Senator Patty Murray

U.S. Senator, Washington state | @SenateApprops Vice Chair | Working every day to help people and solve problems

[Senator Patty Murray @PattyMurray]

Republicans should work with Democrats to ban Trump's criminal slush fund. In law. Today.

Why won't they? Because the President has explicitly said he LOVES it—and Republicans are more than willing to cut checks to violent insurrectionists with YOUR tax dollars.

[Senator Patty Murray @PattyMurray]

Back in March, Rubio said this war would end in "weeks, not months."

Yet, here we are, 4 months later.

Hundreds of troops injured or killed. Billions of dollars set on fire for a war Americans do NOT support.

[Senator Patty Murray @PattyMurray]

Republicans voted down an amendment to block Trump's $1.8 BILLION slush fund for violent insurrectionists.

They're choosing to bend the knee to this corrupt President who wants to pay off cop beaters—all while Trump & Republicans won't spend a cent to lower health care costs.

[Headquarters @HQNewsNow]

50 Senate Republicans just blocked a measure that would permanently stop Trump from creating his $1.8B slush fund for J6ers

[Senate Democrats @SenateDems]

Senator @PattyMurray to Sec. Rubio on Trump’s budget request:

The administration wants to spend $1.5 trillion on war and not a cent for childcare or to make healthcare more affordable.

[Senator Patty Murray @PattyMurray]

BREAKING: Senate Republicans have just begun a marathon vote-a-rama in the Senate.

Why? Not to lower health care or housing costs. Instead, they are fighting tooth & nail to give ICE another $70 billion blank check with ZERO reforms.

A disgrace.

[Senator Patty Murray @PattyMurray]

Trump and Stephen Miller built up a paramilitary force at DHS that they essentially promised immunity, and set it loose on American communities.

I'm not going to write a blank check for a federal agency that refuses to distinguish between American citizens and violent criminals.

[Senator Patty Murray @PattyMurray]

I'll take my wins where I can get 'em!

My bill to restore marine habitats in the Northwest Straits region just passed the House!

I'll keep working to get it through the Senate so we can keep protecting marine species and growing WA state's outdoor recreation economy! 🌊🛶🌲

[Senator Patty Murray @PattyMurray]

It's been two weeks since I connected Trump's Acting Attorney General with Epstein survivors and they haven't heard a peep from the DOJ. That's disgraceful.

Todd Blanche said he'd meet with them—and I will not let him off the hook.

Epstein survivors deserve justice.

[Senator Patty Murray @PattyMurray]

I trust Trump about as far as I could throw him.

Congress needs to BAN any kind of corrupt slush fund like this from EVER existing.

A wink and a nod won't cut it—we need to ban it by LAW.

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

MENG: Are you going to issue a new memo in writing rescinding the weaponization fund?

BLANCHE: I'm not committing to putting anything in writing. What would the purpose be?

MENG: You established it in writing, so it makes sense to rescind it in writing

BLANCHE: Ok. I'm not committing to doing anything in writing.

[Senator Patty Murray @PattyMurray]

Everyone should be able to get affordable health care close to home.

But after Trump and Republicans passed the largest health care cuts in American history and refused to extend the ACA tax credits, rural communities are being hit the hardest. https://t.co/FEUZfFuhBt

[Senator Patty Murray @PattyMurray]

DHS is on track to break last year's record for people dying in its custody.

ICE agents tear gassed a U.S. Senator last week.

I'm not writing a blank check to an agency that is engaged in nonstop brutality and abuses of power.

[Senator Patty Murray @PattyMurray]

Sorry but this is INSANE.

Withdrawing CBP officers from airports in "blue" cities isn't just dangerous—it would mean a national economic crisis, in red AND blue states.

[Senator Patty Murray @PattyMurray]

American families have now paid $100 BILLION in higher costs because of Trump's war in Iran.

Trump promised no new wars and lower prices. He's delivered an endless war and higher prices.

[Mark Zandi @Markzandi]

$100 billion. That’s our estimate of the cost of the Iran War to American households. That’s nearly $750 per household. This includes the additional U.S. military costs and the higher energy and other prices resulting from the war. This is a big economic blow, but deficit-financed tax cuts have cushioned it. Until now. As of May 16th, the bigger tax refunds Americans have received this year no longer cover the higher costs of gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel caused by the war. The financial pressure is thus mounting quickly, particularly on already hard-pressed middle and lower-income households. With the saving rate about as low as it ever goes, unless the war ends soon and energy prices come down, they will have little choice but to rein in their spending, weighing further on the already sagging economy.

[Senator Patty Murray @PattyMurray]

Bill Pulte is a proven crook who will target anyone Trump considers an enemy.

He isn't qualified for his current job, and he would pose an actual threat to our national security as Acting Director of National Intelligence.

Every Senator should demand he be fired immediately.

[Senator Patty Murray @PattyMurray]

Part of why people are spending more is because Trump is making everything more expensive.

In the face of Trump's tariffs, his war & rising gas prices, and the rampant government corruption, I think it's safe to say most people are NOT so optimistic.

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

Hassett: "People are spending more on gas, but they're also spending more on everything else -- not just groceries, but restaurants and so on. I think that's a sign you see when people are optimistic about the future."

[Senator Patty Murray @PattyMurray]

The American people should understand that Trump is spending massive taxpayer resources to needlessly detain families who pose no threat, including CHILDREN.

This is disgusting, inhumane, and must stop immediately.

[CBS News @CBSNews]

More than 6,300 children have been detained by ICE during President Trump's 2nd term. 97% have no criminal records. https://t.co/o0Qtz6Fb2F

[Senator Patty Murray @PattyMurray]

No one should assume Trump will voluntarily put an end to his $1.8 billion slush fund for insurrectionists.

So let's put it to a vote—to bar any President from EVER putting taxpayer money toward a crooked scheme like this again.

Put every Senator on the record.

[ABC News @ABC]

NEW: The Justice Department has issued a statement saying it will abide by a district judge's ruling that temporarily ordered the freezing of the Trump administration's $1.8 billion "Anti-Weaponization Fund."

ABC News' Alex Mallin has the latest. https://t.co/a9tEPydml7

[Senator Patty Murray @PattyMurray]

On a whim, Trump decided FEMA should be abolished—so Kristi Noem cut staff, resources, and funding to run it to the ground.

It worked, and now we're less prepared for disaster than we've ever been thanks to their thoughtless and dangerous policies.

[POLITICO @politico]

‘Holding our breath’: Hurricane season is here, and FEMA is shorthanded https://t.co/qqAHLHNVzQ

[Senator Patty Murray @PattyMurray]

This is what happens when you let the opinions of anti-abortion extremists into the doctor's office.

They don't care that medication abortion is THE BEST standard of care for miscarriages.

All they care about is controlling women's bodies, no matter the outcome.
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[Senator Patty Murray @PattyMurray]

Health care coverage is too expensive—and Republicans CHOSE to obstruct and block a solution.

Republicans are forcing everyone to pay more for the basics while doling out tax breaks for billionaires and giant corporations.
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