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Feb. 9, 2022 Tweet - "It's the law for insurers to cover birth control without out of pocket costs--and yet too many women are still forced to jump through hoops or pay extra. The steps by the Biden Admin to right this wrong are helpful, but there's still more work ahead." Sen. Patty Murray
Feb. 8, 2022 Tweet - "*GOOD* news for reproductive health care. This decision to uphold the Biden Admin's #TitleX rule is a big win to protect patients' ability to get the reproductive health care they need from providers they trust." Sen. Patty Murray
Feb. 7, 2022 Tweet - "The majority of Americans support #RoeVWade and don't want to see it overturned--they want a country where everyone can control their own bodies and their own futures. That's what I'm fighting for. RT if you're with me." Sen. Patty Murray
Feb. 4, 2022 Tweet - "Birth control is essential health care--full stop--and I'm doing everything I can to make sure that patients can get it without barriers and without extra costs." Sen. Patty Murray
Jan. 28, 2022 Tweet - "The threat to #RoeVWade is real and anti-abortion laws in states across the country--like Texas--are already preventing patients from getting critical reproductive health care. We need to pass the Women's Health Protection Act." Sen. Patty Murray
Jan. 27, 2022 Tweet - "I look forward to working with @POTUS and my Senate colleagues to confirm the first Black woman to the Supreme Court as quickly as possible." Sen. Patty Murray
Jan. 27, 2022 Tweet - "Meta (re: Facebook & Instagram) has an apparent double standard when it comes to taking down digital ads on women's health but keeping up graphic, sexual content targeted at men--& it has to stop. Mark Zuckerberg--I want answers on why this is happening & what you'll do to fix it." Sen. Patty Murray
Jan. 26, 2022 Tweet - "Reproductive rights, including the right to an abortion, are under attack from every angle--and I'm fighting back by working to pass WHPA, make sure patients can get birth control, invest in Title X family planning centers, and more." Sen. Patty Murray
Jan. 22, 2022 Tweet - "Reproductive rights mean essential health care, like abortion, is affordable and easy to get for everyone--and that there aren't unnecessary or harmful barriers standing in the way. #ProtectReproRights" Sen. Patty Murray
Jan. 22, 2022 Tweet - "It's going to take all of us working together to #ProtectReproRights--& no action is too small: Share your story. Support local orgs helping patients get repro health care. Work to combat GOP misinformation. Fight to pass local and state laws protecting abortion rights." Sen. Patty Murray
Jan. 21, 2022 Tweet - "Reproductive rights mean *everyone* is able to make their own decisions about pregnancy and parenting--free from political interference--no matter where they live, how much money they have or who they are. #ProtectReproRights" Sen. Patty Murray
Jan. 21, 2022 Tweet - "Since 2019, the Trump Admin's cruel gag rule prevented WA state from getting Title X funds--but now that's changed. This funding is good news for our state & will help people get the reproductive health care they need from the providers they trust." Sen. Patty Murray
Jan. 20, 2022 Senator Murray Discusses Need to Protect Abortion Rights Ahead of Roe v. Wade Anniversary With Spokane Providers, Patients, and Advocates Sen. Patty Murray
Jan. 18, 2022 Tweet - "I'm fighting hard for a future where everyone can make their own decisions about pregnancy and parenting, and have control of their own bodies, lives, and future--free from political interference. That starts with passing the Women's Health Protection Act." Sen. Patty Murray
Jan. 16, 2022 Tweet - "Extreme Republicans shouldn't be involved in anyone's personal decisions about pregnancy and parenting. Period." Sen. Patty Murray
Jan. 14, 2022 Tweet - "The right to abortion. Easy-to-get, affordable birth control. All across the country, essential reproductive health care is under attack. I'm determined to act on the federal level to protect your ability to get the health care you want." Sen. Patty Murray
Jan. 12, 2022 Tweet - "New guidance out from the Biden Admin shows insurers they need to do what they're supposed to when it comes to covering birth control without costs or harmful, unnecessary hoops. This is a good first step to help ensure patients can get the reproductive health care they want." Sen. Patty Murray
Jan. 8, 2022 Tweet - "Whether or not you choose to get an abortion, use birth control, or get any type of essential reproductive health care should be up to you--and not the business of right-wing politicians who want to restrict people's ability to control their bodies and futures." Sen. Patty Murray
Jan. 2, 2022 Tweet - "The data show that getting vaccinated against COVID-19 while pregnant is safe, effective, and important. @CDCgov recommends pregnant people, who are at a higher risk of severe disease from COVID, get vaccinated." Sen. Patty Murray
Dec. 27, 2021 Tweet - "I won't sit back and let extreme Republicans continue chipping away at reproductive rights. We must do everything we can to protect the right to abortion, and that starts with passing WHPA." Sen. Patty Murray
Dec. 22, 2021 Tweet - "RT if you agree the Senate needs to pass the Women's Health Protection Act so everyone can get the abortion care they want and make their own decisions about pregnancy and parenting." Sen. Patty Murray
Dec. 16, 2021 Tweet - "Patients need certainty that they can get essential health care, like an abortion, when they need it. But for patients in TX, MS, and states across the country that isn't the case. We can--and must--fix this by passing the Women's Health Protection Act." Sen. Patty Murray
Dec. 16, 2021 Tweet - "Today @US_FDA is lifting some restrictions on medication abortion--which we know is safe and effective--and making it easier for some patients to exercise their right to abortion. That's good." Sen. Patty Murray
Dec. 11, 2021 Tweet - "We should be a country where everyone has full control of their decisions about pregnancy & parenting. Yesterday's Supreme Court decision reinforces what we already know: we need federal protections to ensure that's a reality. We need to pass the Women's Health Protection Act." Sen. Patty Murray
Dec. 10, 2021 Tweet - "Even though health insurance companies are legally required to cover birth control w/out cost-sharing, too many patients still can't get the birth control they need. I'm urging the Biden Admin to end these barriers for patients & take enforcement action if insurers don't comply." Sen. Patty Murray
Dec. 10, 2021 Tweet - "Today's SCOTUS decision means that this law, which is in clear violation of #RoeVWade & 50 years of precedent & deprives patients in TX of their constitutional right to abortion, is still in effect. And that is completely unacceptable--we must pass #WHPA." Sen. Patty Murray
Dec. 9, 2021 Letter to Hon. Xavier Becerra, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Hon. Martin J. Walsh, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Labor, and Hon. Janet Yellen, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Treasury - Sen. Patty Murray, ...
Dec. 8, 2021 Tweet - "Without #RoeVWade, millions of patients would no longer be able to get essential health care or make their own decisions about pregnancy and parenting. We must keep speaking out against that." Sen. Patty Murray
Dec. 8, 2021 Cantwell Secures Commitment from Department of Justice to Visit Washington State to Better Address Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Crisis Sen. Maria Cantwell
Dec. 7, 2021 Cantwell Commends Confirmation of Jessica Rosenworcel as First Woman to Lead Federal Communications Commission Sen. Maria Cantwell
Nov. 29, 2021 MENENDEZ, BOOKER, MURRAY, COLLEAGUES LEAD OVER 100 DEMOCRATS IN THE SENATE AND HOUSE IN INTRODUCING THE ACCESS TO BIRTH CONTROL ACT Sen. Patty Murray, ...
Nov. 23, 2021 Senator Murray, Over 100 Democrats Introduce the Access to Birth Control Act Sen. Patty Murray
Nov. 22, 2021 Tweet - "#BuildBackBetter will take long overdue steps to address our nation's shameful maternal health crisis by increasing access to maternal care, supporting maternal mental health, and building out the maternal care workforce." Sen. Patty Murray
Nov. 20, 2021 Tweet - "From getting birth control to seeking an abortion, people shouldn't have to face barriers to essential health care--period." Sen. Patty Murray
Nov. 4, 2021 Letter to the Hon. Joe Biden, President of the United States - Protect Afghan Women and Girls Sen. Patty Murray, ...
Nov. 2, 2021 Letter to Secretary Becerra - Reduce Barriers to Birth Control Rep. Marilyn Strickland, ...
Oct. 25, 2021 Strickland Amendment to Strengthen Workplace Equity for Women & Mothers Passes House Rep. Marilyn Strickland
Sept. 24, 2021 Cantwell Statement on House Passage of the Women's Health Protection Act Sen. Maria Cantwell
Sept. 7, 2021 Letter to Hon. Merrick Garland, Attorney General - Rep. Johnson Joins House Judiciary Democrats to Urge AG Garland to Use Full Force of DOJ to Combat Texas Abortion Ban Rep. Pramila Jayapal, ...
Aug. 17, 2021 Letter to Hon. Antony Blinken, Secretary of State; and Hon. Alejandro Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security - Senator Hassan, Colleagues Join Senators Shaheen, Menendez-Led Bipartisan Letter Urging Biden Administration to Protect Afghan Women Leaders in Wake of Taliban Takeover Sen. Patty Murray, ...
Aug. 17, 2021 Senators Murray and Cantwell Urge Biden Administration to Protect Afghan Women Leaders in Wake of Taliban Takeover in Afghanistan Sen. Patty Murray
Aug. 17, 2021 Senators Cantwell and Murray Urge Biden Administration to Protect Afghan Women Leaders in Wake of Taliban Takeover in Afghanistan Sen. Maria Cantwell
Aug. 17, 2021 Letter to Hon. Antony Blinken, Secretary of State; and Hon. Alejandro Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security - Shaheen, Menendez Lead Bipartisan Letter Urging Biden Administration to Protect Afghan Women Leaders in Wake of Taliban Takeover Sen. Maria Cantwell, ...
Aug. 17, 2021 Letter to Hon. Antony Blinken, Secretary of State and Hon. Alejandro Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security - Kaine Joins Menendez, Shaheen, & Senate Colleagues in Bipartisan Letter Urging Biden Admin to Protect Afghan Women Leaders in Wake of Taliban Takeover in Afghanistan Sen. Patty Murray, ...
Aug. 16, 2021 Letter to Hon. Antony Blinken, Secretary of State; and Hon. Alejandro Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security - Senators to Biden Administration: Protect Afghan Women Leaders in Wake of Taliban Takeover Sen. Patty Murray, ...
July 29, 2021 Nadler & Johnson Introduce Bipartisan, Bicameral Legislation to Hold Judiciary Accountable to Workers Sen. Patty Murray, ...
July 26, 2021 Senator Murray Reintroduces Legislation to Protect Women's Retirement Security Sen. Patty Murray
July 26, 2021 Duckworth And Durbin Join Murray And Underwood In Re-introducing Legislation To Protect Women's Retirement Security Sen. Patty Murray, ...
July 16, 2021 Letter to the Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House - Houlahan Leads Effort to Secure Paid Family Leave for Every Working American Rep. Adam Smith, ...
July 13, 2021 Capito, Cantwell Renew Push for Equal Pay for All USA Athletes Competing Internationally Sen. Maria Cantwell, ...
Date Title Politician
Feb. 9, 2022 Tweet - "It's the law for insurers to cover birth control without out of pocket costs--and yet too many women are still forced to jump through hoops or pay extra. The steps by the Biden Admin to right this wrong are helpful, but there's still more work ahead." Sen.Patty Murray
Feb. 8, 2022 Tweet - "*GOOD* news for reproductive health care. This decision to uphold the Biden Admin's #TitleX rule is a big win to protect patients' ability to get the reproductive health care they need from providers they trust." Sen.Patty Murray
Feb. 7, 2022 Tweet - "The majority of Americans support #RoeVWade and don't want to see it overturned--they want a country where everyone can control their own bodies and their own futures. That's what I'm fighting for. RT if you're with me." Sen.Patty Murray
Feb. 4, 2022 Tweet - "Birth control is essential health care--full stop--and I'm doing everything I can to make sure that patients can get it without barriers and without extra costs." Sen.Patty Murray
Jan. 28, 2022 Tweet - "The threat to #RoeVWade is real and anti-abortion laws in states across the country--like Texas--are already preventing patients from getting critical reproductive health care. We need to pass the Women's Health Protection Act." Sen.Patty Murray
Jan. 27, 2022 Tweet - "I look forward to working with @POTUS and my Senate colleagues to confirm the first Black woman to the Supreme Court as quickly as possible." Sen.Patty Murray
Jan. 27, 2022 Tweet - "Meta (re: Facebook & Instagram) has an apparent double standard when it comes to taking down digital ads on women's health but keeping up graphic, sexual content targeted at men--& it has to stop. Mark Zuckerberg--I want answers on why this is happening & what you'll do to fix it." Sen.Patty Murray
Jan. 26, 2022 Tweet - "Reproductive rights, including the right to an abortion, are under attack from every angle--and I'm fighting back by working to pass WHPA, make sure patients can get birth control, invest in Title X family planning centers, and more." Sen.Patty Murray
Jan. 22, 2022 Tweet - "Reproductive rights mean essential health care, like abortion, is affordable and easy to get for everyone--and that there aren't unnecessary or harmful barriers standing in the way. #ProtectReproRights" Sen.Patty Murray
Jan. 22, 2022 Tweet - "It's going to take all of us working together to #ProtectReproRights--& no action is too small: Share your story. Support local orgs helping patients get repro health care. Work to combat GOP misinformation. Fight to pass local and state laws protecting abortion rights." Sen.Patty Murray
Jan. 21, 2022 Tweet - "Reproductive rights mean *everyone* is able to make their own decisions about pregnancy and parenting--free from political interference--no matter where they live, how much money they have or who they are. #ProtectReproRights" Sen.Patty Murray
Jan. 21, 2022 Tweet - "Since 2019, the Trump Admin's cruel gag rule prevented WA state from getting Title X funds--but now that's changed. This funding is good news for our state & will help people get the reproductive health care they need from the providers they trust." Sen.Patty Murray
Jan. 20, 2022 Senator Murray Discusses Need to Protect Abortion Rights Ahead of Roe v. Wade Anniversary With Spokane Providers, Patients, and Advocates Sen.Patty Murray
Jan. 18, 2022 Tweet - "I'm fighting hard for a future where everyone can make their own decisions about pregnancy and parenting, and have control of their own bodies, lives, and future--free from political interference. That starts with passing the Women's Health Protection Act." Sen.Patty Murray
Jan. 16, 2022 Tweet - "Extreme Republicans shouldn't be involved in anyone's personal decisions about pregnancy and parenting. Period." Sen.Patty Murray
Jan. 14, 2022 Tweet - "The right to abortion. Easy-to-get, affordable birth control. All across the country, essential reproductive health care is under attack. I'm determined to act on the federal level to protect your ability to get the health care you want." Sen.Patty Murray
Jan. 12, 2022 Tweet - "New guidance out from the Biden Admin shows insurers they need to do what they're supposed to when it comes to covering birth control without costs or harmful, unnecessary hoops. This is a good first step to help ensure patients can get the reproductive health care they want." Sen.Patty Murray
Jan. 8, 2022 Tweet - "Whether or not you choose to get an abortion, use birth control, or get any type of essential reproductive health care should be up to you--and not the business of right-wing politicians who want to restrict people's ability to control their bodies and futures." Sen.Patty Murray
Jan. 2, 2022 Tweet - "The data show that getting vaccinated against COVID-19 while pregnant is safe, effective, and important. @CDCgov recommends pregnant people, who are at a higher risk of severe disease from COVID, get vaccinated." Sen.Patty Murray
Dec. 27, 2021 Tweet - "I won't sit back and let extreme Republicans continue chipping away at reproductive rights. We must do everything we can to protect the right to abortion, and that starts with passing WHPA." Sen.Patty Murray
Dec. 22, 2021 Tweet - "RT if you agree the Senate needs to pass the Women's Health Protection Act so everyone can get the abortion care they want and make their own decisions about pregnancy and parenting." Sen.Patty Murray
Dec. 16, 2021 Tweet - "Patients need certainty that they can get essential health care, like an abortion, when they need it. But for patients in TX, MS, and states across the country that isn't the case. We can--and must--fix this by passing the Women's Health Protection Act." Sen.Patty Murray
Dec. 16, 2021 Tweet - "Today @US_FDA is lifting some restrictions on medication abortion--which we know is safe and effective--and making it easier for some patients to exercise their right to abortion. That's good." Sen.Patty Murray
Dec. 11, 2021 Tweet - "We should be a country where everyone has full control of their decisions about pregnancy & parenting. Yesterday's Supreme Court decision reinforces what we already know: we need federal protections to ensure that's a reality. We need to pass the Women's Health Protection Act." Sen.Patty Murray
Dec. 10, 2021 Tweet - "Even though health insurance companies are legally required to cover birth control w/out cost-sharing, too many patients still can't get the birth control they need. I'm urging the Biden Admin to end these barriers for patients & take enforcement action if insurers don't comply." Sen.Patty Murray
Dec. 10, 2021 Tweet - "Today's SCOTUS decision means that this law, which is in clear violation of #RoeVWade & 50 years of precedent & deprives patients in TX of their constitutional right to abortion, is still in effect. And that is completely unacceptable--we must pass #WHPA." Sen.Patty Murray
Dec. 9, 2021 Letter to Hon. Xavier Becerra, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Hon. Martin J. Walsh, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Labor, and Hon. Janet Yellen, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Treasury - Sen.Patty Murray, ...
Dec. 8, 2021 Tweet - "Without #RoeVWade, millions of patients would no longer be able to get essential health care or make their own decisions about pregnancy and parenting. We must keep speaking out against that." Sen.Patty Murray
Dec. 8, 2021 Cantwell Secures Commitment from Department of Justice to Visit Washington State to Better Address Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Crisis Sen.Maria Cantwell
Dec. 7, 2021 Cantwell Commends Confirmation of Jessica Rosenworcel as First Woman to Lead Federal Communications Commission Sen.Maria Cantwell
Nov. 29, 2021 MENENDEZ, BOOKER, MURRAY, COLLEAGUES LEAD OVER 100 DEMOCRATS IN THE SENATE AND HOUSE IN INTRODUCING THE ACCESS TO BIRTH CONTROL ACT Sen.Patty Murray, ...
Nov. 23, 2021 Senator Murray, Over 100 Democrats Introduce the Access to Birth Control Act Sen.Patty Murray
Nov. 22, 2021 Tweet - "#BuildBackBetter will take long overdue steps to address our nation's shameful maternal health crisis by increasing access to maternal care, supporting maternal mental health, and building out the maternal care workforce." Sen.Patty Murray
Nov. 20, 2021 Tweet - "From getting birth control to seeking an abortion, people shouldn't have to face barriers to essential health care--period." Sen.Patty Murray
Nov. 4, 2021 Letter to the Hon. Joe Biden, President of the United States - Protect Afghan Women and Girls Sen.Patty Murray, ...
Nov. 2, 2021 Letter to Secretary Becerra - Reduce Barriers to Birth Control Rep.Marilyn Strickland, ...
Oct. 25, 2021 Strickland Amendment to Strengthen Workplace Equity for Women & Mothers Passes House Rep.Marilyn Strickland
Sept. 24, 2021 Cantwell Statement on House Passage of the Women's Health Protection Act Sen.Maria Cantwell
Sept. 7, 2021 Letter to Hon. Merrick Garland, Attorney General - Rep. Johnson Joins House Judiciary Democrats to Urge AG Garland to Use Full Force of DOJ to Combat Texas Abortion Ban Rep.Pramila Jayapal, ...
Aug. 17, 2021 Letter to Hon. Antony Blinken, Secretary of State; and Hon. Alejandro Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security - Senator Hassan, Colleagues Join Senators Shaheen, Menendez-Led Bipartisan Letter Urging Biden Administration to Protect Afghan Women Leaders in Wake of Taliban Takeover Sen.Patty Murray, ...
Aug. 17, 2021 Senators Murray and Cantwell Urge Biden Administration to Protect Afghan Women Leaders in Wake of Taliban Takeover in Afghanistan Sen.Patty Murray
Aug. 17, 2021 Senators Cantwell and Murray Urge Biden Administration to Protect Afghan Women Leaders in Wake of Taliban Takeover in Afghanistan Sen.Maria Cantwell
Aug. 17, 2021 Letter to Hon. Antony Blinken, Secretary of State; and Hon. Alejandro Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security - Shaheen, Menendez Lead Bipartisan Letter Urging Biden Administration to Protect Afghan Women Leaders in Wake of Taliban Takeover Sen.Maria Cantwell, ...
Aug. 17, 2021 Letter to Hon. Antony Blinken, Secretary of State and Hon. Alejandro Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security - Kaine Joins Menendez, Shaheen, & Senate Colleagues in Bipartisan Letter Urging Biden Admin to Protect Afghan Women Leaders in Wake of Taliban Takeover in Afghanistan Sen.Patty Murray, ...
Aug. 16, 2021 Letter to Hon. Antony Blinken, Secretary of State; and Hon. Alejandro Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security - Senators to Biden Administration: Protect Afghan Women Leaders in Wake of Taliban Takeover Sen.Patty Murray, ...
July 29, 2021 Nadler & Johnson Introduce Bipartisan, Bicameral Legislation to Hold Judiciary Accountable to Workers Sen.Patty Murray, ...
July 26, 2021 Senator Murray Reintroduces Legislation to Protect Women's Retirement Security Sen.Patty Murray
July 26, 2021 Duckworth And Durbin Join Murray And Underwood In Re-introducing Legislation To Protect Women's Retirement Security Sen.Patty Murray, ...
July 16, 2021 Letter to the Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House - Houlahan Leads Effort to Secure Paid Family Leave for Every Working American Rep.Adam Smith, ...
July 13, 2021 Capito, Cantwell Renew Push for Equal Pay for All USA Athletes Competing Internationally Sen.Maria Cantwell, ...
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