WASHINGTON, D.C. – At a Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation hearing today, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), the Ranking Member of the committee, pressed Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg on the company’s work developing and testing the 737 MAX, as well as its disclosures to the FAA about issues with the plane’s MCAS system. “Was […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – At today’s Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation hearing to examine aviation safety and the Boeing 737 MAX, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), the Ranking Member of the committee, questioned National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Chairman Robert Sumwalt about aviation safety and the increasing use of complex automated systems in commercial airplanes. […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Maria Cantwell (D-WA) and Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) introduced legislation to implement aviation safety recommendations from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), U.S. Department of Transportation’s Office of Inspector General (DOT IG), and the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) that seek to address challenges related to […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – As the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation prepares to consider legislation to encourage more aquaculture fish farming in American waters, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), the Ranking Member of the committee, raised concerns about the risks of offshore finfish farming in a hearing this morning. In her remarks, Cantwell highlighted […]
WASHINGTON, D.C—Today, Senator Maria Cantwell, Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, sent a letter to Chairman Joseph Simons of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) requesting additional information on the agency’s July 2019 settlement with Facebook for privacy violations. “I am concerned that the settlement lets Facebook off the hook for unspecified […]
WASHINGTON, D.C—Today, Senator Maria Cantwell, Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, issued the following statement in the wake of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit ruling on net neutrality rules: “I am deeply disappointed in the court’s net neutrality ruling. An overwhelming majority of Americans understand the […]
WASHINGTON, D.C—Today, Senator Maria Cantwell, Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, sent a letter to Acting Chairman Buerkle of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) urging the Commission to enforce the Child Nicotine Poisoning Prevention Act of 2015 (CNPPA). This law requires that all substances with liquid nicotine are […]
TV-Quality Video| YouTube | Audio Cantwell: “The Pacific Northwest is not going to stand by while the administration builds a gold mine in the middle of the largest salmon habitat area. We’re just not going to sit by.” Commercial fishing in Bristol Bay is over 135 years old and supports 14,000 fishing jobs and 10,000 […]
TV-Quality Video |YouTube | Audio Hearing comes a day after Cantwell joined colleagues on the Senate floor to call for expanded federal background checks, extreme risk protection orders Between 2013 and 2017, Senator Cantwell’s home state of Washington saw a 78 percent rise in hate crimes; state has third-highest rate of hate crimes per capita […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), the Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, pressed Patricia Cogswell, the Acting Deputy Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), on staffing levels and security measures at Sea-Tac Airport. “As one of the fastest growing airports, if not the fastest growing […]