Jan 31, 2025 · Washington, DC — Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Senate Appropriations Committee Vice Chair and Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development Ranking Member, and Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (D-OH-09), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, wrote a letter to the Acting Secretary of the ...

Senator Murray is honored to be a voice for Washington state in the U.S. Senate. Write to Patty to share your thoughts and experiences in your community, throughout the state, or across the country.

Major General Galen Jackman briefs Senator Patty Murray on the Manned Ground Vehicle program in Washington, D.C. In October 2002, Murray was one of 21 Democrats in the Senate to vote against the War Authorization for invading Iraq .

Patty recently served as Chair of the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee and made history as the first woman ever to serve as President Pro Tempore of the Senate.

Jan 29, 2025 · Patty Murray is an American politician who was elected as a Democrat to the U.S. Senate in 1992 and began representing Washington the following year. Murray was the first female senator from the state, and she later became the first woman to serve as president pro tempore of the Senate (2023– ).

Murray emerged as the “mom in tennis shoes.” Born October 11, 1950, in Bothell, Washington, Patty Murray grew up as one of seven children. She graduated from Washington State University in 1972. Murray started her professional career as a teacher.

Sen. Patty Murray [D-WA, 1993-2028] sits on the following committees: Senate Committee on Appropriations Ranking Member; Senate Committee on the Budget; Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions; Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs; Enacted Legislation. Murray was the primary sponsor of 41 bills that were enacted. The most ...

1 day ago · Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) joined Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and fellow Democratic Sens. Ron Wyden (Ore.) and Elizabeth Warren (Mass.) to address concerns over Elon Musk and ...

Jan 4, 2023 · Washington Democrat Patty Murray has become the first female president pro tempore of the Senate. That senior member of the majority party acts as Senate president when the vice president cannot be present.

Jan 5, 2023 · Washington state Democrat Patty Murray is the first woman to become president pro tempore of the Senate, which will put her third in line to the presidency.