Patty Murray
Vice Chair · United States Senate
6 articles · 11 transcripts · 13 clips
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Senate confirms Sonderling as labor secretary, 47-41
“to strip overtime protections for our workers, to undercut our unions, and to let giant corporations get away with robbery.”
FDA nominee Overton commits to Alaska food inspections and salmon labeling but not mifepristone access
Trump's FDA pick told Murkowski yes on Alaska food inspectors and salmon labels. On mailing abortion pills to rural Alaska, she made no promises.
Alaska ended childhood liver cancer, and Washington noticed
Alaska Native children once had the world's highest rate of liver cancer. A newborn vaccine ended it, and Washington is now citing that as the model.
VA research is losing staff and trials as Senate panel presses on $43M cut
“On the very first day of the Trump administration, all VA research staff became subject to a hiring freeze.”
Alaska veterans fly to Seattle for cancer care. The Senate is arguing over why.
Alaska has more veterans per capita than any state and no VA cancer center. A Senate fight over precision oncology money decides who gets care close to home.
Democrats challenge Sonderling on overtime rollbacks, education transfers at HELP hearing
“You rescinded the overtime rule in May, slamming the door on time and a half pay for more than 4 million workers who already aren't making much to begin with.”
