ICYMI: In Visits Across Clark, Kitsap, and King Counties, Senator Murray Highlights Her Work to Fight for Families, Veterans, and Patients

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Over the past two weeks, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) traveled throughout her home state of Washington to hear from veterans, patients, and health care providers and to discuss her efforts in Congress to fight back against the Administration's harmful policies. Kicking off her travels on October 3rd, Senator Murray sat down with Representative Kim Schrier (D-WA 8th), local food assistance workers and advocates, and people who have received food assistance benefits to discuss the importance of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits for vulnerable families, and the threat of a proposed rule change by President Trump that would force more than 175,000 Washingtonians off of SNAP. On October 4th Senator Murray joined veterans and veteran service providers to discuss the state of health care for our veterans, and to gain insight on how the VA MISSION Act--a law rolled out earlier this summer meant to improve veterans' access to private care--has been implemented by VA officials.

The next week, on October 8th, Senator Murray stood with providers, patients, and advocates to decry the Trump-Pence administration's gag rule, which is a blatant and extreme attack on Title X and the bipartisan program's health care services, including vital family planning services. The following day, Senator Murray visited Henrietta Lacks Health and Bioscience High School in Vancouver to talk with students and see the school's occupational training programs, and met with local veterans to further discuss veteran's health care and the VA MISSION Act. Finally, during a visit to the Kitsap Peninsula, Senator Murray discussed her plans to fight back against President Trump's attempts to raid military construction funding to pay for his unnecessary border wall.

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