Minority News Releases
On Senate Floor, Senator Murray Urges No Vote on House Republicans’ CR
Murray: “House Republicans are saying give Trump all this power, or we will shut down the government. But let’s be very clear: that is and always has been a false choice.” Murray: “Before I close, I want to say to my constituents who are frightened or scared: I understand your fears. … But your voice matters. Speaking out matters. You elected me to be your voice, and you better believe I’m going to fight for you. So, shoulders up. Keep the faith. We’re going to keep fighting for the Ameri… Continue Reading
03.12.25
Senator Murray Calls on Senate to Reject House Republicans’ Power Grab Funding Bill, Immediately Pass Common Sense Short-Term CR
Murray: “Let’s immediately pass a short-term CR to prevent a shutdown and finish writing bills that keep our government working for the American people—and ensure our constituents have a voice in this process.” ICYMI: Senator Murray Statement on Republicans’ Yearlong Continuing Resolution ICYMI: Analysis of Speaker Johnson’s Yearlong CR ICYMI: Murray, DeLauro Introduce Short-Term Continuing Resolution, Call on Congress to Pass Bipartisan Funding Bills WATCH: Senator Murray’s floo… Continue Reading
03.11.25
Senator Murray Floor Remarks on House Republicans’ CR
ICYMI: Senator Murray Statement on Republicans’ Yearlong Continuing Resolution ICYMI: Analysis of Speaker Johnson’s Yearlong CR ICYMI: Murray, DeLauro Introduce Short-Term Continuing Resolution, Call on Congress to Pass Bipartisan Funding Bills WATCH: Senator Murray’s remarks Washington, D.C. — Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Senate Appropriations Committee Vice Chair, spoke on the Senate floor about House Republicans’ partisan, yearlong continuing resolution (CR) and the … Continue Reading
03.10.25
Murray, DeLauro Introduce Short-Term Continuing Resolution, Call on Congress to Pass Bipartisan Funding Bills
Washington, D.C. — Today, Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Committee, and Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Senate Appropriations Committee Vice Chair, introduced a short-term continuing resolution (CR) in the House and Senate respectively to prevent a government shutdown come Saturday, allow Congress to get back to negotiating and passing full-year funding bills for fiscal year 2025 that invest in America’s families and future, and ensure the Americ… Continue Reading
03.08.25
Senator Murray Statement on Republicans’ Yearlong Continuing Resolution
Washington, D.C. — Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Senate Appropriations Committee Vice Chair, issued the following statement on the yearlong continuing resolution (CR) released today by Republican leadership: “Instead of working with Democrats to invest in working families and communities all across America, Speaker Johnson has rolled out a slush fund continuing resolution that would give Donald Trump and Elon Musk more power over federal spending—and more power to pick winners and … Continue Reading
03.04.25
Senator Murray on Yearlong CR, DOGE’s Utter Lack of Transparency, and Elon Musk’s Glaring Conflicts of Interest
In floor speech, Murray slams yearlong CR proposal, calls for transparency from DOGE so Congress can do its job, and reiterates call for Musk to come before Congress Murray: “No one wants a shutdown—well, no one except Elon Musk, who recently said that ‘sounds great.’” Murray: “Elon Musk is, apparently, in charge of his own conflicts of interest—we’re just supposed to trust him. Has he recused himself from a single decision? We haven’t heard a single update about that.” ***WATCH: Senator Mur… Continue Reading
03.03.25
Murray, Colleagues Blast Trump and Musk’s Plans to Gut Social Security Administration, Threaten Americans’ Social Security
Murray: “Donald Trump and Elon Musk are taking a wrecking ball to the Social Security Administration and putting your Social Security benefits at risk.” Murray: “When you make it impossible for people to meet or talk to anyone about their Social Security benefits, that’s a benefits cut. Maybe making it impossible to talk to a real person is a good business model in Silicon Valley, but it’s not how our government should treat taxpayers.” ICYMI: Co-President Elon Musk on Friday: “Social… Continue Reading
03.03.25
Murray, Colleagues Blast Trump and Musk’s Plans to Gut Social Security Administration, Threaten Americans’ Social Security
Murray: “Donald Trump and Elon Musk are taking a wrecking ball to the Social Security Administration and putting your Social Security benefits at risk.” Murray: “When you make it impossible for people to meet or talk to anyone about their Social Security benefits, that’s a benefits cut. Maybe making it impossible to talk to a real person is a good business model in Silicon Valley, but it’s not how our government should treat taxpayers.” ICYMI: Co-President Elon Musk on Friday: “Social… Continue Reading
02.28.25
FACT SHEET: Trump and Musk’s Plot to Make It Harder for Americans to Get Their Social Security Benefits
Trump admin plans to gut Social Security Administration “Massive” staffing reductions planned at an already severely understaffed agency; 90% of SSA staff work across the country outside of the agency’s headquarters in Baltimore DOGE touts coming closures of field offices around the country Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, warned of the Trump administration’s plans to gut the Social Security Administration (SSA)-an… Continue Reading
02.28.25
Murray, DeLauro Statement on Government Funding Talks
Washington, D.C. — Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Senate Appropriations Committee Vice Chair, and Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Committee, issued the following statement on government funding talks: “It’s incredibly disappointing that Republican leadership is walking away from bipartisan negotiations to fund the government—and raising the risk of a shutdown in so doing. “Republican leadership’s plan to pass a full-year continuin… Continue Reading
02.27.25
Senator Murray Blasts Trump Admin for Lawlessly Cancelling Lifesaving USAID, State Programs Important to America’s National Interests
Murray: “The Trump administration has chosen to spit in the face of the law and Congress—expressing total disdain for a court order mandating that they release the foreign aid funding they had illegally withheld.” Murray: “If Ebola, Marburg, or any other infectious disease makes it to our shores, it will be thanks to Elon and Trump—two billionaires without a clue who are positively smug about their own ignorance.” ***VIDEO HERE*** Washington, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Vi… Continue Reading
02.27.25
Murray, Kaptur Follow-Up, Demand Answers from Trump DOE as it Continues to Block Investments to Lower Americans’ Energy Costs
Washington, D.C. — Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Senate Appropriations Committee Vice Chair and Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development Ranking Member, and Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (D, OH-09), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, sent a new letter to Energy Secretary Chris Wright, demanding answers about the Department of Energy’s freeze of key energy investments. Murray and Kaptur pressed Secretary Wright to provide answers to questions … Continue Reading
02.26.25
FACT SHEET: Trump and Musk Endanger Veterans’ Care, Heartlessly Fire Thousands Who’ve Served in Uniform
Trump’s VA announced another round of 1,400 indiscriminate firings late Monday-jeopardizing veterans’ benefits and care VA’s cancellation of nearly 900 contracts supporting patient safety and veteran privacy, as well as its decision to reduce medical centers’ purchase card limits to $1, will further endanger veterans’ access to benefits and care Trump and Musk fire veterans across government Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Vice Chair of the Senate Appr… Continue Reading
02.24.25
Senator Murray Statement on Trump Admin Illegally Firing USAID Staff
Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, issued the following statement on the Trump administration taking action Sunday to permanently eliminate 1,600 USAID employees’ positions and put nearly every other agency employee on administrative leave—in flagrant violation of the law. “Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s efforts to unilaterally shutter USAID—with their latest announcement of permanent reductions in force for 1,600 posi… Continue Reading
02.20.25
Senator Murray on Senate Republicans’ Pro-Billionaire Budget Resolution, Trump and Musk’s Devastating Funding Freeze and Mass Firings
Murray: “Republicans are going down this partisan path because they know Democrats are not going to join them in throwing Medicaid, nutrition assistance, and veterans’ benefits into the wood chipper so they can throw more tax cuts at billionaires and the biggest corporations.” Murray: “We should not be taking kids out of child care to give billionaires a tax break. We should not be taking food off the family table to put more fuel in private jets.” ICYMI: Senator Murray speaks at Bu… Continue Reading
02.19.25
Senator Murray Remarks on Senate Republicans’ Budget Resolution at Senate Democrats’ Weekly Press Conference
Murray: “It’s no mystery why billionaires like Donald Trump and Elon Musk love this plan: they are getting all the benefits, but they aren’t the ones footing the bill.” ICYMI: Senator Murray speaks at Budget Committee markup of resolution, offers common sense amendments rejected by Republicans ***VIDEO HERE*** Washington, D.C. — Today, at Senate Democrats’ weekly press conference, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, spoke about Senate… Continue Reading
02.19.25
Murray Blasts Trump and Musk Decimating HHS, Risking Americans’ Health and Livelihoods
ICYMI: Murray releases fact sheet detailing how mass layoffs jeopardize essential services Americans rely on Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee and a senior member and former chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), responded to the Trump administration’s mass firings of dedicated workers across the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and its many subagencies. Thousands… Continue Reading
02.15.25
Week 4: Trump Continues to Block Hundreds of Billions of Dollars Owed to Communities Across America
ICYMI: Week 3 Funding Freeze Update ***PDF VERSION HERE*** Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, released another update detailing how, in his fourth week in office, President Trump has continued to block hundreds of billions of dollars in enacted funding from making its way out to families and communities across America who are counting on investments that have been enacted into law. In a statement, Senat… Continue Reading
02.14.25
FACT SHEET: Trump & Elon’s Layoffs Jeopardize Essential Services Americans Rely On, Threaten Critical Agency Objectives Keeping Americans Safe & Healthy
Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) responded to the Trump administration’s mass firings of federal workers who are on their “probationary” period—meaning: federal workers who were hired or promoted within the past 1-2 years. There is nothing efficient about indiscriminate mass firings. Although the exact number of employees in their probationary period changes with each pay period, data from March 2024 shows more than 220,000 federal employees were within their pr… Continue Reading
02.13.25
Senator Murray: Trump Blocking Funding Will Kill Good-Paying Energy Jobs and Raise Families’ Energy Bills
Murray: “In choking off tens of billions of dollars in energy investments, Trump is threatening to kill thousands of good-paying American jobs and raise energy costs for households across the country.” Senator Murray hosts press call to detail how Trump blocking energy investments is hurting communities in every part of the country WATCH: PRESS CALL HERE Washington, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee and Ranking Member of th… Continue Reading