The Department of Energy’s budget request released this week brought “good news and bad news” for Hanford cleanup, Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) said as she vowed to fight for more funds for the Richland Operations Office. The largest boost for DOE cleanup funding would go to Hanford’s Office of River Protection in the budget proposal, but funds for Richland saw the biggest cut. “Cleaning up the Hanford site is one of our state’s top environmental priorities, and to do the job right, the federal government must live up to its promise and provide adequate funding for cleanup every year,” Murray, a member of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, said in a statement. “The President’s budget proposal for Hanford cleanup in Fiscal Year 2016 includes good and bad news for the site. I applaud the President’s proposal to increase funding for the Office of River Protection by $202 million, but I am very disappointed that he has again proposed nearly $100 million in cuts for Richland Operations. Last year, I successfully fought to restore Hanford cleanup funding after the Obama Administration proposed similar cuts, and I’m hopeful that the Republican majority in Congress will work with me to get this done this year too.”