Press Releases

***READ: Broad coalition of labor groups stress need to address child care crisis via reconciliation***    (Washington, D.C.) – ICYMI, late last week, in a letter sent to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), more than 90 leading labor groups urged the Senate to pass Senator Patty Murray’s (D-WA), Chair of the...

Senator Murray: “The FDA’s failure over decades to regulate and enforce food safety standards, on issues ranging from bacteria in vegetables to arsenic in baby food, has put the health of Americans at risk.”    (Washington, D.C.) – Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health,...

  Senator Murray: “At our recent hearing on the FDA, I said business as usual at the agency was not working—and this report shows exactly why.”    (Washington, D.C.) – Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the...

Senator Murray: “We’re talking about basic, life-saving health care, like cancer screenings. Or the birth control that so many patients depend on …. So to me, it’s just unthinkable that you wouldn’t support this program—but that’s exactly where extreme Republicans are right...

Senator Murray: “Washington state families cannot rely on foreign competitors to make a brighter future possible for our country—we have to build it in America. That’s what this bipartisan bill is about.”    (Washington, D.C.) – Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health,...

(Washington, D.C.) – Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, joined Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Tina Smith (D-MN), and a majority of Senate Democrats in sending a letter to President Joe Biden urging his Administration to address the ongoing child care...

Senator Murray: “As a mom and a grandma, it breaks my heart to know so many kids are shouldering so much stress, anxiety, trauma, and more—which is why, as a Senator, I am working hard every day to get our kids the support and the care they need to heal.” ***WATCH: Senator Murray, Surgeon General Murthy Discuss Youth Mental...

Today, Senator Richard Burr (R-NC), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, along with Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Mike Braun (R-IN), Tim Scott (R-SC), John Cornyn (R-TX), and Marco Rubio (R-FL) sent a letter to Department of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona urging the Department to...

Today, Senator Richard Burr (R-NC), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement after the Biden Administration announced its four-month extension to the student loan repayment freeze, the fourth such extension under this Administration: “The Biden Administration wants...

(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 Biden administration’s announcement that it will extend the student loan payment pause until August 31.    “Last month, I pushed the Biden...

Today, Senator Richard Burr (R-NC), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, sent a letter to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Rochelle Walensky pressing the agency to clarify the science behind its decision to terminate the Title 42 order after apparent inconsistencies...

200,000 uninsured people estimated to get covered under the proposal, and 1 million would see the cost of coverage drop   Senator Murray: “President Biden’s proposal is a common sense step to lower health care costs and a big win for families.”    (Washington, D.C.) – Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray...

Hassan, Murray, Colleagues’ Request Follows Revelations that McKinsey Consulted for FDA on Opioid-Related Projects While Working for Opioid Manufacturers Like Purdue Pharma    (Washington, D.C.) – U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, joined a group...

Senator Murray: “We have to make sure the approval process works for families—not just pharmaceutical companies’ bottom lines.”    (Washington, D.C.) – Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, led a hearing on reauthorizing...

Today, the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) held a hearing titled, “FDA User Fee Agreements: Advancing Medical Product Regulation and Innovation for the Benefit of Patients.” This is the Committee’s first hearing to examine the commitment letters submitted by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)...

Senator Murray: “This reporting makes crystal clear what I’ve already heard from so many struggling student borrowers in Washington state and across the country: our student loan system is seriously broken, it has been for years—and it must be fixed before borrowers are expected to start making payments...

(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 on President Biden’s nomination of Kalpana Kotagal to serve as a Commissioner of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).   “As we work to...

Today, Senator Richard Burr (R-NC), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, released the following statement on the Biden Administration’s discontinuance of Title 42: “The Biden Administration’s messaging on the status of and response to COVID-19 continues to be a contradictory mess. On the...

Senator Murray: “Lifesaving drugs don’t do any good if people can’t afford them—but we’re going to fix that.”   ***WATCH: MURRAY, WARNOCK TALK LOWERING DRUG COSTS***    (Washington, D.C.) – Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and...

In their letter, the Senators asked the agencies what steps have been taken to change federal policies regarding challenging student borrowers who seek bankruptcy relief   (Washington, D.C.) – U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee; U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate...