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Vice Chair — Senate Committee on Appropriations
Patty Murray is a Democratic senator from Washington who has served in the Senate since 1993. Her official biography describes earlier service on the Shoreline School Board and in the Washington State Senate before her 1992 election to the U.S. Senate.
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Patty Murray is a Democratic senator from Washington who has served in the Senate since 1993. Her official biography describes earlier service on the Shoreline School Board and in the Washington State Senate before her 1992 election to the U.S. Senate.
Open biography & office record ↓Patty Murray is a Democratic senator from Washington who has served in the Senate since 1993. Her official biography describes earlier service on the Shoreline School Board and in the Washington State Senate before her 1992 election to the U.S. Senate.
The Senate Appropriations Committee lists Murray as vice chair. Her official biography notes prior service as chair of Appropriations, chair of the Budget Committee, chair of the Veterans’ Affairs Committee and chair of the HELP Committee, as well as service as President pro tempore.
Congress.gov records Murray as sponsor of S.3865 in the 119th Congress, a bill addressing employment discrimination and harassment. This site treats that sponsorship and her appropriations leadership as public/editorial record unless a specific factual claim separately warrants review.
Murray sponsored the 119th-Congress bill introduced February 12, 2026.
