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March 13, 2018 Tweet - "Across the country, the number of opioid overdoses continues to rise. The data released by @CDCgov show our communities need resources, funding, and solutions, not more empty promises from President Trump." Sen. Patty Murray
March 13, 2018 Cantwell Confronts Secretary Zinke On Failure Of Leadership At Interior Sen. Maria Cantwell
March 12, 2018 Tweet - "New data from @CDCgov makes the scale of the opioid epidemic tragically clear, yet President Trump has taken no meaningful steps to fulfill his promise to tackle this crisis." Sen. Patty Murray
March 12, 2018 Letter to Scott Pruit, Environmental Protection Administrator - 28 Senators to EPA: Don't Weaken Rules Protecting Workers & Children from Toxic Pesticides Sen. Patty Murray, ...
March 12, 2018 Newhouse Applauds Premera's Investment in Community Health Care Rep. Dan Newhouse
March 12, 2018 Tweet - ".@CDCgov finds the opioid epidemic is continuing to worsen as President Trump's empty promise to combat the crisis remains unmatched by serious action from his Administration." Sen. Patty Murray
March 11, 2018 Tweet - "Women who speak up for their rights aren't going away. Democrats aren't going away. And we will continue to reject, loud and clear, the partisan, ideological Trump-Pence agenda that hurts women and families." Sen. Patty Murray
March 10, 2018 Tweet - ".@SenatorBaldwin understands hurdles pre-existing conditions can pose for families seeking health care because she has faced them herself. I'm proud to work w/ her to defend protections that prevent discrimination against those w/ pre-existing conditions." Sen. Patty Murray
March 10, 2018 Tweet - "ICYMI: The Trump Administration threw a wrench in bipartisan talks on health care, to cater to their far-right ideological base by asking to expand restrictions on women's access to safe, legal abortion." Sen. Patty Murray
March 10, 2018 Tweet - "Without protections for pre-existing conditions, patients could be forced to make the tough decision between forgoing treatment and taking on crippling medical debt. Thank you @SenatorBaldwin for sharing your personal story about why this is so important." Sen. Patty Murray
March 9, 2018 Tweet - "While we know President Trump isn't planning to end this ideological agenda to roll back women's health and rights--we also know that people across the country won't stop resisting every single backwards step he tries to take." Sen. Patty Murray
March 9, 2018 Tweet - "From opioid funding to finding solutions to help lower health care costs for patients--there are so many things House Republicans should be working with us to find solutions on. Instead, they're once again trying to turn the clock back on women's health." Sen. Patty Murray
March 8, 2018 Ellison Becomes Lead House Sponsor of Medicare For All Rep. Pramila Jayapal, ...
March 8, 2018 Hearing of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee - Opening Statement of Sen. Patty Murray, Hearing on Opioid Crisis Sen. Patty Murray
March 8, 2018 Tweet - "We've heard how helpful it is in fighting the opioid crisis when state data systems can talk to each other--we need to make sure our people are talking too. Not only good data, but good ideas should be shared." Sen. Patty Murray
March 8, 2018 Letter to the Hon Thad Cochran, Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, the Hon Patrick Leahy, Vice Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, the Hon Roy Blunt, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Labor, HHS, Education and Related Agencies and the Senate Appropriations Committee, and the Hon Patty Murray, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Labor, HHS, Education and Related Agencies and the Senate Appropriations Committee - Senator Cantwell, Colleagues Call for Increased Investment in Student Health, Safety Sen. Maria Cantwell, ...
March 7, 2018 Letter to the Hon Thad Cochran, Chairman of the Committee of Appropriations, and the Hon Patrick Leahy, Ranking Member of the Committee on Appropriations - Senator Cantwell Pushes for Additional Funding to Combat Opioid Crisis, Support Treatment Efforts in Indian Country Sen. Maria Cantwell, ...
March 5, 2018 Tweet - "Standing w/ the people making their voices heard during & prior to tonight's public @Interior mtg in Olympia. Offshore oil & gas drilling could cause irreparable damage to our state's environment & fishing industries, & it has no place in our coastal waters. #ProtectOurCoasts" Sen. Patty Murray
March 5, 2018 Tweet - "Instead of enforcing patient protections and helping families get the care they need, President Trump is greenlighting junk plans that let companies skirt the law." Sen. Patty Murray
March 5, 2018 Tweet - "For years, Washingtonians have not wavered--we don't want the risks posed by harmful offshore oil & drilling to our environment, economy & cultural landmarks. Hoping @SecretaryZinke finally hears this message loud & clear at tonight's public forum in Olympia. #ProtectOurCoasts" Sen. Patty Murray
March 5, 2018 Tweet - "Washingtonians don't take our healthy coasts for granted--a reminder of what's at stake in @Interior's misguided decision to open up WA's coastal waters to harmful offshore oil & gas drilling: https://twitter.com/PattyMurray/moments … #ProtectOurCoasts" Sen. Patty Murray
March 5, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Rex Tillerson, Secretary of State - Senators Murray, Cantwell Join Colleagues to Demand State Department Explain Censorship of Human Rights Report Sen. Patty Murray, ...
March 5, 2018 Tweet - "Patients across the country have been clear, they don't want sabotage, they want solutions. Republicans need to work with Democrats on driving down costs and working to repair President Trump's damage to our health care." Sen. Patty Murray
March 1, 2018 Letter to the Honorable Rodney P. Frelinghuysen and the Honorable Nita Lowey, Committee on Appropriations Chairman and Ranking Member, and the Honorable Tom Cole and Rosa DeLauro, House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, HHS, and Education - Increased Research Funding Rep. Suzan DelBene, ...
March 1, 2018 Letter to Mark T. Bertolini, CEO, Aetna Inc. - Demand Answers from Aetna Over Denied Health Claims Sen. Patty Murray, ...
March 1, 2018 Tweet - "Patients deserve an explanation from Aetna about these alarming reports. It is unacceptable that a patient would have coverage denied because of their insurer's carelessness." Sen. Patty Murray
March 1, 2018 Senator Murray Demands Resignation of Scott Lloyd Following Ideological "Ad Hoc" Efforts to Deny Women Reproductive Rights Sen. Patty Murray
March 1, 2018 Tweet - "No patient should be wrongly denied coverage for care they need just because their insurance provider couldn't bother to carefully review a claim." Sen. Patty Murray
March 1, 2018 Tweet - "The Trump-Pence Administration should not be denying young women their reproductive rights or limiting access to safe, legal abortion through an "ad hoc" process--or through any process for that matter. ORR Director Scott Lloyd has got to go." Sen. Patty Murray
March 1, 2018 Tweet - "Scott Lloyd and his "ad hoc" process of denying women reproductive rights are a threat to the young women his office is supposed to care for. He needs to resign immediately." Sen. Patty Murray
Feb. 28, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Donald J. Trump, President of the United States - Don't give Pharma a handout in NAFTA negotiations Rep. Pramila Jayapal, ...
Feb. 28, 2018 Hearing of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee - Opening Statement of Sen. Patty Murray, Executive Session, Bipartisan Legislation Sen. Patty Murray
Feb. 28, 2018 Tweet - ".@VP, no politician has any business interfering with women's decisions about their own bodies, and you can be sure women across the country will fight each and every day against efforts to turn back the clock on our constitutional rights in our country." Sen. Patty Murray
Feb. 28, 2018 Vice President Pence Predicts End of Safe Legal Abortion in U.S.; Senator Murray Says "Not On My Watch" Sen. Patty Murray
Feb. 28, 2018 Tweet - "Not on my watch. In the 21st century, a woman's freedom to make the health care choices that are right for her and her family--including access to safe, legal abortion--should not be up for debate." Sen. Patty Murray
Feb. 27, 2018 Cantwell, Portman & Bipartisan Senators Introduce Comprehensive Bill to Bolster Fight against Opioid Epidemic Sen. Maria Cantwell
Feb. 27, 2018 Portman, Whitehouse, Capito, Klobuchar, Sullivan, Hassan, Cassidy & Cantwell Introduce CARA 2.0 Act Sen. Maria Cantwell, ...
Feb. 27, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Alex Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services - Murray Asks for Details of Department's Plan to Prioritize Gun Violence Research Sen. Patty Murray
Feb. 27, 2018 Hearing of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pension Committee - Opening Statement of Sen. Murray, Hearing on The Opioid Crisis: The Role of Technology and Data in Preventing and Treating Addiction Sen. Patty Murray
Feb. 27, 2018 Ranking Members Grijalva, Cantwell Press Zinke on DOI Committee's Recommended Cut to Offshore Drilling Royalties Sen. Maria Cantwell, ...
Feb. 26, 2018 Letter to Alex Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services - Push To Protect Patients From Discrimination Rep. Suzan DelBene, ...
Feb. 26, 2018 Murray on New Evidence Trump's Health Care Sabotage is Raising Families' Costs Sen. Patty Murray
Feb. 23, 2018 Tweet - "When it comes to the opioid epidemic, anyone who thinks it isn't impacting their community just isn't listening. This is hurting people and families across the country." Sen. Patty Murray
Feb. 22, 2018 Merkley, Joyce Announce Introduction of Bipartisan Legislation to Make Hospitals Safer for Nurses and Patients Rep. Suzan DelBene, ...
Feb. 22, 2018 Letter to Dean Cameron, Director of Idaho's Department of Insurance - Democratic Health Leaders Demand Explanation on Idaho's Illegal Junk Plans Sen. Patty Murray, ...
Feb. 21, 2018 Tweet - "President Trump's latest move will help insurance companies skirt the rules to boost their profits, while raising costs for many patients and leaving others with junk plans that don't protect them when they need it. " Sen. Patty Murray
Feb. 20, 2018 Senator Murray: President Trump's "Junk Plans" Rule Helps Insurance Companies; Raises Patients' Costs Sen. Patty Murray
Feb. 15, 2018 Murray: Illegal Idaho Junk Plans Make Clear Republicans and Democrats Need to Come Together; Focus on Lowering Health Costs Sen. Patty Murray
Feb. 15, 2018 Cantwell, Harris Introduce Bill to Combat Opioid Epidemic, Hold Manufacturers Accountable for Negligent, Misleading Practices Over 1,000 Washingtonians died of opioid or heroin overdoses in 2016; more than 300,000 Americans have died since 2000 Sen. Maria Cantwell
Feb. 15, 2018 Cantwell Blasts Trump Administration, Health Secretary for Proposed Budget Cuts to Medicaid, Medical Education Sen. Maria Cantwell
Date Title Politician
March 13, 2018 Tweet - "Across the country, the number of opioid overdoses continues to rise. The data released by @CDCgov show our communities need resources, funding, and solutions, not more empty promises from President Trump." Sen.Patty Murray
March 13, 2018 Cantwell Confronts Secretary Zinke On Failure Of Leadership At Interior Sen.Maria Cantwell
March 12, 2018 Tweet - "New data from @CDCgov makes the scale of the opioid epidemic tragically clear, yet President Trump has taken no meaningful steps to fulfill his promise to tackle this crisis." Sen.Patty Murray
March 12, 2018 Letter to Scott Pruit, Environmental Protection Administrator - 28 Senators to EPA: Don't Weaken Rules Protecting Workers & Children from Toxic Pesticides Sen.Patty Murray, ...
March 12, 2018 Newhouse Applauds Premera's Investment in Community Health Care Rep.Dan Newhouse
March 12, 2018 Tweet - ".@CDCgov finds the opioid epidemic is continuing to worsen as President Trump's empty promise to combat the crisis remains unmatched by serious action from his Administration." Sen.Patty Murray
March 11, 2018 Tweet - "Women who speak up for their rights aren't going away. Democrats aren't going away. And we will continue to reject, loud and clear, the partisan, ideological Trump-Pence agenda that hurts women and families." Sen.Patty Murray
March 10, 2018 Tweet - ".@SenatorBaldwin understands hurdles pre-existing conditions can pose for families seeking health care because she has faced them herself. I'm proud to work w/ her to defend protections that prevent discrimination against those w/ pre-existing conditions." Sen.Patty Murray
March 10, 2018 Tweet - "ICYMI: The Trump Administration threw a wrench in bipartisan talks on health care, to cater to their far-right ideological base by asking to expand restrictions on women's access to safe, legal abortion." Sen.Patty Murray
March 10, 2018 Tweet - "Without protections for pre-existing conditions, patients could be forced to make the tough decision between forgoing treatment and taking on crippling medical debt. Thank you @SenatorBaldwin for sharing your personal story about why this is so important." Sen.Patty Murray
March 9, 2018 Tweet - "While we know President Trump isn't planning to end this ideological agenda to roll back women's health and rights--we also know that people across the country won't stop resisting every single backwards step he tries to take." Sen.Patty Murray
March 9, 2018 Tweet - "From opioid funding to finding solutions to help lower health care costs for patients--there are so many things House Republicans should be working with us to find solutions on. Instead, they're once again trying to turn the clock back on women's health." Sen.Patty Murray
March 8, 2018 Ellison Becomes Lead House Sponsor of Medicare For All Rep.Pramila Jayapal, ...
March 8, 2018 Hearing of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee - Opening Statement of Sen. Patty Murray, Hearing on Opioid Crisis Sen.Patty Murray
March 8, 2018 Tweet - "We've heard how helpful it is in fighting the opioid crisis when state data systems can talk to each other--we need to make sure our people are talking too. Not only good data, but good ideas should be shared." Sen.Patty Murray
March 8, 2018 Letter to the Hon Thad Cochran, Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, the Hon Patrick Leahy, Vice Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, the Hon Roy Blunt, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Labor, HHS, Education and Related Agencies and the Senate Appropriations Committee, and the Hon Patty Murray, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Labor, HHS, Education and Related Agencies and the Senate Appropriations Committee - Senator Cantwell, Colleagues Call for Increased Investment in Student Health, Safety Sen.Maria Cantwell, ...
March 7, 2018 Letter to the Hon Thad Cochran, Chairman of the Committee of Appropriations, and the Hon Patrick Leahy, Ranking Member of the Committee on Appropriations - Senator Cantwell Pushes for Additional Funding to Combat Opioid Crisis, Support Treatment Efforts in Indian Country Sen.Maria Cantwell, ...
March 5, 2018 Tweet - "Standing w/ the people making their voices heard during & prior to tonight's public @Interior mtg in Olympia. Offshore oil & gas drilling could cause irreparable damage to our state's environment & fishing industries, & it has no place in our coastal waters. #ProtectOurCoasts" Sen.Patty Murray
March 5, 2018 Tweet - "Instead of enforcing patient protections and helping families get the care they need, President Trump is greenlighting junk plans that let companies skirt the law." Sen.Patty Murray
March 5, 2018 Tweet - "For years, Washingtonians have not wavered--we don't want the risks posed by harmful offshore oil & drilling to our environment, economy & cultural landmarks. Hoping @SecretaryZinke finally hears this message loud & clear at tonight's public forum in Olympia. #ProtectOurCoasts" Sen.Patty Murray
March 5, 2018 Tweet - "Washingtonians don't take our healthy coasts for granted--a reminder of what's at stake in @Interior's misguided decision to open up WA's coastal waters to harmful offshore oil & gas drilling: https://twitter.com/PattyMurray/moments … #ProtectOurCoasts" Sen.Patty Murray
March 5, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Rex Tillerson, Secretary of State - Senators Murray, Cantwell Join Colleagues to Demand State Department Explain Censorship of Human Rights Report Sen.Patty Murray, ...
March 5, 2018 Tweet - "Patients across the country have been clear, they don't want sabotage, they want solutions. Republicans need to work with Democrats on driving down costs and working to repair President Trump's damage to our health care." Sen.Patty Murray
March 1, 2018 Letter to the Honorable Rodney P. Frelinghuysen and the Honorable Nita Lowey, Committee on Appropriations Chairman and Ranking Member, and the Honorable Tom Cole and Rosa DeLauro, House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, HHS, and Education - Increased Research Funding Rep.Suzan DelBene, ...
March 1, 2018 Letter to Mark T. Bertolini, CEO, Aetna Inc. - Demand Answers from Aetna Over Denied Health Claims Sen.Patty Murray, ...
March 1, 2018 Tweet - "Patients deserve an explanation from Aetna about these alarming reports. It is unacceptable that a patient would have coverage denied because of their insurer's carelessness." Sen.Patty Murray
March 1, 2018 Senator Murray Demands Resignation of Scott Lloyd Following Ideological "Ad Hoc" Efforts to Deny Women Reproductive Rights Sen.Patty Murray
March 1, 2018 Tweet - "No patient should be wrongly denied coverage for care they need just because their insurance provider couldn't bother to carefully review a claim." Sen.Patty Murray
March 1, 2018 Tweet - "The Trump-Pence Administration should not be denying young women their reproductive rights or limiting access to safe, legal abortion through an "ad hoc" process--or through any process for that matter. ORR Director Scott Lloyd has got to go." Sen.Patty Murray
March 1, 2018 Tweet - "Scott Lloyd and his "ad hoc" process of denying women reproductive rights are a threat to the young women his office is supposed to care for. He needs to resign immediately." Sen.Patty Murray
Feb. 28, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Donald J. Trump, President of the United States - Don't give Pharma a handout in NAFTA negotiations Rep.Pramila Jayapal, ...
Feb. 28, 2018 Hearing of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee - Opening Statement of Sen. Patty Murray, Executive Session, Bipartisan Legislation Sen.Patty Murray
Feb. 28, 2018 Tweet - ".@VP, no politician has any business interfering with women's decisions about their own bodies, and you can be sure women across the country will fight each and every day against efforts to turn back the clock on our constitutional rights in our country." Sen.Patty Murray
Feb. 28, 2018 Vice President Pence Predicts End of Safe Legal Abortion in U.S.; Senator Murray Says "Not On My Watch" Sen.Patty Murray
Feb. 28, 2018 Tweet - "Not on my watch. In the 21st century, a woman's freedom to make the health care choices that are right for her and her family--including access to safe, legal abortion--should not be up for debate." Sen.Patty Murray
Feb. 27, 2018 Cantwell, Portman & Bipartisan Senators Introduce Comprehensive Bill to Bolster Fight against Opioid Epidemic Sen.Maria Cantwell
Feb. 27, 2018 Portman, Whitehouse, Capito, Klobuchar, Sullivan, Hassan, Cassidy & Cantwell Introduce CARA 2.0 Act Sen.Maria Cantwell, ...
Feb. 27, 2018 Letter to the Hon. Alex Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services - Murray Asks for Details of Department's Plan to Prioritize Gun Violence Research Sen.Patty Murray
Feb. 27, 2018 Hearing of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pension Committee - Opening Statement of Sen. Murray, Hearing on The Opioid Crisis: The Role of Technology and Data in Preventing and Treating Addiction Sen.Patty Murray
Feb. 27, 2018 Ranking Members Grijalva, Cantwell Press Zinke on DOI Committee's Recommended Cut to Offshore Drilling Royalties Sen.Maria Cantwell, ...
Feb. 26, 2018 Letter to Alex Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services - Push To Protect Patients From Discrimination Rep.Suzan DelBene, ...
Feb. 26, 2018 Murray on New Evidence Trump's Health Care Sabotage is Raising Families' Costs Sen.Patty Murray
Feb. 23, 2018 Tweet - "When it comes to the opioid epidemic, anyone who thinks it isn't impacting their community just isn't listening. This is hurting people and families across the country." Sen.Patty Murray
Feb. 22, 2018 Merkley, Joyce Announce Introduction of Bipartisan Legislation to Make Hospitals Safer for Nurses and Patients Rep.Suzan DelBene, ...
Feb. 22, 2018 Letter to Dean Cameron, Director of Idaho's Department of Insurance - Democratic Health Leaders Demand Explanation on Idaho's Illegal Junk Plans Sen.Patty Murray, ...
Feb. 21, 2018 Tweet - "President Trump's latest move will help insurance companies skirt the rules to boost their profits, while raising costs for many patients and leaving others with junk plans that don't protect them when they need it. " Sen.Patty Murray
Feb. 20, 2018 Senator Murray: President Trump's "Junk Plans" Rule Helps Insurance Companies; Raises Patients' Costs Sen.Patty Murray
Feb. 15, 2018 Murray: Illegal Idaho Junk Plans Make Clear Republicans and Democrats Need to Come Together; Focus on Lowering Health Costs Sen.Patty Murray
Feb. 15, 2018 Cantwell, Harris Introduce Bill to Combat Opioid Epidemic, Hold Manufacturers Accountable for Negligent, Misleading Practices Over 1,000 Washingtonians died of opioid or heroin overdoses in 2016; more than 300,000 Americans have died since 2000 Sen.Maria Cantwell
Feb. 15, 2018 Cantwell Blasts Trump Administration, Health Secretary for Proposed Budget Cuts to Medicaid, Medical Education Sen.Maria Cantwell
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