Murray Congratulates Award Winners

Senator Murray congratulated award winners from Washington state who received the Presidential Environmental Youth Award. (04/18/02)

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Murray Meets With Energy Secretary Nominee

Senator Murray speaks with Dr. Samuel Bodman, the President's nominee for Secretary of the Department of Energy.

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Murray Chairs Hearing on Hanford Cleanup

Senator Murray is working to clean up Hanford. On April 18, she chaired a hearing of the Energy and Water Appropriations Subcommittee to review the Bush administration's work at Hanford and other sites. (04/18/02)

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Preserving Jobs at Hanford

Senator Murray receives a briefing from Pete Knollmeyer of Fluor Hanford regarding work at the Waste Receiving and Processing facility.  This facility prepares Transuranic Waste to be safely shipped off the Hanford site to the Waste Isolation Pilot Project in New Mexico.

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Murray Sets Forth Agenda to Help Washingtonians in the Upcoming Congress

Today, Senator Murray sat down with reporters from Washington state to discuss how she will fight for Washington state residents in the 110th Congress. Senator Murray, who is the fourth-ranking member of the Democratic leadership, discussed several areas in which she will work to help Washington state communities.




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Meeting with Former Platoon Commander Helped by the Economic Recovery Act

Senator Murray meets with Ty Rose, a former platoon commander in Iraq, who came home and had difficulty finding employment. With the help of funding from the Economic Recovery Act Ty was able to find a job as a field work supervisor at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation.

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Murray Fights Cuts to Hanford Clean Up

Speaking at a Senate hearing, Senator Murray (right) continued her fight against the Bush Administration's plan to cut funding and delay cleanup at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in the Tri-Cities.




President Bush?s budget for 2006 cuts Hanford funding by $297 million. At this hearing, Senator Murray questioned Paul Golan (left), the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Environmental Management about the President?s $89 million cut to Hanford?s Tank Farm program. More




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Murray Expresses Disapproval over Bush Budget

In addition to cutting the cleanup workforce, the Bush budget proposal eliminates all funding for the HAMMER training facility, which prepares workers to handle toxic nuclear waste. Last year, the Bush administration proposed a $400 million cut to Hanford cleanup. Murray worked with her colleagues to restore the funding. (04/18/02)

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Assistant Secretary Roberson Responds to Murray

Senator Murray asked why the Bush Administration is cutting the workforce at the Office of River Protection(ORP), even though Hanford officials believe ORP needs more workers, not fewer. (04/18/02)

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Questioning DOE official in Charge of 300 Area Replacement

Today, Senator Murray expressed her concerns regarding the progress of the Hanford 300 Area replacement project while questioning the Department of Energy's (DOE) Undersecretary of Science, Dr. Raymond Orbach.




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