Patty in the News

  • Lahood says Murray made the ‘right vote’ for the economy

    September 9, 2010

    Scott Gutierrez
    U.S. Transportation secretary Ray LaHood said Wednesday that Democratic Sen. Patty Murray made a "tough vote" but the "right vote to put people back to work" with the Obama administration's stimulus bill last year.

    - SeattlePI
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  • Bellevue firm gets $30 million energy grant

    September 9, 2010

    Bellevue-based Ramgen Power Systems will receive a $30 million grant from the Department of Energy to further develop the company's Supersonic Shock Wave Compression and Engine Technology.

    - Bellevue Reporter
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  • Historic Vancouver waterfront project begins

    September 8, 2010

    Andrea Damewood
    Years of debating and planning came to an end Wednesday when golden shovels dug into the soil of the biggest development project in Vancouver’s history. Elected officials including Sen. Patty Murray, Congressman Brian Baird and Vancouver Mayor Tim Leavitt broke ground on the $44.6 million waterfront access project.

    - The Columbian
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  • Senator Murray Tours Alcoa Facility

    September 1, 2010

    Dillon Honcoop
    U.S. Senator Patty Murray visited Whatcom County yesterday, touring Alcoa Intalco Works near Ferndale. Murray touted her work with the US Department of Energy to help broker a deal with the Bonneville Power Administration to lower energy rates and keep the aluminum smelter operating.

    - KGMI
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  • Murray’s visit to Vancouver puts focus on veterans issues

    August 27, 2010

    Tom Vogt
    Randall Smith spent years on the street as a homeless veteran. When he finally got a place to live, “I purposely rented a three-bedroom home,” he said. Smith wanted to be able to help other veterans make that same transition to a stable life.

    - The Columbian
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  • Jobless Veterans Share Struggles with Patty Murray

    August 26, 2010

    Steven Gardner
    U.S. Sen. Patty Murray continued her series of conversations with the state’s veterans in Navy Yard City on Thursday before making a campaign stop in Bremerton. The three-term Democratic senator met with five veterans who have found it difficult to find work after military service, and with others trying to help them make the jump.

    - Kistsap Sun
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  • Turner talks small business with President Obama

    August 17, 2010

    Maddie Dickerson
    Peninsula resident Tiffany Turner was one of three Washington small business owners who met with President Barack Obama Tuesday morning for a round table discussion at Grand Central Bakery in Pioneer Square, Seattle. In a brief interview shortly after the meeting, Turner said excitedly, "It was crazy!" Turner and her husband Brady own the Inn at Discovery Coast in Long Beach.

    - Chinook Observer
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  • Business owners agree: Loans tough to come by

    August 12, 2010

    Mike Benbow
    Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., met with four local business owners Wednesday whose efforts to grow their businesses have been stymied by banks that won't loan them money. Murray was there to say she has one answer to the problem -- a Senate bill that would provide $30 billion to community banks to loan to small businesses. The bill has been stalled in the Senate in a partisan stalemate, and it will be at least until September before Congress can act.

    - Everett Herald
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  • Murray, Cantwell tout $30 billion small business lending bill

    August 10, 2010

    Jim Brunner
    Washington's U.S. Senators Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell held a news conference this morning at Wallingford's Tutta Bella pizzeria to talk up the small-business lending bill Democrats are trying to push through the Senate. The Small Business Jobs Act would create a $30 billion fund for community banks to lend to small businesses. It would also increase limits on existing Small Business Administration (SBA) loans and give small businesses additional federal tax breaks. Supporters say the proposal, which passed the House in June, would free up credit frozen for many worthy small businesses.

    - Seattle Times
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  • Murray: Vote means ‘teachers going back to work

    August 5, 2010

    Joel Connelly
    As the U.S. Senate cut off a Republican filibuster and cleared for passage a $26 billion aid package to states, Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., declared: "This is not politics. This is teachers going back to work." House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she would call the U.S. House of Representatives back from its summer recess to vote final approval for the legislation. Murray cheered the move, saying: "We can't wait until September.

    - SeattlePI.com
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