Honorable Patty Murray
United States Senator, Washington, Democrat
Senator Murray was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 1992. She was a member of the Shoreline (Washington) School Board from 1985 to 1989 and President from 1985 to 1986. She served in the Washington Senate from 1988 to 1992. She chairs the Veterans Affairs Committee, serves on the following committees: Appropriations, where she chairs the Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies; Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions; Budget; Rules and Administration; and the Joint Committee on Printing. The following is from the March 1, 2012, Senate floor debate on the Blunt Amendment to S. 1813,…
