Today, Congressman Patrick E. Murphy (FL-18) led fellow Florida Congressional Delegation members Corrine Brown (FL-05), Kathy Castor (FL-14), Ted Deutch (FL-21), Lois Frankel (FL-22), Gwen Graham (FL-02), Alcee L. Hastings (FL-20), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-23), and Frederica Wilson (FL-24) in calling on Florida Governor Rick Scott to expand Medicaid and release family planning dollars to help combat the spread of Zika. With over 230 travel-related cases reported and the first incidence of Zi... Read more

Today, U.S. Representative Patrick E. Murphy (FL-18) marked Equal Pay Day by once again calling on Congress to act to address the gender wage gap and pass the Paycheck Fairness Act, which he has been proud to support since his first days in office. Equal Pay Day symbolizes when, more than three months into the year, women’s average earnings catch up to what men were paid in the previous year. For women of color, the gap is even wider. "More than 50 years after the Equal Pay Act was signed into l... Read more

Washington, D.C. - Today, multiple organizations that advocate for women and seniors announced their support for U.S. Representative Patrick E. Murphy's Social Security Parent Penalty Repeal Act. Murphy (FL-18) introduced this bill earlier this year to strengthen families, reduce the retirement security gender gap, and solidify our promise to seniors. Currently, a parent who leaves the workforce to care for a child faces lower Social Security benefits, which disproportionately impacts women and ... Read more

Today, U.S. Representative Patrick E. Murphy (FL-18) introduced the Social Security Parent Penalty Repeal Act to strengthen families, reduce the retirement security gender gap, and solidify our promise to seniors. Currently, a parent who leaves the workforce to care for a child faces lower Social Security benefits as a result, which disproportionately impacts women and is a key factor in the Social Security gender gap. With the rising costs of child care unaffordable for many working families, p... Read more

HIGHLIGHTS: Rep. Patrick Murphy wants government to exclude low-wage years in calculating benefits That would allow women to adjust for years they’d left workforce to raise children Proposal would pay for benefit hikes by raising income cap for Social Security taxes WASHINGTON — While Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders advocate equal pay for women, a second-term member of the House of Representatives from South Florida is focused on helping them get higher Soci... Read more

Today, U.S. Representative Patrick E. Murphy (FL-18) voted against the Republican reconciliation bill, a partisan measure that would dismantle the Affordable Care Act and defund Planned Parenthood, taking away affordable health care coverage from millions of Americans and hurting the tens of thousands of Floridians who are served by Planned Parenthood's health centers in the state. "It's a new year but we are seeing the same old partisan attacks on health care and women's reproductive rights, wi... Read more

Today, U.S. Representative Patrick E. Murphy (FL-18) made the following statement after voting against a partisan resolution to create a new House committee to investigate Planned Parenthood. This is the latest partisan Tea Party assault on women's health. "Planned Parenthood cares for millions of women every year, providing vital health services, including thousands of breast exams that are key to early detection in the fight against breast cancer. Yet in the midst of Breast Cancer Awareness Mo... Read more

Marking the start of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, Congressman Patrick E. Murphy (FL-18) introduced the Documents for Continued Safety Act to help empower survivors of domestic violence. This bipartisan legislation would improve access for survivors and their families to identification documents that are needed to establish safety and independence by waiving document replacement fees. Joining Murphy as original co-sponsors of this bill are Reps. Cheri Bustos (IL-17), John Delaney (MD-06), T... Read more

Americans should be outraged. A handful of extremists are trying to mislead people and restrict women’s access to health care. Lawmakers cannot sit by while baseless claims are used to try to cut off Planned Parenthood’s critical health services across our country. The facts are clear. More than 90 percent of the care Planned Parenthood provides is for lifesaving cancer screenings, birth control, sexually transmitted infections testing and treatment, and family planning. Furthermore, over half o... Read more

Congressman Patrick E. Murphy (FL-18) made the following statement blasting the Tea Party's announced plans to create a new House committee to investigate Planned Parenthood as they continue attempting to defund this critical health provider and restrict women's access to health care: "With Congress barreling towards another costly government shutdown in just two days' time, we should be focusing on coming together to prevent this manufactured crisis that will hurt the American people and our wo... Read more