Quotes by Patty Murray

“I am pro choice, I believe everyone should have the right to decide for themselves.”

“We all know that Washington families are making a tremendous commitment to winning the War on Terror. Tonight, more than 22,000 Washington state soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines are risking their lives under hostile fire in Iraq, Afghanistan and around the globe.”

“The Presidents plan to privatize Social Security would actually take away guaranteed benefits and put the promise of a secure retirement in jeopardy.”

“I believe Americas aerospace industry is gravely threatened by the aggressive subsidies and support that Europe showers on its domestic industry. Our workers and our economy will pay a high price if we dont wake up to this threat and take action.”

“We havent been out in many of these countries helping them build infrastructure. How would they look at us today if we had been there helping them with some of that, rather than just being the people who are going to bomb in Iraq and go to Afghanistan?”

“We hope to get some bigger donations of money and materials, like lights, fence, etc., now that folks know we are really going through with building the park,”

“All are considered money and all goes toward the grant,”

“Kids need something in this town to do,”

“The biggest donor gets to name the park,”

“Im outraged, disgusted, furious; Im running out of words to express how upset I am,”

Good education means learning to read, write and most importantly learn how to learn so that you can be whatever you want to be when you grow up.

I think whats been lacking from our discussion for a long time is really that other part of what a Budget chair does, which is set the priorities for this country in terms of making sure we invest in the right places, in education, in job training, and to make sure we do a balanced approach moving forward.

Violence is a problem we all want to solve. I want to make sure that kids learn to deal with anger by learning how to talk with people to solve problems. Here in the United States Senate I want to make sure we have safe schools, safe neighborhoods and good things for kids to do after school!