Editing Patty Murray (section)

=== Veterans ===
In August 2013, Murray was one of 23 Democratic senators to sign a letter to the Defense Department, warning of some payday lenders "offering predatory loan products to service members at exorbitant triple digit effective interest rates and loan products that do not include the additional protections envisioned by the law", and asserting that service members, along with their families, "deserve the strongest possible protections and swift action to ensure that all forms of credit offered to members of our armed forces are safe and sound".<ref>{{cite news |last=Cox |first=Ramsey |url=https://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/159307-senate-dems-ask-dod-to-protect-service-members-from-predatory-lenders/ |title=Senate Dems ask DOD to protect service members from predatory lenders |date=August 15, 2013 |work=The Hill}}</ref>

In December 2018, Murray was one of 21 senators to sign a letter to [[United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs|Veterans Affairs Secretary]] [[Robert Wilkie]], calling it "appalling that the VA is not conducting oversight of its own outreach efforts", in spite of suicide prevention being the VA's highest clinical priority, and requesting Wilkie "consult with experts with proven track records of successful public and mental health outreach campaigns, with a particular emphasis on how those individuals measure success".<ref>{{cite news |url=https://urbanmilwaukee.com/pressrelease/u-s-senator-tammy-baldwin-presses-va-for-answers-on-misuse-of-suicide-prevention-funds/ |title=U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin Presses VA for Answers on Misuse Of Suicide Prevention Funds |date=January 4, 2019 |publisher=urbanmilwaukee.com}}</ref>