WASHINGTON, April 21 -- Sen. Patty Murray issued the following press release:

Today,-at a Senate Appropriations Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Subcommittee hearing (https://www.appropriations.senate.gov/hearings/a-review-of-the-presidents-fiscal-year-2027-budget-request-for-the-department-of-health-and-human-services) on the FY27 budget request for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)-U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, questioned HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Trump's proposal to slash funding for programs families count on to help fund Trump's massive half trillion dollar increase in war funding.

[CUTTING HHS PROGRAMS TO FUND WAR]

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