Patty Murray's push to fund nutrition and child care
As Democratic U.S. Sen. Patty Murray works on writing a budget for the entire country, she’s keeping two issues affecting kids here in Washington top-of-mind: nutrition and child care.
Both issues have been priorities for her since she took office 31 years ago. During a visit to Olympia on Wednesday, the Senate Appropriations Committee chair – and resident senator in tennis shoes – talked about her efforts to use her powerful position to make sure they’re funded.
Murray is now the longest-serving Democratic senator and third in line for the presidency as the Senate president pro tempore.
She spent her time this week in the state capitol talking with state lawmakers about what support they might need from the federal government and posing with the new Billy Frank Jr. model statue, which will be placed in the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., once it’s finished.
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