Ranking Member's Press

***WATCH SENATOR MURRAY’S OPENING REMARKS HERE***   (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 the federal COVID response and the urgent need to pass emergency COVID funding amid threats of new COVID variants and a...

***WATCH FULL PRESS CONFERENCE***    (Washington, D.C.) – Today, U.S. Senators Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), led a press conference reiterating their call to President Biden to immediately issue an executive order to defend...

With the Extremist Supreme Court Poised to Overturn Roe v. Wade, the Need to Protect Location and Health Data is More Crucial than Ever    Data Privacy Expert: Health and Location Data Protection Act “would fill one of the largest protection gaps in U.S. privacy law”   Washington, D.C. – Today, Senator Patty Murray...

Key FDA bill includes steps from Murray, Casey, Burr, and others to ensure accountability from FDA and formula manufacturers   Murray: “Families need accountability from FDA and formula manufactures, and they desperately need formula—and I am pushing to get them both at every opportunity I can.”    (Washington, DC)...

Sweeping FDA legislation negotiated by Senator Murray includes requirement to make drug importation from Canada a reality and lower drug costs for patients   Senator Murray: “People across Washington state have been calling for Congress to get this done so they can afford the drugs they need— it’s my job to make their voices...

In a 13-9 vote, HELP Committee approves comprehensive legislation to reauthorize FDA’s user fee programs, keep families safe, lower drug costs, and bolster innovation   In FDA bill, Murray strikes historic, bipartisan deal to allow prescription drug importation from Canada to lower costs for patients across the country   Legislation...

Murray, Casey, Cantwell push FTC to investigate whether major retail chains have engaged in unfair trade practices by raising prices for specialized formulas during nationwide shortage   Senators: “It is utterly unconscionable that anyone would try to take advantage of this shortage to extort scared parents with hungry infants so they...

***WATCH: SENATORS MURRAY, KAINE SPEAK AT RALLY***   WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) led Senators, House members, and advocates from across the country in a rally on Capitol Hill to call for their child care...

(WASHINGTON, DC) – Today, U.S. Senators Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions, and Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) introduced a resolution opposing the criminalization of the full range of reproductive and sexual health care, including abortion, gender-affirming care, and contraceptive care....

Washington, D.C. – Today, Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Chair Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) released the following statement on the Senate vote on the nomination of Lisa Gomez to serve as Assistant Secretary of Labor for the Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA). The 49-51 result showed there are...

“As extremist judges and Republican politicians intensify their efforts to strip Americans of their basic reproductive freedoms, you can demonstrate to the country and women everywhere that you will do everything in your power to fight back.” “We urge you to immediately issue an executive order instructing the leaders of every...

***WATCH: Murray, Pressley hold press conference on effort to expand birth control access***   (Washington, D.C.) – Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (D-MA-07), Chair of the Pro-Choice Caucus’ Abortion Rights and...

Senators introduce bipartisan retirement package to bolster emergency savings, increase access to retirement plans, provide additional information and transparency to help people manage their finances, and more   Committee will mark up RISE & SHINE Act next Tuesday   Murray: “The COVID pandemic upended our economy—and with...

According to survey No Surprises Act prevented more than two million surprise medical bills—in just two months   Murray: “Surprise medical bills are unfair, expensive, and financially devastating—and thanks to the law I worked to pass they are now largely a thing of the past.”   Washington, D.C. – Today,...

Historic debt discharge will provide $5.8 billion in relief to half a million borrowers     Nearly 17k Washington state borrowers defrauded by Corinthian will see $157.9 million in relief     Senator Murray: “I’m so glad that after years of delays from the Trump Administration, the Biden Administration...

Center for Budget and Policy Priorities: Murray-Kaine Proposal to Expand, Improve Child Care Would Benefit Families and the Economy   Child Care Aware: Newest Proposal Would Provide Robust Investments to Early Childhood Programs   Center for Law and Social Policy: Senate Child Care Proposal Could Reach 1 Million+ More Children MomsRising:...

Bipartisan user fee package ensures FDA has the resources it needs to do its work, includes new oversight of cosmetics and dietary supplements, modernizes diagnostic test regulation, reauthorizes important programs for medical product development, and more   Introduced legislation builds on discussion draft with new steps to strengthen the...

Bipartisan retirement package would bolster emergency savings, increase access to retirement plans, provide additional information and transparency to help people manage their finances, and more  Murray: “We need to put families back on solid financial footing and use the tools we know work to help people put more money in their savings...

(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 Oklahoma’s complete ban on abortion, which was signed into law by Governor Kevin Stitt Wednesday and takes effect immediately. The law is the strictest abortion...

Senator Murray: “The fact we even have to have this hearing, the fact that shelves are empty, the fact that babies across the country are going hungry and parents can’t find what they need to feed their infants is a massive, unacceptable failure.”   ***WATCH: SENATOR MURRAY’S OPENING REMARKS AND...