WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Sen. Patty Murray issued the following press release:
Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), a senior member and former Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, issued the following statement blasting former Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's inadequate response (https://www.murray.senate.gov/murray-blumenthal-lead-colleagues-in-demanding-information-from-dhs-on-mistreatment-of-pregnant-women-in-ice-detention/) to an oversight letter Murray led with Senate colleagues in September. The lawmakers urged DHS to follow its own standards and stop detaining pregnant women. They also demanded information about the detention and treatment of pregnant, postpartum, and...