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Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, along with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT), discussed the Senate's bipartisan national security supplemental package in a press call today.During the call, Senator Murray highlighted the key provisions of the package. She emphasized the importance of supporting Ukraine in its struggle against Putin's invasion, stating, "As Ukraine runs low on ammunition to fend off Putin's brutal invasion, we need to finally extend our support."...
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Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, emphasized the need for bipartisan cooperation to avert a government shutdown and pass strong funding bills and a comprehensive national security supplemental package. Speaking at a Senate Democratic leadership press conference, Senator Murray outlined the importance of moving quickly to pass bipartisan, bicameral funding bills."Now that we finally have a spending framework, which allows us to move forward on full-year appropriations bills, I have been working around the...
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Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Patty Murray, Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, has released the text of a bipartisan Continuing Resolution (CR) aimed at preventing a government shutdown. The CR will provide temporary funding while Congress works towards passing full-year appropriations bills. The framework agreement was reached by Senate and House leadership last week, and the Senate is expected to vote on the CR when it returns on Tuesday.Senator Murray emphasized the importance of avoiding a shutdown and the need for bipartisan cooperation in passing...
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Washington, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, spoke at this afternoon's Senate Democratic leadership press conference about her efforts to hammer out the strongest possible bicameral, bipartisan appropriations bills.
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Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, has expressed her support for the framework agreement reached by Senate and House leadership. This agreement allows both chambers of Congress to proceed with negotiations on full-year appropriations bills.
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Senator Susan Collins, Vice Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, has called for bipartisan solutions to address the border security crisis the United States is facing at both the southern and northern borders. In a recent speech on the Senate floor, Senator Collins highlighted the alarming increase in encounters with foreign nationals entering the U.S. without authorization.According to Senator Collins, there were a record 12,381 encounters recorded yesterday alone. She expressed concern that the current rate of encounters, averaging nearly 8,500 per day this...
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Washington, D.C. – The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) recently released its 2023 Annual Homeless Assessment Report, revealing a staggering 12% increase in homelessness compared to the previous year. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, expressed her concern over the rising crisis and emphasized the need for strengthened federal efforts to address the issue."This report makes clear what so many of us already recognize: homelessness is a crisis in every part of our country that is getting worse, and it’s critical we...
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In new letters to top Senate Appropriations leaders, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Charles Q. Brown Jr., and Secretaries of the Army, Navy, and Air Force detail the severe repercussions that a first-ever full-year continuing resolution (CR) for the Department of Defense (DoD) would have on national defense strategy, servicemembers and their families, and military readiness.The letters were sent to Senate Appropriations Committee Chair Patty Murray (D-WA) and Vice Chair Susan Collins (R-ME) ahead of the upcoming funding...
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Dec 12, 2023U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, emphasized the urgent need for Congress to pass a national security supplemental funding package and full-year appropriations bills. Speaking at a Senate Democratic leadership press conference, Senator Murray called on her colleagues to prioritize aid to Ukraine and other critical national security priorities.Senator Murray urged Senators to make a choice between delivering on national security priorities or going home for the holidays and potentially abandoning allies. She...
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Washington, D.C. - Senator Patty Murray, Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, has issued a statement following a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Senator Murray and her colleagues in the Senate discussed the importance of providing aid to Ukraine in its ongoing conflict with Russia."There's no doubt that delaying aid to Ukraine is a gift to Putin and his army as they continue to wage a brutal invasion of Ukraine," said Senator Murray. "Failing to renew aid altogether may well allow Putin to win the war and extinguish a sovereign democracy and...
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Senator Patty Murray, Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, has urged Senate Republicans to move forward on the national security supplemental bill. In her speech on the Senate floor, Senator Murray emphasized the importance of timely action in responding to urgent challenges across the world.Murray expressed concern about the potential message of weakness that delays in passing the bill could send to adversaries. She stated, "We cannot afford delays that tell our adversaries they can just wait us out." Murray emphasized the need for comprehensive action that...
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In a recent address on the Senate floor, Senator Patty Murray, Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, expressed her disappointment after Senate Republicans voted to block consideration of the Senate's national security supplemental. The supplemental included bipartisan priorities aimed at providing aid to allies such as Ukraine.Senator Murray highlighted the urgency of the situation, stating, "The clock is ticking—aid for our allies in Ukraine has run dry, and the whole world is watching to see if the U.S. is still capable of standing by all of its allies in times...
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Sen. Cruz Releases Statement in Response to NTSB’s Preliminary Report on East Palestine Derailment
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U.S. Senator Susan Collins was named the Ranking Member of the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, which oversees and sets the annual budget for the Department of Defense.
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U.S. Senators Patty Murray (D-WA) and Susan Collins (R-ME), Chair and Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee respectively, announced the Appropriations Subcommittees chairs, ranking members, and full rosters for the 118th Congress.
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The Subcommittee sets funding levels for the Pentagon, including for shipbuilding programs
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U.S. Senators Patty Murray (D-WA) and Susan Collins (R-ME), Chair and Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee respectively, announced the Appropriations Subcommittees chairs, ranking members, and full rosters for the 118th Congress.
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Shelby: Senate Passes FY23 Omnibus Package
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Shelby: FY23 Omnibus Package Strengthens National Defense
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This week, after months of bipartisan and bicameral negotiations, the Committees on Appropriations introduced a $1.7 trillion omnibus appropriations bill for fiscal year 2023.