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Senator Murray Statement on Reported Nomination of Andrew Puzder for Secretary of Labor
Senator Patty Murray ^ | Dec 08 2016 | Senator Patty Murray

Posted on 12/09/2016 12:06:09 PM PST by mdittmar

(Washington, D.C.) — Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement on the reported nomination of Andrew Puzder for Secretary of Labor.

“With the nomination of Andrew Puzder, President-elect Trump has sent another clear signal that he has no intention of fulfilling his campaign promise to put workers and retirees first—instead, he’s bent on building an Administration made up of billionaires and the staunchest allies for big business, special interests, and Wall Street that he can find.

“The Department of Labor has significant and broad reach—from workers’ and labor rights to health and safety, workplace harassment, workforce investments, disability resources, pensions plans and so much more—so I am eager to meet Mr. Puzder to discuss in detail his plans and vision for the agency. At the outset, I am deeply concerned by Mr. Puzder’s record of standing in the way of progress on issues that would make an immediate difference in the lives of working families, in particular raising the minimum wage and ensuring equal pay for equal work. And I have serious questions about whether a CEO who is comfortable reinforcing harmful stereotypes about women and who is so dismissive of workplace discrimination issues can be trusted to uphold core missions of the Department.

“I am also alarmed by Mr. Puzder’s vocal support for eliminating the new overtime rule and other basic protections the current Department has worked to finalize. If President-elect Trump truly wants to stand up for workers and retirees, he and Mr. Puzder will commit to ensuring these protections are fully implemented.   

“Working families in my home state of Washington and across the country are looking for strong leadership for the Department and someone who is going to be on their side—and not just for those already at the top. So I will work tirelessly to make sure their voices and priorities are heard loud and clear as part of a rigorous vetting and hearing process for Mr. Puzder.” 

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; US: Washington
KEYWORDS: labor; osamamama; puzder; trumplabor
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To: mdittmar

Hey Patty, STFU fat bitch, we ain ‘t RINO Ryan,


41 posted on 12/09/2016 1:10:52 PM PST by VRWC For Truth (FU Schmuckie Shoomer)
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To: I want the USA back
She is the least credible of all the democrats.

I don't know. Cynthia McKinney, Debbie Wasserman-Schulz and Mrs. Clinton herself provide formidable competition.
42 posted on 12/09/2016 1:15:15 PM PST by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics.)
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To: mdittmar

So, Patty cakes, tell us how you’ve had to meet a payroll during your illustrious career.


43 posted on 12/09/2016 1:15:42 PM PST by Noumenon (Proud Irredeemable Deplorable, heavily armed Infidel. Islam delenda est.)
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To: mdittmar

With Box-o-Rocks retiring, Patty Murray becomes the dimmest bulb in the Senate.


44 posted on 12/09/2016 1:21:42 PM PST by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule.)
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To: mdittmar

Patty Murray is the more stupid version of Barbara Boxer.


45 posted on 12/09/2016 1:28:52 PM PST by Sgt_Schultze (If a border fence isn't effective, why is there a border fence around the White House?)
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To: mdittmar

Those are some mighty big words for somebody who usually writes with crayons.


46 posted on 12/09/2016 1:32:23 PM PST by Buckeye Battle Cry (Somewhere Jeb weeps. (please clap))
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To: llevrok
And has teeth serviced by dentist, Austin Powers, DDS

Sure looks that way.


47 posted on 12/09/2016 1:33:51 PM PST by Lizavetta
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To: mdittmar

This is Patty “I-have-done-nothing-during-my-decades-in-the-Senate” Murray. She has no clue about anything. Sadly, I live in the town where she grew up... :( :( :(


48 posted on 12/09/2016 1:34:01 PM PST by DennisR (Look around - God gives countless, indisputable clues that He does, indeed, exist.)
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To: mdittmar

“So I will work tirelessly to make sure their voices and priorities are heard loud and clear as part of a rigorous vetting and hearing process for Mr. Puzder.”

Yeah, right, Patty, right.


49 posted on 12/09/2016 1:34:39 PM PST by DennisR (Look around - God gives countless, indisputable clues that He does, indeed, exist.)
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To: mdittmar

Oct 9, 2010 - Democrat Senator Patty Murray, was said to be the stupidest person in Washington D.C.


50 posted on 12/09/2016 1:46:30 PM PST by TulipBulbTrader
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To: mdittmar

Winning is fun.

5.56mm


51 posted on 12/09/2016 1:47:02 PM PST by M Kehoe
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To: mdittmar

Another great recommendation from a lib. for one of PRESIDENT Trump’s nominees. Before I decide on whether I like one of his picks, I always look for comments like this from the really virulent libs.


52 posted on 12/09/2016 1:52:57 PM PST by libstripper (oHillary is willing to risk her own life to protect her secretive nature. She would rather go to her)
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To: rktman

“Is there anybody brighter than bronco bama?”

Nearly everyone!


53 posted on 12/09/2016 2:27:42 PM PST by vette6387
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To: I want the USA back

Patty Murray is second from the bottom in the intelligence pool of US Senators, just above Maria Cantwell, her Comrade from Washington State.


54 posted on 12/09/2016 2:29:38 PM PST by Glad2bnuts (If Republicans are not prepared to carry on the Revolution of 1776, prepare for a communist takeover)
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To: Spruce

I saw an interview with WA states Atty General, she was actually crying when asked about Trump for President. She cried “I have a daughter” when asked if she was supporting her parties nominee. Washington state, where Marx and Lenin never go out of style.


55 posted on 12/09/2016 2:32:21 PM PST by Glad2bnuts (If Republicans are not prepared to carry on the Revolution of 1776, prepare for a communist takeover)
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To: vette6387

Yes I did. We got the way we are from them.

red


56 posted on 12/09/2016 3:11:30 PM PST by Redwood71 (ualified on this.)
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To: mdittmar

She’s a leading member of HELP? She needs HELP!! She’s mentally unstable...


57 posted on 12/09/2016 4:02:17 PM PST by Deplorable American1776 (Proud to be a DeplorableAmerican with a Deplorable Family...even the dog is DEPLORABLE :-))
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To: silverleaf

I think she got company in the dumbest Senator category: I’ll nominate 4...Chris Murphy, Richard ‘Let’s sue Boston College and the ACC’ Bloomingidiot (both from CT), Diane Feinstein (CA) and Liz (if she drives a Jeep Cherokee, that’s as close to a Cherokee she gets) Warren (MA).


58 posted on 12/09/2016 4:09:51 PM PST by Deplorable American1776 (Proud to be a DeplorableAmerican with a Deplorable Family...even the dog is DEPLORABLE :-))
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To: vette6387

Good answer. But it probably offended somebody. Lol.


59 posted on 12/09/2016 6:12:31 PM PST by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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To: Stevenc131

More like the Talibans? This lady makes Hank ‘Guam Flipping Over’ Johnson looks like a Rhodes Scholar. Excuse me, but if we were more like the Talibans, you wouldn’t be in the Senate, then again, with somebody else in the Senate from the People’s Republic of Seattle, be would be as nutty as you. When will Eastern Washington and Eastern Oregon combine to form the state of Cascade.


60 posted on 12/09/2016 6:14:00 PM PST by Deplorable American1776 (Proud to be a DeplorableAmerican with a Deplorable Family...even the dog is DEPLORABLE :-))
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