WASHINGTON, March 25 -- Sen. Patty Murray issued the following press release:
Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee and a senior member and former Chair of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, released the following statement slamming Republicans for voting to uphold the Trump administration's near-total abortion ban at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).
"Today's vote was about protecting one of the most basic freedoms for people who risked their lives to protect all of our freedoms-it was about making sure veterans who are survivors of rape or incest are able to get abortion care," said Senator Murray. "But today Republicans sent a clear message that they don't care if yo...