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Sen. Patty Murray is launching a new working group focused on rebuilding trust in the nation's public health system.

PULLMAN, Wash. — Sen. Patty Murray outlined a new effort in Pullman aimed at rebuilding trust in the nation’s public health system.

Murray introduced the Public Health for America Working Group at a news conference. She said the group would focus on six principles tied to public health policy and public confidence.

She said those priorities included being more transparent by releasing more data and creating opportunities for public engagement. Murray also said the group would work on guardrails to keep public health decisions from political interference, invest more in preventing infectious and chronic disease and strengthen systems that detect and respond to emergencies.

Murray said the process started with public trust.

“We have to build something stronger, and we have to start by rebuilding trust. Which is why I decided to turn to some people I do trust for help,” Murray said.

According to Murray, the working group would hold roundtables with stakeholders in communities across the state. That information would then be used to create nonpartisan policy proposals that could lead to new legislation.

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