Editing Patty Murray (section)

=== Environmental policy ===
In October 2017, Murray was one of 19 senators to sign a letter to [[Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency|Environmental Protection Agency Administrator]] [[Scott Pruitt]] questioning Pruitt's decision to repeal the [[Clean Power Plan]], asserting that the repeal's proposal used "mathematical sleights of hand to overstate the costs of industry compliance with the 2015 Rule and understate the benefits that will be lost if the 2017 repeal is finalized", and that denying science and fabricating math would fail to "satisfy the requirements of the law, nor will it slow the increase in frequency and intensity of extreme weather events, the inexorable rise in sea levels, or the other dire effects of global warming that our planet is already experiencing".<ref>{{cite news |last=Manchester |first=Julia |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/357446-19-sens-question-epa-methodology-behind-clean-power-plan-repeal/ |title=19 sens question EPA methodology behind Clean Power Plan repeal |work=The Hill}}</ref>

In February 2019, in response to reports of the EPA intending to decide against setting drinking water limits for perfluorooctane sulfonic acid ([[Perfluorooctanesulfonic acid|PFOS]]) and [[perfluorooctanoic acid]] (PFOA) as part of an upcoming national strategy to manage the aforementioned class of chemicals, Murray was one of 20 senators to sign a letter to Acting EPA Administrator [[Andrew R. Wheeler]] calling on the EPA "to develop enforceable federal drinking water standards for PFOA and PFOS, as well as institute immediate actions to protect the public from contamination from additional [[per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances]] (PFAS)".<ref>{{cite news |last=Cama |first=Timothy |url=https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/428102-senators-call-on-epa-to-restrict-key-drinking-water-contaminants/ |title=Senators call on EPA to restrict key drinking water contaminants |date=February 1, 2019 |work=The Hill}}</ref>