WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Mnuchin urging him to expand the allocation of $17 billion in loans to businesses critical to national security established under the CARES Act to include the entire aerospace supply […]
Cantwell: “We need clear, uniform, national guidelines for airlines and airports based on the best information from our public health experts” WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, sent a letter to members of the White House Coronavirus Task Force calling for […]
TV-Quality Video |YouTube | Audio | Transcript Cantwell: Mandatory or forced hours reductions counter to intent of CARES Act; senators will send letter to Treasury to clarify WASHINGTON, D.C. – At a Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation hearing to examine the aviation industry in the midst of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. Senator […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation today released the below statement after NASA announced the companies selected to build human-class lunar landers for the Artemis program. These human landing systems (HLS) will carry the first woman and the next man to the Moon’s surface in the […]
Ranking Member Cantwell Opening Statement WASHINGTON, D.C. – As Congress continues to work on legislation and new resources to combat the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), the Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, used her written opening statement in today’s paper Commerce committee hearing to highlight the potential for […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, released the below statement on the Trump Administration’s plan to move forward with a harmful rollback of fuel efficiency standards through the Safer Affordable Fuel-Efficient (SAFE) Vehicles Rule for Model Years 2021-2026. This rule would eliminate current […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, successfully fought to include economic relief for fishermen in the COVID-19 package that passed the Senate. Ranking Member Cantwell said, “The thousands of fishermen in the Pacific Northwest, and across the nation, will now have access to grants […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, emphasized the importance of science when it comes to weather forecasting in a hearing to nominate Dr. Neil Jacobs as Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere in the Department of Commerce. “In addition to supporting our […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, released the following statement regarding the one year anniversary of the fatal crash of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302, a Boeing 737 MAX aircraft: “This is a somber day, as we remember the 157 lives lost a year ago on […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, sent a letter to major cruise line companies asking for their plans of action in response to the rapidly spreading coronavirus (or SARS-CoV-2, abbreviated as COVID-19). “Through this letter, we hope to ascertain how the cruise line industry is […]