Energy

News Releases

12/22/2008
Murray, Cantwell Increased Investments in Long Neglected Energy Infrastructure in Economic Stimulus Proposal

12/15/2008
Murray Hails Nomination of Chu to Lead America's Energy Future, Discusses Responsibility to Cleanup Past Energy Projects

11/25/2008
Murray, Hastings Call on Washington State and Federal Agencies to Come Back to the Table on Hanford Cleanup

11/19/2008
Murray Urges Senate to Pass Economic Stimulus and Invest in Transportation Infrastructure, Create Jobs, and Help Struggling Families

11/19/2008
Senator Murray Helps Launch Investigation into Compensation Program for Ill Hanford Workers

10/9/2008
PHOTO: Supporting Work to Utilize Renewable Energy Resources

9/24/2008
Senator Murray Applauds Tax Breaks for Washington State Families and Clean Energy Production

8/25/2008
Murray Commends Secretary Kempthorne's Decision to Designate Hanford's B Reactor as a National Historic

8/22/2008
Murray Outlines Strong Support for B Reactor Historic Landmark Designation in Letter to Interior Secretary

7/22/2008
Senator Murray Applauds National Park System Advisory Board's Decision to Designate B Reactor for Landmark Status

7/19/2008
Murray, In Democratic Radio Address, Discusses Democrats' Short- And Long-Term Solutions To Energy Crisis

7/15/2008
Murray Speaks Out Against Bush Drilling Expansion Plan

7/15/2008
Murray, Hastings Press DOE for Answers on Hanford Mission Support Contract

7/15/2008
Murray Urges National Historic Landmark Designation for B Reactor

7/11/2008
Columbia Basin: Senator Murray Delivers Millions to Address Region's Water Issues

6/19/2008
Senator Murray Includes $25 Million for PNNL Relocation Project in Senate Spending Bill

6/10/2008
GAS PRICES: Senator Murray's Statement on Republican Obstruction of Consumer-First Energy Act

6/10/2008
PHOTO: Discussing the Democratic Bill to Reverse the President's Oil-Friendly Policies

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

5/22/2008
Senator Murray's Statement on Farm Bill Veto Override

4/30/2008
Murray Calls for Energy Policy that Favors Middle Class Families Not Big Oil Companies

4/10/2008
Senator Murray Presses Top Army Corps of Engineers Official about Centralia Flood Control Project

3/5/2008
Murray Cantwell Applaud Additional Funding for DOE Environmental Management Program and Hanford Cleanup

1/23/2008
Statement from Senator Murray and Congressman Hastings on DOE's PNNL Operating Contract Announcement

12/17/2007
Murray Makes King County Projects a Priority in Federal Spending Bill

12/17/2007
Murray Makes Pierce County Projects a Priority in Federal Spending Bill

12/17/2007
Murray Makes Northwest Washington Projects a Priority in Federal Spending Bill

12/17/2007
Murray Makes Tri-Cities Projects a Priority in Federal Spending Bill

12/17/2007
Murray Makes Eastern Washington Projects a Priority in Federal Spending Bill

12/17/2007
Murray Makes Southwest Washington Projects a Priority in Federal Spending Bill

12/13/2007
Statement by Senator Patty Murray on Senate Passage of the Energy Bill

11/8/2007
Murray: Senate Votes to Override the President's Veto of the Water Resources Development Act

11/2/2007
Senator Murray's Statement on the President's Veto of the Water Resources Development Act

10/25/2007
Joint Statement by Murray, Hastings and Dicks on Lack of Use Permit Provision in Draft PNNL Competition Contract

7/10/2007
Chairman Murray Moves $104.6 Billion Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Bill Forward

6/27/2007
Murray Secures $62 Million to Help PNNL Relocate 300 Area Facilities

6/26/2007
Murray Delivers $15 Million for Channel Deepening and $14.8 Million for Jetty Repair

6/26/2007
Murray Provides $700,000 in Funding for Skagit River Flood Control Study

6/26/2007
Senator Murray Secures Millions in Funding to Help Washington State Water Projects

6/26/2007
Senator Murray Provides $5 Million in Funding for Water Restoration Projects in Puget Sound and Green and Duwamish Rivers

6/26/2007
Murray Secures $3.55 Million to Help Pierce County Convert Landfill Emissions into Energy

6/26/2007
Murray Provides $800,000 in Funding for Electric Utility Transmission and Distribution Line Engineering Program

6/26/2007
Murray Secures over $1.96 Billion for Hanford Cleanup Priorities

6/22/2007
Statement by Senator Patty Murray on Senate Passage of the Energy Bill

6/21/2007
Lawmakers Press to Preserve PNNL Use Permit

6/14/2007
Senate Dems Show That Energy Efficient U.S. Families Spend $1,600 Less On Utilities And Gasoline, Bolster Case For Senate Energy Bill

6/13/2007
TRI-CITIES: Murray Advances $15 Million to Help PNNL Relocate 300 Area Facilities

6/4/2007
Northwest Senators Urge BPA, Utilities to Come Together, Preserve Affordable Power for Region

5/23/2007
Senator Murray's Wild Sky Legislation Passes Critical Hurdle, Now Heads for a Final Vote

5/16/2007
Senator Murray Helps Pass Bill to Protect and Improve Washington State's Water Resources

3/22/2007
Murray Puts $22.6 Million in Senate Bill to Repair Storm-Damaged Levees throughout Washington State

3/21/2007
Murray Presses DOE Official on Hanford Concerns

3/21/2007
PHOTO: Questioning DOE official in Charge of 300 Area Replacement

3/15/2007
Bipartisan Budget Language Inserted to Protect BPA Customers from Rate Hike

2/14/2007
Murray Votes for Joint Funding Resolution that Invests in Critical National Priorities

2/12/2007
Northwest Senators Fighting Proposal to Change Region's Electric Rates

1/23/2007
Statement of Senator Patty Murray on the President's State of the Union Address

1/9/2007
Senator Murray Discusses Her Priorities for the 110th Congress

1/4/2007
PHOTO: Murray Outlines Priorities for the 110th Congress

12/7/2006
Senator Murray Applauds Passage of Bill to Improve Pipeline Safety

10/26/2006
FEMA Gives Final Green Light to Grays Harbor Biodiesel Plant; Construction Now Set to Begin

8/18/2006
PHOTO: Supporting Alternative Energy

8/1/2006
Statement by Senator Murray on the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 (S.3711)

6/29/2006
Murray Announces $15 million for Channel Deepening and Millions More in New Funding for Channel Maintenance and Jetty Repair in Senate Bill

6/29/2006
Murray, Cantwell Secure Millions in Funding for Energy and Water Projects Across State

6/27/2006
Hanford: Senators Murray and Cantwell Secure Full Funding for Vit Plant in FY 2007 Subcommittee Budget

6/21/2006
Murray Joins Female Democratic Colleagues to Call for Change in Congressional Priorities

5/5/2006
Interior Endorses National Park Designation for Bainbridge Memorial

4/4/2006
Northwest Senators Win Provision to Halt Administration’s Planned Energy Rate Hike

2/7/2006
Murray, Cantwell Call for True Commitment to Hanford Cleanup

11/9/2005
Murray Announces $36 Million for PNNL

11/7/2005
Murray Announces Victory in Fight to Keep Ballard Locks Open

11/7/2005
Murray Secures Millions for Columbia River Channel Deepening, Jetty Repair, and Shallow-Water Ports

11/7/2005
Murray Disappointed by Cuts to Hanford Cleanup

9/13/2005
Murray Joins Senate Colleagues in Condemning New Administration Mercury Rules

7/29/2005
Murray Statement on Energy Bill

6/14/2005
Murray Saves Ballard Locks from Cutbacks

6/14/2005
Senator Murray Secures $1.5 Million for Study and Design of Elliot Bay Seawall Replacement

6/14/2005
Senator Murray Secures Over $2 Million for Ports of Chinook and Ilwaco

6/9/2005
Murray Secures Critical Funding for Clean Drinking Water in Clark County

3/10/2005
Pacific Northwest Delegation Defeats Rate Hike

3/10/2005
Senator Murray Fights Bush Administration Cuts to Hanford Nuclear Cleanup

3/10/2005
PHOTO: Murray Fights Cuts to Hanford Clean Up

2/10/2005
Murray Stands Up for Washington State Ratepayers

2/9/2005
Murray Fights Bush Plan to Double Electricity Costs for Washington Ratepayers

2/9/2005
PHOTO: Fighting for Washington Ratepayers

2/7/2005
Murray, Cantwell Blast Bush Administration Plan That Could Double Northwest Power Rates

1/19/2005
PHOTO: Murray Meets With Energy Secretary Nominee

10/8/2004
Murray Hails Progress for Ill Workers at Hanford

8/13/2004
Murray Applauds Bush Administration Support of Channel Deepening

6/16/2004
Senator Patty Murray Announces Progress for Ill Workers at Hanford

6/15/2004
PHOTO: Working for Pipeline Safety

6/15/2004
Senator Patty Murray's Remarks at the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation Oversight Hearing on Pipeline Safety

6/10/2004
Senator Patty Murray Joins Community Leaders to Mark the Fifth Anniversary of the Bellingham Pipeline Explosion

4/20/2004
PHOTO: Working to Fund the Columbia River Improvement Project

4/20/2004
PHOTO: Murray Questions Army Corps of Engineers Over WA Priorities

4/20/2004
Murray Questions Army Corps Officials Over Green / Duwamish Restoration Project

4/20/2004
Murray Stands Up for Columbia River Channel Deepening

12/15/2003
PHOTO: Supporting Innovative Renewable Energy Technologies

12/4/2003
Remarks by Senator Patty Murray to Washington PUD Association

11/21/2003
Statement by Senator Patty Murray on the Energy Bill

11/19/2003
Murray Secures Funding for Southwest Washington in Energy Bill

11/19/2003
Murray Announces Key Funding for Tri Cities in Final Energy & Water Spending Bill

11/5/2003
Murray Announces Great News for Clarkston Center

11/5/2003
Murray Secures $750,000 for Straw-to-Energy Project

9/22/2003
Murray Announces Good News for Clarkston Center

8/4/2003
Statement by Sen. Patty Murray on Passage of the Senate Energy Bill

8/4/2003
Statement from Sen. Patty Murray on the Retirement of Sen. Fritz Hollings

7/30/2003
Murray Stands Up for Washington Electricity Ratepayers in Energy Bill

6/11/2003
Murray Votes to Prevent Oil and Gas Exploration off Washington's Coast

5/27/2003
PHOTO: Murray Tours High Tech Company in Spokane

4/15/2003
PHOTO: Protecting Washington’s Energy

4/14/2003
PHOTO: Solar Energy in Friday Harbor

3/26/2003
Statement by Sen. Patty Murray on FERC Ignoring Northwest Energy Manipulation

3/19/2003
Remarks by Senator Murray Supporting an Amendment to Strike ANWR from the Budget Resolution

2/13/2003
Sen. Murray Helps Protect BPA Borrowing Authority In House-Senate Conference Report

1/23/2003
Senate Omnibus Bill Includes BPA Borrowing Authority

12/17/2002
Murray's Pipeline Safety Bill Signed Into Law

11/15/2002
Murray Statement on Congressional Passage of Pipeline Safety Legislation

11/13/2002
Murray-McCain Pipeline Safety Bill Passes Senate

10/8/2002
NTSB Findings Reinforce Need for Pipeline Safety Legislation

9/17/2002
Murray, DeFazio Question Federal Power Plan

7/23/2002
Murray Applauds House Passage of Pipeline Safety Legislation

6/19/2002
PHOTO: Senator Murray meets with Tom Karier of the Northwest Power Planning Council

5/31/2002
Statement from Sen. Murray on DoJ Suit Against Olympic Pipeline

5/28/2002
PHOTO: A Car that Runs on Bio-Diesel

5/23/2002
Murray Applauds Larsen Pipeline Safety Efforts

5/16/2002
Murray Commends Larsen for Pipeline Safety Efforts

5/7/2002
Murray Calls on FERC to Review Sluggish Actions to Protect Consumers

4/25/2002
Murray on Passage of the Senate Energy Bill

4/18/2002
Murray Helps Defeat Arctic Drilling

4/17/2002
Senator Murray Speaks Against Drilling in ANWR and Outlines Concerns with the Senate Energy Bill

4/16/2002
PHOTO: Focusing on Pipeline Safety

3/13/2002
Statement on Senate's Retreat from Auto Efficiency Standards

3/8/2002
Senate Passes Murray's Pipeline Safety Bill

1/1/2002
Senator Murray Secures a Record $190 Million for Washington State's Transportation Priorities

9/13/2001
Murray Reacts to Federal Grand Jury Ruling On Pipeline Tragedy

8/8/2001
Remarks on Energy and Transportation by U.S. Senator Patty Murray

8/3/2001
Murray Commends Larsen, Dunn On Bipartisan Pipeline Safety Effort

7/12/2001
Murray Delivers Record Pipeline Safety Funding in Senate Appropriations Bill

7/11/2001
Murray Helps Prevent Oil and Gas Drilling in the Hanford Reach National Monument

6/29/2001
Statement by Sen. Patty Murray on BPA Rate Announcement

6/20/2001
Murray Testifies on the Energy Crisis In Washington

6/18/2001
Statement by Senator Murray on FERC's Decision to Impose Energy Price Caps

6/7/2001
Statement by Senator Patty Murray on the Two Year Anniversary of the Bellingham Pipeline Explosion

5/17/2001
Senator Murray Responds to the Bush Energy Plan

5/16/2001
Murray Insists Administration Energy Plan Must Include Pipeline Safety Measures

5/9/2001
Murray Calls on White House to Include Comprehensive Pipeline Safety Measures in Energy Proposal

4/24/2001
Murray Co-Sponsors Bill to Impose Temporary Price Controls on Skyrocketing Energy Costs

4/19/2001
Murray Outlines Current and Future Energy Challenges in Major Address (Summary)

4/19/2001
Remarks by U.S. Senator Patty Murray on the Energy Crisis

4/16/2001
Murray Calls for Federal Action to Compensate Washington Ratepayers for Skyrocketing Energy Prices

4/2/2001
Statement by Patty Murray on the New Pipeline Safety "Spill Threshold"

3/26/2001
Murray Announces Senate Passage of Emergency Energy Relief

3/15/2001
Murray Calls for Fair Treatment of Overcharged Washington Utilities

9/7/2000
Summary of S.2438 - "The Pipeline Safety Improvement Act of 2000"

4/11/2000
Prepared Remarks By U.S. Senator Patty Murray National Pipeline Safety Conference

3/30/2000
Murray's Amendment on Pipeline Safety Before the Senate Budget Committee

3/30/2000
Murray Pipeline Safety Amendment Passes Senate Budget Committee

3/20/2000
PHOTO: Senator Murray meets with Secretary Rodney Slater

3/13/2000
Senator Murray's Remarks from the Bellingham Field Hearing on Pipeline Safety

3/1/2000
PHOTO: Senator Murray with Bellingham Mayor Mark Asmundson

2/24/2000
Murray Announces Preliminary Pipeline Safety Report from Department of Transportation's Inspector General

2/24/2000
PHOTO: Senator Murray with DOT Inspector General Kenneth Mead

1/26/2000
Remarks by U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-Wash) Introducing The Pipeline Safety Act of 2000

10/27/1999
Pipeline Safety Testimony by Senator Murray