TV Quality Video | Audio | Transcripts Coast Starlight and Empire Builder Amtrak routes to be reduced to 3 days a week to mitigate losses from COVID-19; Cantwell presses nominees to make sure service will still be maintained long-term Nominees also pledge to strengthen safety culture in light of 2017 DuPont train crash WASHINGTON, D.C. – In […]
TV Quality Video | Audio | Transcripts WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, announced plans to introduce legislation to make it a federal crime to gouge consumers during emergencies like the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Cantwell’s legislation would also crack down on sellers of fake goods, making clear that it is […]
TV Quality Video | Audio | Transcripts Cantwell on Pebble Mine: “Let the science lead… NOAA is not sticking up for the science” 3,560 acres of wetlands and waters, 81 miles of streams at risk of being permanently destroyed Fisheries sector makes up 60% of Washington state maritime economy WASHINGTON, D.C. – In today’s Senate Commerce Committee […]
TV Quality Video | Audio | Transcript WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Maria Cantwell (D-WA) and every Committee Democrat today voted against the nomination of Michael Walsh to be the General Counsel of the Department of Commerce. This month, the Department of Commerce Inspector General issued a report detailing Walsh’s intimate involvement […]
TV Quality Video | Audio | Transcript WASHINGTON, D.C. – In today’s executive session, the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation passed legislation introduced by U.S. Senators Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Todd Young (R-IN), and Ed Markey (D-MA) that promotes the continued development of artificial intelligence (AI) technology. The bill, known as the Fundamentally Understanding the […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In light of this week’s release of the Department of Commerce Inspector General report, U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Maria Cantwell (D-WA) today released the following statement regarding the nomination of Michael Walsh to be the General Counsel of the Department of Commerce: “NOAA should be the premier weather forecasting agency in […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In light of today’s release of the Department of Commerce Inspector General report, U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Maria Cantwell (D-WA) today released the following statement regarding the nomination of Neil Jacobs to be Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration: “NOAA’s work is crucial to protecting American lives and creating and supporting […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Maria Cantwell (D-WA) and U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D, AZ-03), leaders on the committees with jurisdiction over the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), wrote to Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross demanding that the Trump administration stop interfering with the Department […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. –Today, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), the Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, responded to a new Department of Commerce Office of the Inspector General memo to Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross titled, “The Department Is Actively Preventing OIG From Completing An Evaluation.” The OIG’s report on Hurricane Dorian took […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. –Today, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), the Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, issued the following statement regarding reports that the Inspector General of the Department of Commerce has been blocked from issuing its report on information mismanagement during Hurricane Dorian: “It appears that the Department of Commerce received […]