During the campaign, Murray has defended the Biden administration’s accomplishments, including the COVID-19 aid package passed last year that helped fund schools, emergency responders, rent relief and other needs amid the global pandemic. Murray has likewise touted the Inflation Reduction Act, which passed this summer. That legislation includes the largest package in congressional history to fight climate change, as well as provisions that lower the cost of prescriptions drugs and health care costs for many.
Murray currently chairs the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee and also has a senior perch on the Appropriations Committee. A member of Democratic leadership, Murray has vowed to protect abortion rights in the
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