TV Quality Video | Audio |Transcript WASHINGTON, D.C. – As Congress continues to debate a new round of COVID-19 relief funding for families and businesses impacted by the ongoing pandemic, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), the Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, spoke today at a Commerce subcommittee hearing about the impacts […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. –Ranking Member Maria Cantwell (D-WA), attended today’s Transportation and Safety Subcommittee hearing titled “The Logistics of Transporting a COVID-19 Vaccine” and spoke about the need to make sure our transportation infrastructure is up to the task of delivering COVID-19 vaccines safely and effectively around the country. “We’re really trying to pay attention to what […]
TV Quality Video | Audio | Transcripts WASHINGTON, D.C. –At today’s Senate Commerce hearing on the invalidation of the EU-US privacy shield, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), the Ranking Member of the committee, highlighted the importance of digital trade and called for a new agreement between the United States and Europe to address transatlantic data flow, […]
TV Quality Video | Audio | Transcript WASHINGTON, D.C. –Today, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), the Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, voted against the nomination of Nathan Simington to be a member of the Federal Communications Commission. Prior to the vote, Cantwell also spoke on the Senate floor to urge […]
WASHINGTON, D.C.?–?Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation Ranking Member Cantwell spoke at today’s hearing about her opposition to the lame duck nomination of Mr. Nathan Simington to be a member of the Federal Communications Commission, as well as nominees for NOAA and the Department of Commerce: “Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The FCC’s role has […]
TV-Quality Video | Audio | Transcript WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation passed bipartisan aviation safety reform legislation introduced by U.S. Senators Maria Cantwell (D-WA) and Roger Wicker (R-MS), the committee’s ranking member and chairman, respectively. The Aircraft Safety and Certification Reform Act of 2020 would require new […]
Cantwell to Google CEO Pichai: “Do you think that Google is taking ad revenue from these news sources in an unfair way?” Cantwell: “The free press needs to live and be supported by all of us” and we need to “make sure that they get a fair return on their value” WASHINGTON, DC – Today, at a […]
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, at a U.S. Senate Commerce Committee hearing with the CEOs of Facebook, Google, and Twitter, Ranking Member Maria Cantwell (D-WA) condemned election interference and disinformation online and highlighted the importance of supporting efforts to stop such interference and to push back against COVID misinformation and disinformation, as well as the proliferation of online […]
Report shows total newspaper revenue will have dropped by nearly 70% by end of 2020; the majority of the states have lost 50% of their newsroom workforce Congress/FTC should act to address unfair practices and assure fair competition for America’s most trusted news sources WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Maria Cantwell (D-WA) […]
TV Quality Video | Audio | Transcripts Amtrak ridership down 90 percent in Washington state; 30 percent of state’s Amtrak workforce already facing furloughs 14.8 million people – nearly 10% of U.S. labor force – employed in transportation sector WASHINGTON, D.C.–Today, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, […]