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Patty Murray
24:38 - 25:11
"it is my intention to rip Trump's budget up and write a new one."
“it is my intention to rip Trump's budget up and write a new one.”
- Speaker
- Patty Murray
- Timestamp
- 24:38 – 25:11
- Community
- Alaska News
- Captured at
- July 22, 2026
From the transcript
That doesn't make sense. Let a political appointee overrule a scientist on what research is worth pursuing and funding. So given the current state of VA research under this administration, there is a demoralized workforce and they have limited access to non-VA federal funding. So it's really inexplicable to me to request a decrease in funding for VA research for fiscal year '27. I'm speaking here today in, in place of Senator Blumenthal, but I can tell you right now, as vice chair of Appropriations, it is my intention to rip Trump's budget up and write a new one.
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