a bill to President Biden’s desk to protect the right to abortion.”   ***LISTEN: SENATOR MURRAY FIGHTS TO PROTECT RIGHT TO ABORTION *** ***PHOTOS OF THE PRESS CONFERENCE...