Patty Murray - U.S. Senator from Washington State

12/23/2009
On Eve of Final Senate Vote, Murray Speaks on Senate Floor Urging Passage of Health Insurance Reform Bill

12/22/2009
Murray Continues to Push for Health Insurance Reform in Speech on Senate Floor

12/22/2009
SPOKANE VA: Murray Seeks Assurances on Suicide Reporting and Staffing Issues Raised in Reports

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Murray Urges Senate Colleagues to Work Together To Pass Health Insurance Reform

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Important Information on Purchasing Flood Insurance

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Post-9/11 GI Benefit Now Available

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Your Voice is Needed!

Help Reform Our Broken Health Care System

Senator Murray launched a website to help Washington state residents lend their voice to the effort to reform health care in America. The site is a place where Washingtonians can share their stories about our broken health care system and where they can stay updated with the latest news on health care reform efforts.

Senator Murray believes that making meaningful reform happen this year will take more than members of Congress – or even President Obama – calling for change. It will take Americans across Washington state and the nation standing up and demanding it. That’s why she is asking Washington state residents to add their voice to this debate by signing up and/or sharing their health care stories at her new site.

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One-Stop Economic Resource Center

In an effort to help Washington state residents make informed financial decisions, access all of the help available to them, and to keep them informed on the very latest on economic recovery plans, Senator Murray has established this One-Stop Economic Resource Center.

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Funding Requests

An important part of my job as your U.S. Senator is to help Washington state communities and businesses get federal support for projects that will create jobs, get our economy moving and make a difference for Washington’s families.

My staff and I have taken a look at all of the project requests that have come in this year. We put a priority on those that have broad-based local support and will create jobs and generate economic growth.

We are facing tough economic times. Families are struggling. So while we work to bring federal funding home, I have made it a priority to also ensure that these projects have been well vetted and that we are using taxpayer money responsibly. That’s why I’m glad to post all of the projects that I am requesting funding for here on my Web site. I believe that the process should be transparent and that all of you should be able to see the requests I am making as your representative in Congress.

Now, budgets are tight on the federal level as well. So, just because I have requested funding for a project, it doesn’t mean that the money will come through.

I will continue to update this site with new requests I am making and with the projects that end up being funded.

Patty

FY10 Appropriation Requests (by subcommittee):

FY09 Overseas Contingency Operations Supplemental Bill

FY10 DoD Authorization Request

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Murray secures funds for Bremerton U-Way center

Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) announced the funding she secured to boost construction work and community development in Kitsap County has been included in the final version of the Fiscal Year 2010 Consolidated Appropriations Act. This funding will create jobs building new facilities for local community efforts, Murray’s office said

- Bremerton Patriot - December 10, 2009

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Yakima County in line for $500,000 in gang-prevention funding

U.S. Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., said Wednesday that Congress added $11 million for a new Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape Complex at the U.S. Air Force Survival School, which will replace some buildings that are more than 50 years old and expensive to operate because they are inefficient

- Yakima Herald-Republic - December 9, 2009

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Law meant to improve health care services for women veterans

Murray, a Washington Democrat and a member of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee, introduced legislation aimed to improve access to care for female veterans. Her bill was rolled into the Caregiver and Veterans Omnibus Health bill, which passed unanimously on Nov. 19.

- The News Tribune - November 30, 2009

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Murray Urges Senate Colleagues to Work Together To Pass Health Insurance Reform

Important Information on Purchasing Flood Insurance

Your Voice is Needed!

Help Reform Our Broken Health Care System

One-Stop Economic Resource Center

Funding Requests