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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.

10/8/2008
Meeting with Veterans and Advocates in Clallam County

7/31/2008
Murray, Larsen Introduce Legislation to Renew and Expand Conservation Efforts in the Northwest Straits

7/10/2008
Senator Murray Delivers Millions for Olympic Peninsula Transportation Projects

7/10/2008
Senator Murray Delivers More Than $2.35 Million for Olympia Area Transportation Projects

7/8/2008
Senator Murray Includes $2.2 Million for Flood Control Projects in Areas Devastated by December 2007 Flooding

6/26/2008
Olympia: Senator Murray Includes Funding for Health Care, Workforce Programs in Senate Spending Bill

6/26/2008
Peninsula: Senator Murray Includes $1.15 Million for Port Angeles Education and Health Care Projects in Senate Spending Bill

6/25/2008
Senator Murray Passes Legislation to Name the Port Angeles Federal Building in Honor of PFC Richard B. Anderson

6/19/2008
Northwest Straits: Murray Provides $1.6 Million for Northwest Straits Marine Conservation Initiative

6/6/2008
Senator Patty Murray Statement on Obstruction of Climate Change Legislation in U.S. Senate

5/7/2008
Murray Announces Over $64 Million for WA's Flood Damaged Roads in Senate Emergency Supplemental Bill

2/5/2008
Murray Decries Bush Cuts to Emergency Preparedness Grants, Vows to Restore Critical Funding

12/17/2007
Murray Makes Olympic Peninsula Projects a Priority in Federal Spending Bill

12/17/2007
Murray Makes Grays Harbor and Pacific County Projects a Priority in Federal Spending Bill

9/12/2007
OLYMPIC PENINSULA: Murray Announces $8 Million in Job-Creating Defense Contracts for Peninsula Communities in the FY08 Defense Appropriations Bill

9/12/2007
NORTHWEST WASHINGTON: Murray Announces $6 Million in Job-Creating Defense Contracts for Northwest Washington in the FY08 Defense Appropriations Bill

7/19/2007
Murray Announces $35 million to Repair Storm Damaged Roads

7/12/2007
Murray Adds $200,000 for Transportation and Community Development Priorities in Grays Harbor and Pacific Counties

7/12/2007
Olympic Peninsula: Murray Adds $2.7 Million for Transportation and Community Development Priorities in Olympic Peninsula

6/28/2007
PORT ANGELES: Murray Provides $500,000 for Salmon Restoration in the Lower Elwha River

6/20/2007
5 Pacific Mountain Counties Win $5 Million to Transform the Regional Economy and Build a Skilled, Innovative Workforce

3/23/2007
Fixing Flood-Damaged Roads: Senator Murray Includes $35.9 Million in Senate Bill to Repair Damaged Highways and Roads

11/22/2006
Flooding: Senators Murray and Cantwell Urge FEMA Director to Quickly Approve Governor’s Request for Federal Assistance

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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