Senator Patty Murray
@murray.senate.gov
U.S. Senator, Washington state | Senate Appropriations Vice Chair | Working every day to help people and solve problems
RFK Jr.’s hand-picked anti-vax panel has removed any doubt about their obvious bias and destroyed any shred of credibility for their decision-making process.
CDC should reject this dangerous suggestion that will simply mean more babies die in the United States.
CDC should reject this dangerous suggestion that will simply mean more babies die in the United States.
CDC advisers vote to overturn decades-long policy on hepatitis B vaccine for infants
In a controversial move, the vaccine advisory group reversed a recommendations for universal immunizing of newborns intended to protect them from a virus that attacks the liver.
www.npr.org
December 5, 2025 at 5:35 PM
RFK Jr.’s hand-picked anti-vax panel has removed any doubt about their obvious bias and destroyed any shred of credibility for their decision-making process.
CDC should reject this dangerous suggestion that will simply mean more babies die in the United States.
CDC should reject this dangerous suggestion that will simply mean more babies die in the United States.
1 in 4 Americans surveyed about skyrocketing premiums are saying that if the ACA tax credits expire, they are "very likely" to go without any health insurance at all.
Republican inaction here isn't acceptable. There's a simple solution: extend the ACA tax credits.
Republican inaction here isn't acceptable. There's a simple solution: extend the ACA tax credits.
1 in 4 Affordable Care Act enrollees would 'very likely' forego health insurance if premiums double: Poll
One in four Americans covered by the Affordable Care Act are considering going without health insurance if their monthly payments double next year, a new KFF poll finds.
abcnews.go.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:56 PM
1 in 4 Americans surveyed about skyrocketing premiums are saying that if the ACA tax credits expire, they are "very likely" to go without any health insurance at all.
Republican inaction here isn't acceptable. There's a simple solution: extend the ACA tax credits.
Republican inaction here isn't acceptable. There's a simple solution: extend the ACA tax credits.
Pete Hegseth is a national security risk. He put servicemembers at risk to sound tough on a signal chat.
It was as dangerous as it was absurd. He is unfit to serve and he must be fired.
It was as dangerous as it was absurd. He is unfit to serve and he must be fired.
Hegseth’s use of Signal posed risk to US personnel, Pentagon watchdog finds
The report by the Pentagon’s inspector general said Hegseth has the ability to declassify material, and did not find that he did so improperly.
www.stripes.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Pete Hegseth is a national security risk. He put servicemembers at risk to sound tough on a signal chat.
It was as dangerous as it was absurd. He is unfit to serve and he must be fired.
It was as dangerous as it was absurd. He is unfit to serve and he must be fired.
Why should anyone believe Republicans are serious about saving people from exploding health care costs when they outright REFUSED to talk about this problem before now?
They had ALL YEAR, and they did zip. I've been down this road before.
They had ALL YEAR, and they did zip. I've been down this road before.
December 4, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Why should anyone believe Republicans are serious about saving people from exploding health care costs when they outright REFUSED to talk about this problem before now?
They had ALL YEAR, and they did zip. I've been down this road before.
They had ALL YEAR, and they did zip. I've been down this road before.
Servicemembers who put their lives on the line for this country deserve to be able to get IVF to help build their families.
Anti-abortion extremist Mike Johnson wants to deny them IVF coverage, but Democrats are going to keep fighting to protect IVF.
Anti-abortion extremist Mike Johnson wants to deny them IVF coverage, but Democrats are going to keep fighting to protect IVF.
Mike Johnson works in secret to strip IVF health coverage from defense bill
The speaker is working behind closed doors to remove a provision from the National Defense Authorization Act that would mandate health coverage for in vitro fertilization for all active duty military.
www.ms.now
December 4, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Servicemembers who put their lives on the line for this country deserve to be able to get IVF to help build their families.
Anti-abortion extremist Mike Johnson wants to deny them IVF coverage, but Democrats are going to keep fighting to protect IVF.
Anti-abortion extremist Mike Johnson wants to deny them IVF coverage, but Democrats are going to keep fighting to protect IVF.
President Trump will stop at nothing to force kids across America to go hungry. This is sickening—and illegal.
Trump & his cronies are using hungry families as political bargaining chips. Democrats will fight back.
Trump & his cronies are using hungry families as political bargaining chips. Democrats will fight back.
Trump administration will block SNAP management funds for blue states
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said officials won’t send money to administer food stamps to states that don’t share information about benefits recipients with the federal government.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:24 AM
President Trump will stop at nothing to force kids across America to go hungry. This is sickening—and illegal.
Trump & his cronies are using hungry families as political bargaining chips. Democrats will fight back.
Trump & his cronies are using hungry families as political bargaining chips. Democrats will fight back.
Ahead of tomorrow's CDC Vaccine Committee meeting, I made clear Republicans MUST compel RFK Jr. to answer to the Senate Health Committee for his anti-vaxx crusade.
Vaccines save lives. And the American people deserve science-led decisions from the CDC.
Vaccines save lives. And the American people deserve science-led decisions from the CDC.
December 3, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Ahead of tomorrow's CDC Vaccine Committee meeting, I made clear Republicans MUST compel RFK Jr. to answer to the Senate Health Committee for his anti-vaxx crusade.
Vaccines save lives. And the American people deserve science-led decisions from the CDC.
Vaccines save lives. And the American people deserve science-led decisions from the CDC.
Pete Hegseth is the least qualified Secretary of Defense in American history. He is a national embarrassment who is putting the safety of our servicemembers at risk. He should be fired immediately.
Watchdog finds Hegseth risked endangering troops by sharing of sensitive war plans on Signal, sources say | CNN Politics
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth risked compromising sensitive military information, which could have endangered American troops and mission objectives, when he used Signal in March of this year to s...
www.cnn.com
December 3, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Pete Hegseth is the least qualified Secretary of Defense in American history. He is a national embarrassment who is putting the safety of our servicemembers at risk. He should be fired immediately.
Republicans wanting to talk about fixing health care premium increases a month into open enrollment, when prices are all but locked in, is about as serious as being concerned about RFK Jr.'s anti-vax crusade AFTER voting to make him the nation's top public health official.
December 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Republicans wanting to talk about fixing health care premium increases a month into open enrollment, when prices are all but locked in, is about as serious as being concerned about RFK Jr.'s anti-vax crusade AFTER voting to make him the nation's top public health official.
Big news: my Wild Olympics bill got a Senate hearing and picked up dozens of new endorsements from local sportsmen groups and more this week.
This is a big step in our fight to protect key areas of the Olympic National Forest & preserve world-class recreation. Let's keep it going!
This is a big step in our fight to protect key areas of the Olympic National Forest & preserve world-class recreation. Let's keep it going!
December 3, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Big news: my Wild Olympics bill got a Senate hearing and picked up dozens of new endorsements from local sportsmen groups and more this week.
This is a big step in our fight to protect key areas of the Olympic National Forest & preserve world-class recreation. Let's keep it going!
This is a big step in our fight to protect key areas of the Olympic National Forest & preserve world-class recreation. Let's keep it going!
RFK Jr. is praising private insurers for removing prior authorization while he is ramping up a pilot program requiring AI-led prior authorization for Medicare patients in 6 states, including WA state, which will delay and deny care for seniors.
No AI prior authorization. No way.
No AI prior authorization. No way.
Thousands of Washington state Medicare users could soon have claims denied by AI
Starting Jan. 1, traditional Medicare recipients in Washington state will face a new hurdle to get certain procedures covered — private AI companies that get paid based on how many claims they deny.
www.kuow.org
December 3, 2025 at 4:29 PM
RFK Jr. is praising private insurers for removing prior authorization while he is ramping up a pilot program requiring AI-led prior authorization for Medicare patients in 6 states, including WA state, which will delay and deny care for seniors.
No AI prior authorization. No way.
No AI prior authorization. No way.
It is simply outrageous that an American citizen was detained at all by ICE.
And it's adding insult to injury to claim that Tribal IDs are fake. This is racial profiling.
Trump's mass deportation agenda is sick and wrong. It helps no one and it's hurting Americans.
And it's adding insult to injury to claim that Tribal IDs are fake. This is racial profiling.
Trump's mass deportation agenda is sick and wrong. It helps no one and it's hurting Americans.
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:31 AM
It is simply outrageous that an American citizen was detained at all by ICE.
And it's adding insult to injury to claim that Tribal IDs are fake. This is racial profiling.
Trump's mass deportation agenda is sick and wrong. It helps no one and it's hurting Americans.
And it's adding insult to injury to claim that Tribal IDs are fake. This is racial profiling.
Trump's mass deportation agenda is sick and wrong. It helps no one and it's hurting Americans.
Donald Trump is saying that "affordability is a Democrat scam."
The President needs a serious reality check. The cost of nearly everything is going UP: health care, child care, housing.
Trump's policies have been a DISASTER, and unlike Democrats, he has NO solutions.
The President needs a serious reality check. The cost of nearly everything is going UP: health care, child care, housing.
Trump's policies have been a DISASTER, and unlike Democrats, he has NO solutions.
December 2, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Donald Trump is saying that "affordability is a Democrat scam."
The President needs a serious reality check. The cost of nearly everything is going UP: health care, child care, housing.
Trump's policies have been a DISASTER, and unlike Democrats, he has NO solutions.
The President needs a serious reality check. The cost of nearly everything is going UP: health care, child care, housing.
Trump's policies have been a DISASTER, and unlike Democrats, he has NO solutions.
After slow-walking critical funding for lifesaving research, the Trump administration has sabotaged the NIH grantmaking process so that researchers get LESS money on average and LESS time to use it.
No one is asking to fund less cancer research, but that's what's happening.
No one is asking to fund less cancer research, but that's what's happening.
The U.S. Is Funding Fewer Grants in Every Area of Science and Medicine
A quiet policy change means the government is making fewer bets on long-term science.
www.nytimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 9:31 PM
After slow-walking critical funding for lifesaving research, the Trump administration has sabotaged the NIH grantmaking process so that researchers get LESS money on average and LESS time to use it.
No one is asking to fund less cancer research, but that's what's happening.
No one is asking to fund less cancer research, but that's what's happening.
Vaccinating babies against hepatitis B is a simple recommendation that saves lives—one based on solid science, & that has led to a dramatic drop in preventable infections and deaths.
Ending this recommendation will cost lives. RFK Jr. must answer to Congress.
Ending this recommendation will cost lives. RFK Jr. must answer to Congress.
RFK Jr.’s vaccine advisers plan biggest change yet to childhood schedule
The new chair of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices said the panel plans to vote to end universal hepatitis B vaccination at birth and to scrutinize if childhood shots cause allergies.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 2, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Vaccinating babies against hepatitis B is a simple recommendation that saves lives—one based on solid science, & that has led to a dramatic drop in preventable infections and deaths.
Ending this recommendation will cost lives. RFK Jr. must answer to Congress.
Ending this recommendation will cost lives. RFK Jr. must answer to Congress.
The Trump administration just pardoned and released a convicted Honduran drug lord from prison—a guy who is responsible for bringing literal tons of cocaine into the U.S.
I cannot say this enough: this is the most corrupt administration in American history.
I cannot say this enough: this is the most corrupt administration in American history.
Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez freed from prison after Trump pardons drug trafficking conviction
Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, who was convicted in 2024 of trafficking drugs into the United States, has been freed from a U.S. prison.
abcnews.go.com
December 2, 2025 at 6:38 PM
The Trump administration just pardoned and released a convicted Honduran drug lord from prison—a guy who is responsible for bringing literal tons of cocaine into the U.S.
I cannot say this enough: this is the most corrupt administration in American history.
I cannot say this enough: this is the most corrupt administration in American history.
Senate Republicans just handed David Bragdon a LIFETIME judicial appointment— a man who compared abortion to murder and said women "must face the consequences" for their "poor judgment."
Republicans are stacking the courts with anti-choice extremists and hoping you don't notice.
Republicans are stacking the courts with anti-choice extremists and hoping you don't notice.
December 2, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Senate Republicans just handed David Bragdon a LIFETIME judicial appointment— a man who compared abortion to murder and said women "must face the consequences" for their "poor judgment."
Republicans are stacking the courts with anti-choice extremists and hoping you don't notice.
Republicans are stacking the courts with anti-choice extremists and hoping you don't notice.
The Republican agenda: Billions in new tax breaks for giant corporations. Zero to stop YOUR health care premiums from skyrocketing.
Corporations to claim $16B from retroactive GOP tax break, federal report says
The Republican tax law's bonus depreciation provision is expected to cost $362.7 billion over the next ten years, with corporations claiming $16 billion in new tax breaks this year.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:44 PM
The Republican agenda: Billions in new tax breaks for giant corporations. Zero to stop YOUR health care premiums from skyrocketing.
This young woman has lived in America since she was 7.
On her way to visit family for Thanksgiving, she was abruptly detained, shackled, and deported to Honduras. It's not even clear if she had a deportation order.
This isn't going after criminals. It makes no one safer.
On her way to visit family for Thanksgiving, she was abruptly detained, shackled, and deported to Honduras. It's not even clear if she had a deportation order.
This isn't going after criminals. It makes no one safer.
19-year-old college student deported despite judge's order blocking her removal: Lawyer
A 19-year-old college student who was on her way to surprise her family for Thanksgiving break was detained at a Boston airport and later deported.
abcnews.go.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:14 PM
This young woman has lived in America since she was 7.
On her way to visit family for Thanksgiving, she was abruptly detained, shackled, and deported to Honduras. It's not even clear if she had a deportation order.
This isn't going after criminals. It makes no one safer.
On her way to visit family for Thanksgiving, she was abruptly detained, shackled, and deported to Honduras. It's not even clear if she had a deportation order.
This isn't going after criminals. It makes no one safer.
It's not just that the White House won't commemorate World AIDS Day.
It's that Trump has needlessly decimated lifesaving HIV/AIDS research. It's that his administration has cut off resources to help eradicate this disease around the world.
Hurting people and helping no one.
It's that Trump has needlessly decimated lifesaving HIV/AIDS research. It's that his administration has cut off resources to help eradicate this disease around the world.
Hurting people and helping no one.
Trump Administration Will No Longer Commemorate World AIDS Day
www.nytimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:21 AM
It's not just that the White House won't commemorate World AIDS Day.
It's that Trump has needlessly decimated lifesaving HIV/AIDS research. It's that his administration has cut off resources to help eradicate this disease around the world.
Hurting people and helping no one.
It's that Trump has needlessly decimated lifesaving HIV/AIDS research. It's that his administration has cut off resources to help eradicate this disease around the world.
Hurting people and helping no one.
Steve Witkoff has shown the world he will adopt Putin's talking points and concede the sovereignty of our Ukrainian allies if it means some of his billionaire buddies can get rich off Russia.
It's un-American and a total betrayal of our values. Witkoff needs to be fired.
It's un-American and a total betrayal of our values. Witkoff needs to be fired.
Make Money Not War: Trump’s Real Plan for Peace in Ukraine
The Kremlin pitched the White House on peace through business. To Europe’s dismay, the president and his envoy are on board.
www.wsj.com
December 1, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Steve Witkoff has shown the world he will adopt Putin's talking points and concede the sovereignty of our Ukrainian allies if it means some of his billionaire buddies can get rich off Russia.
It's un-American and a total betrayal of our values. Witkoff needs to be fired.
It's un-American and a total betrayal of our values. Witkoff needs to be fired.
President Trump is pardoning a convicted Honduran drug lord who openly boasted that he would "stuff the drugs right up the noses of the gringos," and push drugs into America.
This is the most pro-crime, pro-corruption administration in our country's history.
This is the most pro-crime, pro-corruption administration in our country's history.
Trump plans to pardon former Honduran president convicted of drug trafficking
Former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernández was sentenced to 45 years in prison for running a “narco-state” that helped send cocaine to the United States.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:01 PM
President Trump is pardoning a convicted Honduran drug lord who openly boasted that he would "stuff the drugs right up the noses of the gringos," and push drugs into America.
This is the most pro-crime, pro-corruption administration in our country's history.
This is the most pro-crime, pro-corruption administration in our country's history.
Any time Republicans talk about going back to "high-risk pools", what they really mean is effectively kicking millions of people with pre-existing conditions off their health insurance.
Here’s how it works:
Here’s how it works:
December 1, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Any time Republicans talk about going back to "high-risk pools", what they really mean is effectively kicking millions of people with pre-existing conditions off their health insurance.
Here’s how it works:
Here’s how it works:
Just ahead of the holidays, the Trump administration ripped up new travel rules to rein in airlines and put money back in your pocket.
If you’re watching this and your flight is delayed, spread the word: Trump is only looking out for the giant corporations.
If you’re watching this and your flight is delayed, spread the word: Trump is only looking out for the giant corporations.
November 30, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Just ahead of the holidays, the Trump administration ripped up new travel rules to rein in airlines and put money back in your pocket.
If you’re watching this and your flight is delayed, spread the word: Trump is only looking out for the giant corporations.
If you’re watching this and your flight is delayed, spread the word: Trump is only looking out for the giant corporations.
It's very important that Senators are working together in a bipartisan way to ensure strict Congressional oversight following reporting of unlawful orders.
Congress must deliver answers and accountability for the American people.
Congress must deliver answers and accountability for the American people.
Hegseth's reported 'kill everybody' order draws Senate scrutiny
Hegseth's first strike on drug boats in the Caribbean is now under "vigorous oversight" from the Senate Armed Services Committee.
www.washingtonexaminer.com
November 30, 2025 at 9:32 PM
It's very important that Senators are working together in a bipartisan way to ensure strict Congressional oversight following reporting of unlawful orders.
Congress must deliver answers and accountability for the American people.
Congress must deliver answers and accountability for the American people.