Chair's Press

Murray leads fight against Republican efforts to end the right to abortion   Senate Democrats will force a vote on the Women’s Health Protection Act   Senator Murray: “[Republicans have] spent the last few days trying to distract everyone from the consequences of their unrelenting attacks on the right to abortion. Well...

(Washington, D.C.) – Today, U.S. Senators Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, Tina Smith (D-MN), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), and U.S. Representative Bobby Scott (D-VA-03), Chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee, released a new report from the...

Senators: “We continue to hear from patients who are experiencing delays and denials for insurance coverage of birth control products .… Patients should not have to jump through burdensome hoops or pay extra just to get the birth control they need to stay healthy and plan a family on their own...

Senator Murray: “I am furious at the idea that Republicans are going to take us backward—that this will be the first generation of women with fewer rights than their mothers.”   ***WATCH: SENATOR MURRAY’S FULL REMARKS HERE***    (Washington, D.C.) – Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA),...

(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 the recent reporting that the Supreme Court plans to strike down the abortion rights codified in Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey in the draft majority...

(Seattle, WA) – Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, issued the following statement on International Workers’ Day.    “Washington state’s workers—including immigrant workers—are the backbone of our economy. They are...

(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 in light of recent reporting on new developments regarding the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) slow response to food safety issues at an Abbott infant formula...

(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 the Supreme Court’s ruling in Cummings v. Premier Rehab Keller, which limits the right of victims of discrimination to obtain damages for the emotional harm...

(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 the Oklahoma six-week abortion ban, which uses a Texas-style enforcement mechanism allowing for civil lawsuits against anyone who “aids or abets” an...

Murray: “The bottom-line is that we can’t shortchange our communities or our allies—especially in the middle of crises when lives are at stake.”   (Washington, D.C.) – Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), released the following statement on President Biden’s call for Congress to pass additional...

Senator Murray: “I pushed for years for the FDA to ban menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars for a really simple reason: it will prevent people, especially our kids, from getting addicted to nicotine, help hundreds of thousands of smokers quit—and ultimately save lives.”   According to CDC, half of youth who smoke use...

Final vote on Republicans’ resolution to reinstate Trump-era Title X gag rule was 49-49   Senator Murray: “This vote is about birth control. It’s about life-saving pelvic and breast exams to detect cancer early. And it’s about STI testing and treatments. That’s the basic reproductive health care that Title X...

Senator Murray: “After working for decades to earn a retirement, people deserve to have better information about how a lump-sum buyout of their lifetime pension could undermine their financial future—and my commonsense bill will make sure they have that information so they can make an informed...

Senator Murray: “The pain the COVID-19 pandemic has caused has been unthinkable. Millions of people across the country have lost loved family members and cherished friends …. We’ve never been through something quite like this—and it’s clear to everyone we must never go through this again.” (Washington,...

***WATCH: SENATOR MURRAY’S OPENING REMARKS HERE ***    (Washington, D.C.) – Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, chaired a hearing with Food and Drug Administration (FDA) officials on reauthorizing the FDA user fee programs. During the...

Senator Murray: “Helping people and solving problems—that’s our job, and we can help working families by putting money back in their pockets and taking a little stress off their shoulders.”   Senator Murray: “Life-saving medicine doesn’t save any lives if people can’t afford...

Senator Murray: “I call on you to explain [these] shameful labor practices and commit to improving conditions for workers moving forward.”    (Washington, D.C.) – Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, wrote to the chief executives...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Senator Patty Murray, Chair of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, joined Senator Sherrod Brown, Chair of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, in leading a letter with their colleagues to Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Director Rohit Chopra,...

Senator Murray: “We can—and must—get this plan across the finish line. Because it’s as clear as day that we’ve got to do something big to support child care providers and finally lift the stress of finding and affording high-quality child care off families’ shoulders.”   *** PHOTOS AND B-ROLL OF...

Senator Murray: “I pushed hard for the Administration to address the harm these failures have caused, and I’m relieved that today they heeded my call to finally accurately count payments borrowers have made over decades—which will provide immediate debt relief for thousands and bring millions more closer to...