Patty in the News
New bill aims to link students with job skills
Jul 29 2009
Andrea James
Federal lawmakers have introduced a new bill in Congress that would give federal grants to states to put toward linking up students with training for specific industries in need of skilled workers. U.S. Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., and Rep. John Tierney, D-Mass., sponsored the bill, called "The Providing Innovation to 21st Century Careers Act," that would help pay to provide student training.- Seattlepi.com
Retired Senior Chief Engineman Gerald E. Patterson, a Renton resident, is being recognized for heroic achievement while serving as leading engineman with Assault Craft Unit One (ACU-1) in Dong Ha Ramp, Republic of South Vietnam in 1967. “Senator Patty Murray and her staff were instrumental in making this award possible for Mr. Patterson,” Buchanan said.
– Whidbey News Times
– Whidbey News Times
Patty Murray: “Sound Transit’s light-rail grand opening shows region is on the right track”
Jul 16 2009
No one predicted the roller-coaster ride Sound Transit would face moving forward. But we refused to let our economic growth be held captive by either traffic or political gridlock. As an original supporter and the chairman of the Senate committee that oversees America's federal transportation funding, I advocated for Sound Transit in Washington, D.C. I secured $3 million in federal funding for the environmental and planning work that made Sound Transit eligible to apply for hundreds of millions of dollars in federal transit startup funds. But it wasn't easy.
– Seattle Times
– Seattle Times
Aaron Burkhalter
Dr. Grady Paden said the high demand for a Veterans Affairs outpatient clinic was clear back when a handful of nurses and doctors worked out of a mobile trailer in the Skagit Valley Hospital parking lot….So Paden and a small army of military veterans gathered with Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., and U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen, D-Everett, Thursday morning to dedicate the new Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic on the second and third floors of the Mount Vernon Medical Building- Skagit Valley Herald
Chris Henry
Insurance may be the most talked-about aspect of the national health-care reform movement, but without more workers in this field America’s health-care system will remain broken. That was the message U.S. Sen. Patty Murray gave Wednesday to a crowd of health-care professionals at Harrison Medical Center in Bremerton.- Kitsap Sun
Kimberly Hefling
"This must be just the beginning and not the end of the road to opening the VA to every veteran who serves," Murray said in a statement- Tri-City Herald
Les Blumenthal
After the Bellingham accident, Murray, D-Wash., shepherded a bill through Congress that cracked down on pipeline operators, tightened safety standards, increased fines, hired more inspectors and required better training.– The Seattle Times
Les Blumenthal
"This funding is absolutely critical," David Moseley, director of the state ferry division, said at a press conference of the federal money Washington would receive under Murray's legislation. "This will go a long ways in meeting the needs of the ferry system."- McClatchy Newspapers
Sara Schilling
"A lot of people are asking, 'How did the country get to this?' " she said, referring to the recession.Wall Street executives and other officials deserve blame, she said. But many Americans also have made uninformed financial choices, such as agreeing to mortgages they don't understand, Murray said.
- Tri-City Herald
Financial literacy is a sound investment
Washington Sen. Patty Murray chose Foster High School in Tukwila to announce her new legislation to promote financial literacy. Faculty and students are leading the way with programs to make the next generation better savers, investors and consumers.
Apr 10 2009
Murray's Financial and Economic Literacy Improvement Act of 2009 is an ambitious effort to teach the next generation — and their elders — how to better manage their finances. The legislation seeks to promote age-appropriate courses and activities for two levels of students: K-12 and in two- and four-year colleges. States would apply for grants totaling $250 million a year for five years.
- The Seattle Times
- The Seattle Times
