--- type: Person title: "Patty Murray" description: "U.S. Senate - WA — State of Washington" role: "U.S. Senate - WA" party: "D" level: "federal" branch: "legislative" state: "WA" committees: - name: "Senate Committee on Appropriations" role: "ranking-member" body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/appropriations" - name: "Senate Committee on Appropriations - Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies" role: "ex-officio" body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/appropriations/subcommittees/agriculture-rural-development-food-and-drug-administration-and-related-agencies" - name: "Senate Committee on Appropriations - Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies" role: "ex-officio" body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/appropriations/subcommittees/commerce-justice-science-and-related-agencies" - name: "Senate Committee on Appropriations - Department of Defense" role: "member" body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/appropriations/subcommittees/department-of-defense" - name: "Senate Committee on Appropriations - Department of Homeland Security" role: "member" body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/appropriations/subcommittees/department-of-homeland-security" - name: "Senate Committee on Appropriations - Department of Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies" role: "ex-officio" body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/appropriations/subcommittees/department-of-interior-environment-and-related-agencies" - name: "Senate Committee on Appropriations - Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies" role: "member" body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/appropriations/subcommittees/departments-of-labor-health-and-human-services-and-education-and-related-agencies" - name: "Senate Committee on Appropriations - Energy and Water Development" role: "ranking-member" body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/appropriations/subcommittees/energy-and-water-development" - name: "Senate Committee on Appropriations - Financial Services and General Government" role: "ex-officio" body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/appropriations/subcommittees/financial-services-and-general-government" - name: "Senate Committee on Appropriations - Legislative Branch" role: "ex-officio" body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/appropriations/subcommittees/legislative-branch" - name: "Senate Committee on Appropriations - Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies" role: "member" body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/appropriations/subcommittees/military-construction-veterans-affairs-and-related-agencies" - name: "Senate Committee on Appropriations - State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs" role: "ex-officio" body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/appropriations/subcommittees/state-foreign-operations-and-related-programs" - name: "Senate Committee on Appropriations - Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies" role: "member" body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/appropriations/subcommittees/transportation-housing-and-urban-development-and-related-agencies" - name: "Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions" role: "member" body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/health-education-labor-and-pensions" - name: "Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions - Education and the American Family" role: "member" body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/health-education-labor-and-pensions/subcommittees/education-and-the-american-family" - name: "Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions - Primary Health and Retirement Security" role: "member" body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/health-education-labor-and-pensions/subcommittees/primary-health-and-retirement-security" - name: "Senate Committee on the Budget" role: "member" body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/the-budget" - name: "Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs" role: "member" body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/veterans-affairs" tenure: start: "2025-01-03" current: true election: next: 2028 term_length: 6 term_limit: "none" ids: person: "b437e922-bc76-493e-8900-995f8160deed" office: "92a474d9-541d-41a7-bea3-20a21f46b547" tenure: "8604e021-7160-4214-9105-901f32468fc8" jurisdiction: "a36a73cf-4d6d-4f7d-9ff2-9bb4d261cd66" bioguide: "M001111" sources: - field: tenure source: "Senate.gov XML 2026-06-20" - field: jurisdiction source: "Derived from governor jurisdiction" - field: roles source: "congress-legislators (unitedstates project)" confidence: official tags: [officeholder, federal, legislative, wa] timestamp: "2026-07-04" --- # Patty Murray Current U.S. Senate - WA (State of Washington). ## Committees - [Senate Committee on Appropriations](/us/bodies/senate/committees/appropriations.md) — **ranking-member** - [Senate Committee on Appropriations - Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies](/us/bodies/senate/committees/appropriations/subcommittees/agriculture-rural-development-food-and-drug-administration-and-related-agencies.md) — **ex-officio** - [Senate Committee on Appropriations - Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies](/us/bodies/senate/committees/appropriations/subcommittees/commerce-justice-science-and-related-agencies.md) — **ex-officio** - [Senate Committee on Appropriations - Department of Defense](/us/bodies/senate/committees/appropriations/subcommittees/department-of-defense.md) - [Senate Committee on Appropriations - Department of Homeland Security](/us/bodies/senate/committees/appropriations/subcommittees/department-of-homeland-security.md) - [Senate Committee on Appropriations - Department of Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies](/us/bodies/senate/committees/appropriations/subcommittees/department-of-interior-environment-and-related-agencies.md) — **ex-officio** - [Senate Committee on Appropriations - Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies](/us/bodies/senate/committees/appropriations/subcommittees/departments-of-labor-health-and-human-services-and-education-and-related-agencies.md) - [Senate Committee on Appropriations - Energy and Water Development](/us/bodies/senate/committees/appropriations/subcommittees/energy-and-water-development.md) — **ranking-member** - [Senate Committee on Appropriations - Financial Services and General Government](/us/bodies/senate/committees/appropriations/subcommittees/financial-services-and-general-government.md) — **ex-officio** - [Senate Committee on Appropriations - Legislative Branch](/us/bodies/senate/committees/appropriations/subcommittees/legislative-branch.md) — **ex-officio** - [Senate Committee on Appropriations - Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies](/us/bodies/senate/committees/appropriations/subcommittees/military-construction-veterans-affairs-and-related-agencies.md) - [Senate Committee on Appropriations - State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs](/us/bodies/senate/committees/appropriations/subcommittees/state-foreign-operations-and-related-programs.md) — **ex-officio** - [Senate Committee on Appropriations - Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies](/us/bodies/senate/committees/appropriations/subcommittees/transportation-housing-and-urban-development-and-related-agencies.md) - [Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions](/us/bodies/senate/committees/health-education-labor-and-pensions.md) - [Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions - Education and the American Family](/us/bodies/senate/committees/health-education-labor-and-pensions/subcommittees/education-and-the-american-family.md) - [Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions - Primary Health and Retirement Security](/us/bodies/senate/committees/health-education-labor-and-pensions/subcommittees/primary-health-and-retirement-security.md) - [Senate Committee on the Budget](/us/bodies/senate/committees/the-budget.md) - [Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs](/us/bodies/senate/committees/veterans-affairs.md) ## Sources - tenure: Senate.gov XML 2026-06-20 - jurisdiction: Derived from governor jurisdiction - roles: congress-legislators (unitedstates project) Generated from the Atlas officeholders v3 export (2026-07-04).