Press Releases

Today, Senator Richard Burr (R-NC), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, sent a letter to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra demanding clarity on the Biden Administration’s strategy to respond to the ongoing monkeypox outbreak. “Despite the once in...

ICYMI: Senators introduce legislation to protect women’s constitutional right to travel across state lines to seek abortion care     (Washington, D.C.) – Today, U.S. Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) and Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), issued...

Today, Senator Richard Burr (R-NC), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP), released the following statement after the U.S. Department of Education announced its notice of proposed rulemaking on student loan relief programs:  “It appears the Department of Education has...

***WATCH: Senators Murray, Cortez Masto, Gillibrand hold press conference*** (Washington, D.C.) – Today, U.S. Senators Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee (HELP), and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) led a group of their Democratic colleagues, including Senators Sheldon Whitehouse...

Senator Murray: “Birth control allows women to plan a family on their own terms. With Republicans stripping women of their fundamental reproductive rights, I’m fighting hard to ensure everyone can get the birth control they want—without extra hoops or extra costs.”    (Washington, D.C.) – Today,...

(Washington, D.C.) – U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, joined a group of 12 senators in calling on the Department of Justice (DOJ) to support online protections for Americans with disabilities. The senators asked DOJ to restart a rulemaking process under the Americans...

Senate Republican leaders have sent a letter to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) requesting more information on the potential budgetary and economic impacts of making the temporary expansion of premium tax credits (PTC), justified as pandemic relief by Democrats, permanent.   The...

Today, Republicans on the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee announced Brandi Swindell, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Stanton Healthcare, will testify before the Committee on Wednesday, July 13th at 10:00 a.m. ET about her work providing life-affirming maternal and infant health care for women...

(Washington, DC) – Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement in response to news that President Joe Biden is issuing an executive order on protecting abortion access in light of the Dobbs decision. The executive order comes following a...

***PHOTOS OF THE PRESS CONFERENCE HERE***   ***LISTEN TO THE PRESS CONFERENCE HERE***   ICYMI: Senator Murray Leads Democrats in Pushing Biden for “Bold Action” to Protect Abortion Access in a Post-Roe America – MORE HERE   Senator Murray: “I’m fighting hard, with everything I’ve got, and I’m...

Biden Administration’s rule will strengthen program, encourage more plans to seek relief, save even more workers’ benefits   Provision passed by Senator Murray has already saved pensions for over 120,000 workers and retirees   President Biden to speak about the pension relief program later today   Murray: “As...

***WATCH SENATOR MURRAY’S ROUNDTABLE HERE*** ICYMI: Senator Murray, Democrats Pushed Biden for “Bold Action” to Protect Abortion Access in a Post-Roe America – MORE HERE Senator Murray: “Make no mistake: Democrats are not backing down from this fight. And I’m doing everything in my power to fight...

Following push from Senator Murray, Secretaries of Health, Labor, and Treasury send out warning to companies about failing to provide birth control coverage required by law   (Washington, DC) – Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement...

Murray, Dems to President Joe Biden: “You have the power to fight back and lead a national response to this devastating decision, so we call on you to take every step available to your Administration, across federal agencies, to help women access abortions and other reproductive health care, and to protect those who will face the harshest...

HELP Committee will hold July 13th hearing on abortion and reproductive health care following Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe and end the right to an abortion   (Washington, DC) – Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, announced she will hold a HELP Committee hearing...

Washington, D.C. – Today, Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Chair Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) released the following statement on the Supreme Court’s ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which overturns Roe v. Wade and ends the right to abortion. “Today, Republicans...

(Washington, D.C.) – Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Chair of the Democratic Policy and Communications Committee (DPCC), introduced a resolution celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Title IX—the landmark statute...

Senator Murray:  “This step will save lives, and save countless kids from nicotine addiction.”   2 million youth reported using e-cigarettes in 2021   (Washington, DC) – Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, released the following statement on the...

Over half of House Democratic Caucus sends letter urging Leader Schumer, Speaker Pelosi to include Murray-Kaine child care plan in reconciliation package   127 House Members: Murray-Kaine proposal “will provide children and working families with critical support to access quality, affordable child care and give child care providers...

Senator Murray:  “After so many years of survivors being silenced and campus sexual assault being brushed under the rug, this new proposed Title IX rule is long overdue progress in the fight to end the epidemic of campus sexual assault.”   (Washington, DC) – Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Health,...