Trump nominee floors senator at FDA hearing: 'Birth control is not an abortion'President Donald Trump's pick to run the Food and Drug Administration left Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) briefly speechless by declining to say whether an intrauterine device causes an abortion.Heidi Overton, a physician and White House domestic policy adviser, appeared before the Senate Health, Educatio...Raw Story13d agoWhole story →HealthGovernmentPatty Murrayfda commissioner hearing
Key senators reject White House proposal on NIH grantsSens. Susan Collins and Patty Murray are rejecting efforts by the Trump administration to give the White House control of National Institutes of Health grant funding.PBS News17d agoWhole story →HealthGovernmentPatty Murraynih grant funding dispute
Trump calls his new FDA pick 'Dr. Heidi.' Patty Murray calls her a 'far-right, anti-abortion extremist'Heidi Overton has been critical of abortion pills and, if confirmed, would be positioned to roll back FDA rules that made them more accessible.Fortune2mo agoWhole story →HealthPatty Murrayfda nomination controversy
Senate Dems Push Back on Oil Reserve PlanSens. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., and Patty Murray, D-Wash., sent a letter Wednesday to Energy Secretary Chris Wright demanding that the Department of Energy halt efforts to establish a regional emergency oil reserve on the West Coast until Congress authorizes such a move.Newsmax4mo agoWhole story →PlanetGovernmentPatty MurrayAlex Padillawest coast oil reserve plan
Exclusive: West Coast emergency oil reserve sparks pushback from Senate DemocratsBy Matt Egan, CNN (CNN) — A pair of Senate Democrats are calling for the Trump administration to abandon efforts to build a West Coast emergency oil reserve. In a letter dated Wednesday to Energy Secretary Chris Wright, Sens. Alex Padilla and Patty Murray warn that establishing a West Coast Strategic Petroleum Reserve this fiscalABC17News.com4mo agoWhole story →PlanetGovernmentPatty MurrayAlex Padillawest coast oil reserve proposal
