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 sits on the following committees: Appropriations, where she chairs the Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development and Related Agencies; Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, where she chairs the Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety; Budget; Rules and Administration; and the Joint Committee on Printing. The following is from the July 27, 2010, Senate floor debate on S….