May 20, 2026
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U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, pressed witnesses at a Senate Commerce subcommittee hearing on the unchecked expansion of prediction markets into sports gambling — demanding answers about how these platforms are undermining tribal sovereignty, threatening the economic vitality of Indian Country and exposing vulnerable individuals, including minors, to predatory gambling practices. Senator Cantwell drew a parallel to the explosion of subprime mortgage lending leading up to the 2008 financial crisis, warning that the failure to act to rein in prediction markets risks repeating the same disastrous results for millions
May 19, 2026
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U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Ranking Member of the Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, demanded that Federal Aviation Administrator (FAA) Administrator Bryan Bedford fully implement the 50 recommendations issued by the National Transportation Safety Board following last year’s tragic mid-air collision in DCA airspace that took the lives of 67 people. One of the most important NTSB recommendations is the full implementation of ADS-B In technology for all aircraft required to be equipped and operating with ADS-B Out, which will give pilots the stronger situational awareness to nearby traffic they need to avoid collisions in the air and on
May 13, 2026
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Trump Administration continues to undermine science and the U.S. innovation economy WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Subcommittee on Primary Health and Retirement Security, and Democratic Leader Chuck […]
May 13, 2026
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More than 62,000 transportation infrastructure projects are under construction across the country thanks to Bipartisan Infrastructure Law’s multi-year investment strategy New reports demonstrate the scope of infrastructure investment need; magnitude of harm if BIL funding levels are abandoned WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senate Democrats, led by Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Ranking Member of the Senate Commerce Committee, […]
May 13, 2026
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U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, today released a series of “Chopping Block” reports detailing the cuts to the nation’s transportation system if the Republican-controlled Congress refuses to renew advance appropriations for infrastructure programs. In the face of the ongoing affordability crisis, failure to act would cost the average American family an estimated $700 a year according to the American Society of Civil Engineers, due to things like increased congestion, truck and car repairs and lost economic productivity.
May 7, 2026
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Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), member of the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, along with Commerce Committee Ranking Member Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) today led their colleagues in writing to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Brendan Carr urging it to rescind last week’s order requiring Disney to file early license renewals for its eight ABC broadcast stations. The FCC order, at Chairman Carr’s directive, came just one day after President Donald Trump publicly demanded ABC fire late-night host Jimmy Kimmel and is the latest effort by Trump and Carr to
May 1, 2026
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Today, in the face of record gas price spikes caused by the war in Iran, U.S. Senators Maria Cantwell (D-Wash), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) introduced the Transportation Fuel Market Transparency Act. The bill would create a new Transportation Fuel Monitoring and Enforcement Unit at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) dedicated to proactively monitoring and preventing fraud or manipulation that may be artificially inflating pump prices, increase price transparency in transportation fuel markets and increase penalties for bad actors. In the past, unscrupulous oil traders have taken
April 29, 2026
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U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, spoke out on the Senate floor this evening to urge support for Senate Resolution 551, sponsored by Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), which recognizes that sea levels are rising at accelerated rates and that human-caused climate change is driving measurable, real-world impacts across our communities and our economy.
April 28, 2026
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U.S. Senators Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Ranking Member of the Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Coast Guard, Maritime, and Fisheries, and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), co-chair of the Senate Whistleblower Protection Caucus, today sent a letter to Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin urging him to stand by his nomination hearing testimony supporting whistleblower protections and demand that the White House withdraw the promotion of Commander Jesse Millard to become a Captain in the U.S. Coast Guard.
April 27, 2026
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U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, posted the following statement in response to President Trump’s unprecedented termination of members of the National Science Board which helps guide the National Science Foundation and its support for technological and scientific research and innovation: