Following months of concern from leading scientists about interference with critical U.S. weather data used to predict hurricanes and other extreme weather events, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), the top Democrat on the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, reiterated her concern about ongoing Federal Communications Commission (FCC) action that threatens to set U.S. forecasting back […]
Today, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), the top Democrat on the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, joined U.S. Senators Edward J. Markey (D-MA) and Ron Wyden (D-OR) to demand Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) bring critical net neutrality legislation to the Senate floor for an immediate vote. The Save the Internet Act would restore […]
Today, U.S. Senators Maria Cantwell (D-WA), the top Democrat on the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, and Roger Wicker (R-MS), the chair of the committee, sent a letter to the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) expressing concern about the agency’s plan to divert personnel and resources to the southern border. According to recent reports, the […]
U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), the top Democrat on the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, issued the following statement after the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) voted to approve its final report on the investigation into the 2017 Amtrak derailment in DuPont, Washington. “The NTSB performed a thorough, independent investigation, and the final […]
In a letter yesterday, U.S. Senators Maria Cantwell (D-WA), the top Democrat on the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, and Ron Wyden (D-OR), warned that an ongoing sale of wireless airwaves could damage the effectiveness of U.S. weather satellites and harm forecasts and predictions relied on to protect safety, property and national security. The […]
Today, at a hearing of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), the top Democrat on the committee, continued her fight for consumers as Congress considers federal data privacy legislation. “When the dust settles after a data breach or a misuse of data, consumers are the ones who […]
Only months before the 20th anniversary of the Olympic Pipeline explosion in Bellingham that killed three young people and led to landmark pipeline safety reforms, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), the top Democrat on the Senate Commerce Committee, today called for implementation of more stringent federal safety rules. “This June will mark the 20th anniversary […]
U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), the ranking member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, today asked the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) for documents related to their work on BOB jogging strollers. Last week, the Washington Post reported that Acting Chairman Buerkle may be using her position to restrict Commission staff and her […]
Today, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), the top Democrat on the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, secured the passage through the committee of bipartisan legislation to help local communities prepare for and respond to landslides and other natural hazards. Cantwell’s National Landslide Preparedness Act will target key gaps in current science and mapping critical […]
Today, the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation passed U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell’s (D-WA) Shark Fin Trade Elimination Act, a bill to protect declining shark populations by making it illegal to possess, buy, sell, or transport shark fins or any product containing shark fins, unless taken lawfully under a state, territorial, or federal […]