Issue Position: Environment
Issue Position
Issues: Energy Environment
Washington residents take great pride in the natural beauty of our state. Senator Murray has joined with local leaders to protect Washington's environment.
Murray believes that environmental protection and healthy natural resources are compatible with long-term economic growth.
Senator Murray has worked to bring stakeholders together, to fund environmental protection and resource management, and to promote innovative, locally-based solutions.
In the U.S. Senate, Murray has worked to increase funding for environmental programs, she has repeatedly opposed harmful, anti-environmental riders to appropriations bills, and she has sponsored several pieces of environmental legislation.
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