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News Releases

Local News:
Patty in the Olympic Peninsula

Photo Gallery:
Patty Working for the Olympic Peninsula

Senator Murray at the Mason County Leaders Forum.
Senator Murray at the Mason County Leaders Forum.
- January 24, 2003
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News Releases

Note: The following news releases include topics that affect the entire state such as homeland security, northern border, pipeline safety, and economy.

10/26/2006
FEMA Gives Final Green Light to Grays Harbor Biodiesel Plant; Construction Now Set to Begin

7/20/2006
Sen. Murray Secures Over $6 Million for OLYMPIC Transportation and Economic Development Priorities

7/20/2006
Murray Secures $100,000 for OLYMPIA Area Workforce Development Program

12/6/2005
Senator Murray Announces Funding to Expand the Port of Olympia and Boost Economic Growth

11/18/2005
Murray Secures $18 million for OLYMPIC PENINSULA Transportation Priorities

9/8/2005
Murray Helps Move Higher Education Act through Senate Committee

7/28/2005
Murray, Cantwell, Dicks Announce $ 22.85 million in for the 6th Legislative District’s Priorities in Surface Transportation Bill

9/30/2004
Senator Murray Announces $175,000 for Vital Health Care in Gray's Harbor, Lewis, Mason, Pacific, and Thurston Counties

7/7/2004
Senator Murray Helps Celebrate New Telecommunications Technology in Forks

7/7/2004
PHOTO: Celebrating New Telecommunications Technology in Forks

4/16/2004
Murray Secures Millions in New Funding for Safer, More Efficient Transportation on Tribal Lands

3/15/2004
Senator Murray Meets with Olympia Seniors, Explains New Medicare Prescription Drug Law, and Answers Questions

1/21/2004
PHOTO: Meeting with Health Care Advocates for the Uninsured

1/15/2004
PHOTO: Murray Visits with Seniors in Hoquiam

1/15/2004
PHOTO: Murray Visits Aberdeen Firefighters

9/25/2003
PHOTO: Meeting with Tribal Representatives

9/4/2003
Murray Secures Funding for the Olympic Peninsula Transportation Priorities in Senate Appropriations Bill

8/5/2003
PHOTO: Meeting with Head Start Directors

7/10/2003
Murray Announces Funding for Washington State Firefighters

2/13/2003
Murray, Cantwell, Dicks Eliminate $3 INS Fee for Passenger Ferries

1/24/2003
PHOTO: Mason County Leaders Forum

10/3/2002
PHOTO: Senator Murray meets with members of the Makah Nation, including Chairman Gordon Smith.

8/9/2002
Murray Commissions Coast Guard Cutter in Port Angeles

8/9/2002
PHOTO: Expanding Small Business and Technology

8/9/2002
PHOTO: Expanding Small Business and Technology

8/9/2002
PHOTO: Rolling Out Telecom Access

8/9/2002
PHOTO: Rolling Out Telecom Access

8/9/2002
PHOTO: Addressing Tribal Issues

8/9/2002
PHOTO: Murray hears from members of the Quileute Tribe

7/24/2002
Senator Murray Secures Funding for Olympic Peninsula Transportation Priorities

7/2/2002
Murray Announces New Assets for Port Angeles Coast Guard Station

9/28/2001
Senator Murray Announces $1.5 Million to Ease Groundfish Crisis in Washington State

7/23/2001
Senator Patty Murray Announces Funding for Washington Firefighters

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Local News: Patty in the Olympic Peninsula

‘Check is in the mail,’ Sen. Murray says

U.S. Sen. Patty Murray was in Port Townsend on Monday as part of a series of Olympic Peninsula visits spotlighting federal funding which she helped secure.

- The Port Townsend Leader - November 30, 2005

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County worries about Head Start; critics of federal overhaul say changes endanger program

“Thurston County officials are worried about what will happen to their programs after the House narrowly voted Friday to overhaul Head Start.”

“Their best hope might be that the legislation faces a rocky future in the Senate.”

- The Olympian - July 26, 2003

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Aberdeen gets $1000,000 federal grant

“Under pressure from Sen. Patty Murray, the federal Department of Transportation awarded the City of Aberdeen a $100,000 federal grant to help fund the ongoing downtown revitalization effort.”

- Aberdeen Daily World - June 16, 2003

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