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Patricia Lynn "Patty" Murray (née Johns; born October 11, 1950) is the senior United States Senator from Washington and a member of the Democratic Party. Murray was first elected to the Senate in 1992, becoming Washington's first female senator. She was re-elected in 1998, 2004 and 2010.
Murray has served as the Senate Majority Conference Secretary since 2007, making her the fourth-highest-ranking Democrat and the highest-ranking woman in the Senate.
Chairman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee from 2001 to 2003, Murray assumed the role again in early 2011, for a term ending in 2013. She is also the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
On August 9, 2011, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid appointed Murray to co-chair the United States Congress Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction.
One of seven children, Murray was born in Bothell, Washington, to Beverly A. (née McLaughlin) and David L. Johns. Her mother was an accountant. Her father fought in World War II and was awarded a Purple Heart.[citation needed] She attended Saint Brendan Catholic School as a young child.
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You saved me like you somehow owed me
Passion now flowing in my veins
Breathless days can sit alone in silence
You brought me sun and took away the rain
Honestly it's not a phase
Now I stand where before I couldn't raise
Even a smile just to get me through the days
You pick me up, you pick me up
You took me set my world on fire
Red stop light but you only see green
No mistakes you march on like you're wired
You lift me up to the greatest that I've been
Honestly it's not a phase
Now I stand where before I couldn't raise
Even a smile just to get me through the days
You pick me up, you pick me up
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Do you even know how much you save
Take me now I have what I wanted
Bonfire high I'm all warm inside
Thank you how you've been more than I needed
There's no black clouds there is no black a all
Honestly it's not a phase
Now I stand where before I couldn't raise
Even a smile just to get me through the days