Minority News Releases

May 2025
Senator Murray on Trump Defunding Blue State Army Corps Construction: “This is Some Corrupt B-S”
Murray Slams Sweeping Funding Freeze at DOT, Grills Duffy on Massive Staffing Cuts at FAA, Across DOT
Murray Grills Administrator Zeldin Over Plans to Destroy EPA
Merkley Remarks at EPA Budget Hearing with Administrator Zeldin
Murray, Van Hollen, Tillis, Murkowski Lead Bipartisan, Bicameral Letter Calling on DHS to Reinstate Disaster Mitigation Program Critical to Local Communities
Murray Grills Kristi Noem on Frozen Disaster Relief, Slams Trump’s Lawless, Inhumane Immigration Policy
FBI Director Shows Up to Budget Hearing With “No” Timeline for Budget, Walks Back His Criticism of Trump’s Plan for Big Cuts at FBI
Education Leaders Urge McMahon to Reject Waiver Requests for K-12 Education Funds That Allow States to Avoid Accountability
Top Committee Leaders Press Energy Department for Answers on Detrimental Departmental Policies and Unlawful Funding Freeze—Following Up on Repeated Requests
Senator Murray Statement on President Trump’s Preliminary Budget Request
April 2025
At Hearing, Senator Murray Slams Trump Administration for Threatening Biomedical Research and Jeopardizing Americans’ Health
Senator Murray Opening Remarks at Appropriations Hearing on Biomedical Research
In Response to Questioning by Sen. Murray, Top Watchdog Says It’s Opened 39 Impoundment Investigations
NEW: 100 Days In, Trump is Blocking At Least $430 Billion Dollars in Funding Owed to American People
Murray, Sanders, Baldwin Blast Trump Admin’s Attacks on Head Start, Demand RFK Jr. Immediately Release Funding and Reverse Firings
Murray, Kaptur Call on Energy Department to Reverse New Indirect Cost Cap That Will Gut Funding for Cutting-Edge Research
NEW: Trump Admin Withholding Nearly $1 Billion in Funding for Head Start—Crunching Centers Nationwide and Forcing Devastating Closures
Senator Murray Statement on Trump Budget Proposal to Fully Eliminate Head Start
Murray, Kaptur Ask GAO to Look into Whether New DOE Order Will Risk More Cost Overruns, Project Delays and Failures at National Labs
Senators Collins and Murray Announce the Start of the FY26 Appropriations Process, Releasing Guidance on Programmatic, Language, and Congressionally Directed Spending Requests
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