June 29, 2026
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U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, released this statement regarding today’s Supreme Court ruling in Trump v. Slaughter, which allows President Trump to fire Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter without cause:
June 26, 2026
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U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) Ranking Member of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee and Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), author of the Senate Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) were joined today by families who have suffered devastating losses due to their children’s use of social media. Together, they spoke out against the House Kids Internet and Digital Safety Act (KIDS) that would gut key online safety protections for children in the Senate KOSA bill, which passed by a vote of 91-3 in 2024. House leaders are expected to attempt to push the package through on suspension early next week.
June 25, 2026
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U.S. Senators Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation and Gary Peters (D-Mich.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs sent a letter today to Acting Comptroller General Orice Williams Brown requesting an investigation into whether the Department of Commerce (DOC), under Secretary Howard Lutnick, has followed the law and properly funded and managed the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) Program.
June 18, 2026
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Today, the Protect College Sports Act of 2026 passed the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation with strong bipartisan support (19-9), sending the legislation to the full Senate for consideration. The landmark bill sets new rules and provides new tools to stabilize college sports, including codifying athletes’ rights to earn compensation for their NIL, enshrining scholarship, scholarship and healthcare protections in law, reining in predatory agents and preserving and protecting the future of women’s and Olympic sports.
June 17, 2026
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U.S. Senators Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation and Committee Chairman Ted Cruz (R-Texas), along with Sens. Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Coast Guard, Maritime and Fisheries, Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), Alex Padilla (D-Cal.) and Ted Budd (R-N.C.) today introduced the Hurricane Hunter Aircraft Recapitalization Act. The legislation will, for the first time, codify NOAA’s Hurricane Hunter mission in federal law and authorize up to nine Hurricane Hunter aircraft. It also includes provisions to better prepare the nation’s first line of defense against stronger and more frequent hurricanes,
June 9, 2026
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Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Ranking Member of the Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, congratulated the astronauts selected by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to execute the upcoming Artemis III mission. The Mission will send the crew into Earth orbit to test rendezvous and docking capabilities between Orion and commercial spacecraft needed to land astronauts on the Moon.
June 4, 2026
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At a landmark hearing on the Protect College Sports Act, the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee heard powerful testimony on the worsening crisis facing college athletics, including the future of women’s and Olympic sports, athletes’ rights and the financial sustainability of the entire collegiate sports system. Former University of Alabama Head Coach Nick Saban, Pac-12 Commissioner Teresa Gould, University of Notre Dame Director of Athletics Pete Bevacqua, West Virginia University President Emeritus Gordon Gee and Lance Holtzclaw, a student athlete with the University of Utah underscored the urgency to act on the bill’s key measures to preserve athletic opportunities
June 3, 2026
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U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, gave the following opening statement at today’s full committee hearing on the future of college sports:
June 2, 2026
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During a Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation subcommittee hearing on our maritime economy, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Ranking Member, emphasized the need for the United States to support American maritime workers and shipbuilders, especially as the Trump Administration’s waiver of the Jones Act threatens to further destabilize the industry.
June 2, 2026
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U.S. Senators Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) led 13 Senate Democrats in a letter to Department of Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick demanding that the Department cease its involvement in President Donald Trump’s illegal Executive Order (EO) attacking vote-by-mail and interfering with the U.S. Postal Service (USPS). They also called for the Department to preserve and prepare all records and documents related to Commerce’s involvement in its drafting and implementation for congressional oversight purposes.