WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Sen. Patty Murray issued the following press release:
U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, toured Renton Technical College and met with students, educators, and aerospace industry leaders to hear how the college will utilize the $2.6 million she secured in the FY26 appropriations package, to invest in the future of the air and space manufacturing workforce in the Kent Valley, through instruction, new technology, and new equipment for their program.
The $2.6 million federal investment strengthens economic mobility and prepares local talent for local, high-demand jobs in the Kent Valley's air and space manufacturing sectors-one of the state's most critical economic and n...