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Press Releases 02/19/2025
Cantwell Opening Statement at Hearing on Spectrum Management
U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Ranking Member of the Senate Commerce Committee, delivered the following remarks at today’s hearing on spectrum management:
Press Releases 02/19/2025
Cantwell Opening Statement at Hearing on Spectrum Management
U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Ranking Member of the Senate Commerce Committee, delivered the following remarks at today’s hearing on spectrum management:
Press Releases 02/18/2025
Cantwell Votes NO On Advancing Lutnick for Commerce Secretary; Slams His Enthusiasm for Inflationary Tariffs
Today, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), a senior member of the Senate Finance Committee and ranking member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, voted against confirming Howard Lutnick, President Donald Trump’s nominee to serve as Secretary of the Department of Commerce.
Press Releases 02/17/2025
Cantwell Statement on Firings of FAA Employees
Today, Sen. Maria Cantwell, ranking member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and senior member of the Senate Finance Committee, released the following statement about reports that FAA safety employees who have served less than one year at the agency, including to technicians working under FAA’s Air Traffic Organization, have been fired as part of the DOGE-led federal workforce cuts
Press Releases 02/12/2025
Cantwell Introduces Coast Guard Reauthorization Bill, Secures Wins for WA Environment & Tribes
Press Releases 02/12/2025
Ranking Member Cantwell Statement at Hearing on Arctic, Greenland
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Ranking Member of the Senate Commerce Committee, delivered the following opening remarks at a hearing today on the Arctic and Greenland. Cantwell stressed the importance of a new Arctic Strategy that solidifies American leadership in the Arctic and the need for collaboration with longstanding U.S. allies to meet the threats from Russia and China.
Press Releases 02/12/2025
Ranking Member Cantwell Q&A at Hearing on Arctic, Greenland
Press Releases 02/6/2025
Cantwell Letter to Duffy: ‘You Must Make Sure That All Conflicts Of Interest Between The FAA & Elon Musk Are Removed’
U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Ranking Member of the Committee, sent a letter to Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy calling on him to ensure that Elon Musk stays out of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), citing Musk’s clear conflicts of interest.
Press Releases 02/5/2025
During Committee Markup, Cantwell Votes Against Trump’s Commerce Secretary Nominee
Today, the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation voted 16-12 to advance Howard Lutnick’s nomination to be Secretary of Commerce out of the Committee. Ahead of the vote, Ranking Member Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) delivered the following remarks on her decision to vote against the nominee, citing concerns over Trump’s trade policies and the nominee’s lack of commitment to uphold federal funding and programs.
Press Releases 02/5/2025
Commerce Committee Passes Bipartisan Bill to Prevent Supply Chain Disruptions, Protect American Producers & Pocketbooks
Today, the U.S. Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee passed the bipartisan Promoting Resilient Supply Chains Act, led by Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, and Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), members of the Committee.