Ranking Member's Press

Murray delivers remarks as Senate considers legislation to fix No Child Left Behind.   Murray: “We have the chance to send the Every Student Succeeds Act to the President’s desk to help ensure all kids have access to a quality education, regardless of where they live, how they learn, or how much money their parents...

(Washington, D.C.) – Today, Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA) delivered remarks at a hearing on Opioid Abuse in America: Facing the Epidemic and Examining Solutions. In her remarks, Murray explained that far too many families in Washington state and across the country are...

“Enactment of the Every Student Succeeds Act is critical for our nation’s students,” “Reflects a spirit of compromise,” “A victory for kids and parents” (Washington, D.C.) – Yesterday, the House of Representatives passed the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), bipartisan legislation from Senator Patty...

Following House passage yesterday by a vote of 359-64, the Every Student Succeeds Act is ready for Senate action next week   * * *   WASHINGTON, D.C., Dec. 3 – Senate education committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-Wash.), following Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s...

Murray: “Today marks another positive step to finally fixing the badly broken No Child Left Behind law for students, parents, teachers, and communities in Washington state and across the country.” House overwhelmingly passes legislation 359-64 (Washington, D.C.) – Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the...

Murray on Latest GOP Effort to Defund Planned Parenthood: “Women Have Had Enough” Murray: “I’ve heard from so many women and men who are tired of women’s health being undermined, threatened, and used as a political football here in Washington, D.C.”   Murray introduces amendment to support, strengthen...

Murray: “This legislation has no chance of becoming law”   Murray calls on Republicans to stop political pandering and work with Democrats on policies to help families   (Washington, D.C.) – Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee...

WASHINGTON – Today bipartisan leaders on the House Committee on Education and the Workforce and the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions released the final legislative text for improving K-12 education and replacing No Child Left Behind. The final bill is being released after legislative proposals passed separately by...

(Washington, D.C.) – Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), the top Democrat on the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee led a bicameral group of Congressional Members in sending a letter to U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez to encourage the Employee Benefits Security Administration to issue guidance on innovations to help...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the House-Senate conference committee reached agreement on a proposal to improve K-12 education and replace No Child Left Behind. The agreement represents a compromise between the House-passed Student Success Act (H.R. 5) and the Senate-passed Every Child Achieves Act of 2015 (S. 1177). “No Child Left Behind...

Murray delivers remarks as House, Senate meet to fix No Child Left Behind Murray: “There is one thing everyone in this room agrees on: No Child Left Behind is broken, and it’s long past time to fix it” (Washington, D.C.) –Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and...

(Washington, D.C.) – Today, Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA) submitted remarks for the record at an Executive Session to consider bipartisan legislation and nominations. At the markup, the Committee moved forward with the Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Reauthorization Act of...

All 22 Senate HELP committee members appointed as conferees   WASHINGTON, D.C, November 18 – The chairman and ranking member of the Senate education committee today praised the Senate for voting to appoint all 22 members of the Senate HELP committee as conferees to work with members appointed by the House in a conference to fix...

(Washington, D.C.) – Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee and 19 of her Senate Democratic colleagues wrote a letter to Gene L. Dodaro, Comptroller General of the United States, requesting a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report to assess the...

Murray: “I have approached this nomination focused on the best interests of families and communities in Washington state and across the country, and in making sure the FDA puts them first in all its work”   (Washington, D.C.) – Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and...

The Retirement and Income Security Enhancements (RAISE) Act will make targeted updates to Social Security benefit calculations (Washington, D.C.)– Today, Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA) introduced the Retirement and Income Security Enhancements (RAISE) Act, a set of proposals...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) and Ranking Member Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (D-VA), along with Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-TN) and Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA), issued the following joint statement on efforts to...

(Washington, D.C.) – Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee released the following statement on the Supreme Court’s decision to hear Whole Woman’s Health v. Cole, a challenge to an extreme Texas abortion law that marks the first time the Court...

Murray resolution to support women’s health is blocked by Senate Republicans   (Washington, D.C.) – Today, Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA) delivered remarks on the Senate floor objecting to a Republican resolution that supports interfering with a woman’s...

Murray’s Higher Education Access and Success for Homeless and Foster Youth Act will help make it easier for vulnerable students to enroll in and afford college   (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee introduced the Higher...