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August 1, 2025
Commerce Science and Transportation joined MSNBC s Morning Joe to discuss the National Transportation Safety Board s NTSB investigative hearing into the January 29 2025 mid air collision between an Army Black...hearing which concludes today has revealed massive failures by FAA leaders to listen to and act on safety warnings from its own front line employees W hat it all points to is that the FAA needs to listen...and they need to lead on better safety regimes said Sen Cantwell We cannot have this kind of transportation corridor congested with both military and commercial aviation space and allowing for just a few...
August 1, 2025
flood prone areas Exempt positions across NOAA that are critical for weather forecasting and public safety from hiring freezes As states continue to battle severe weather many communities have faced weather...
August 1, 2025
straightforward message for the Federal Aviation Administration FAA Do its job Her comments came near the end of the second day of the three day National Transportation Safety Board NTSB investigative hearing...act on safety warnings that unaddressed could lead to a deadly collision There is an alternative by the way that is for the FAA to do its job and we need this agency to be aggressive about safety the data...Shared Airspace Act of 2025 SOSA to strengthen aviation safety at DCA airports across the nation and the FAA The bill was the first comprehensive aviation safety legislation responding to the January 29 2025...
July 30, 2025
critical to NOAA s future Next Paul Roberti to be Administrator of Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety I ll also be supporting him I am concerned about the steep decline in pipeline enforcement cases...sector I do not plan to support Derek Barrs nominated as the Administrator of Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration The trucking industry is essential but it must be operated safely and we ve seen a...Mr Bradbury the agenda of the Trump administration is trying to get rid of aviation regulations when we have lots of aviation problems and we need to have good oversight Finally Mr Rutherford to be Assistant...
July 23, 2025
Department in improving safety and investing in our nation s infrastructure The Department s leaders must be committed to holding the transportation sector s it regulates to protect safety and consumer standards...Zerzan the General Counsel plays a critical role in everything the Department does determining which safety requirements are approved or eliminated signing off on grant agreements and allowing cities and states...General Counsel during the first Trump Administration orchestrated a number of rollbacks on important safety issues and I hope to ask you questions about that and look for a different approach I am alarmed...
July 17, 2025
PHMSA NHTSA on Their Commitment to Public Safety Protecting Federal Safety Inspectors from Political Retaliation July 17 2025 Under Trump Administration safety enforcement plummeting WASHINGTON D C U S...Carrier Safety Administration FMCSA Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration PHMSA and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration NHTSA on their commitments to public safety Each of...of these agencies has an important responsibility to protect the health and safety of the traveling public the movement of goods and our environment Sen Cantwell said to the nominees Unfortunately since...
July 16, 2025
Potentially Illegal Blocking of Consumer Protection Rule July 16 2025 Trump Administration buries CPSC s safety proposal protecting Americans from lithium ion battery fires pulling it from the Federal Register...Register Oliver Potts and from Consumer Product Safety Commission CPSC Acting Chairman Peter Feldman about the unexplained withdrawal of a proposed safety rule that would help protect American consumers...vote by the CPSC approving it Although the Consumer Product Safety Commission CPSC approved a notice of proposed rulemaking to establish a safety standard for lithium ion batteries the NPR your Office has...
July 14, 2025
women s athletics address the budgetary concerns of small and mid sized schools ensure health and safety protections and establish a commission on the future of college athletics College sports are important...women s athletics 4 address the budgetary concerns of small and mid sized schools 5 ensure health and safety protections and 6 establish a commission on the future of college athletics College sports are important...
July 11, 2025
Home Newsroom Press Releases Print Cantwell Democrats Weigh in on Rail Industry Push to Cut Track Safety Inspections July 11 2025 WASHINGTON D C U S Senator Maria Cantwell Ranking Member of the Senate Committee...the Association of American Railroads AAR to dramatically reduce track safety inspections and loosen requirements to repair safety defects Sen Cantwell was joined by Senators Andy Kim D N J Ruben Gallego...Del Gary Peters D Mich and Kirsten Gillibrand D N Y We are supportive of the deployment of advanced safety technologies but the Federal Railroad Administration should take care not to allow railroads to become...
July 9, 2025
Federal Aviation Administration U S Senator Maria Cantwell D Wash Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce Science and Transportation released the following statement The next Federal Aviation Administrator...approach to aviation safety said Sen Cantwell They need to provide the leadership at the FAA to ensure America is the gold standard for aviation safety Mr Bedford s willingness to change safety policies like...Cantwell emphasized that we must have an Administrator who is an unwavering champion for safety who strengthens safety standards rather than seeking a way around them Throughout his questioning Bedford refused...
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