Democratic News

May 15, 2025
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, called on the Trump Administration to explain why the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) — the agency charged with enforcing pipeline safety — is failing to act against operators that fail to comply with laws that keep the public safe.
May 14, 2025
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Democrats on the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, sharply questioned President Trump’s nominees for Administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), Director of the Amtrak Board of Directors, General Counsel of the Department of Commerce (DOC) and Director General of the United States and Foreign Commercial Service. Democrats drilled down on […]

May 14, 2025
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – During a hearing today with senior FAA safety leaders, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, pushed for answers on effectiveness of the FAA Air Traffic Organization’s safety management system (SMS).
May 13, 2025
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[VIDEO] WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-Mich.), Chair of the Commerce Committee Subcommittee on Science, Manufacturing and Competitiveness, delivered the following opening statement at today’s nominations hearing for David Fink to be Administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), Robert Gleason to be a Director of the Amtrak Board of Directors, Pierre Gentin […]

May 12, 2025
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Senator questions whether Duffy was consulted by Hegseth on DoD proposal to auction spectrum critical to DOT  GOP reconciliation bill to be marked up Tuesday by House E&C Committee  WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, sent a letter to Transportation Secretary Sean […]

May 9, 2025
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), member of the Committee’s subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Technology and Data Privacy, Ed Markey (D-Mass.), John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) called on President Trump to reverse the firing of the Consumer […]

May 8, 2025
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Senator Cantwell – “Let’s allow these people to do what they do best, and let’s make sure the United States has the right policies in place so that our open AI standard wins the day.” [Opening remarks] [Q&A] WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science […]

May 6, 2025
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Steves: I fear that the same swaths of our country that struggle as ‘food deserts’ will suffer as ‘media deserts’
May 6, 2025
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, delivered the following opening statement at today’s ‘Field of Streams: The New Channel Guide for Sports Fans’ hearing:
May 6, 2025
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, sent a letter to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth demanding answers about the risks to national security if spectrum bands that are essential to national defense are included for auction in the Republicans’ proposed reconciliation legislation.