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04.17.18

 Watch video of Sen. Cantwell’s opening statement here.   Watch video of Sen Cantwell’s questions here. Washington, D.C. – Today, Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee…

04.16.18

Washington, D.C. – Today, Ranking Member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) made the following statement regarding the Department of the Interior’s Inspector General (IG)…

04.12.18

Washington, D.C. – Today, Ranking Member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) made the following statement regarding Secretary Zinke’s new proposal to raise park fees…

04.11.18

Washington, D.C. – Today, the Department of the Interior’s Inspector General released the findings of an investigation regarding the arbitrary reassignment of SES employees requested by Ranking Member of the…

04.05.18

Washington, D.C. – Today, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report regarding the management of financial assurances for coal mine reclamation. The report requested by Ranking Member of the…

04.05.18

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Ranking Member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) wrote to Secretary Zinke requesting he immediately withdraw his proposal to dramatically increase…

04.03.18

Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) released the following statement regarding the Trump Administration’s intention to roll back fuel economy standards.  “This misguided rollback of fuel efficiency…

04.03.18

Washington, D.C. – Today, Ranking Member Maria Cantwell joined seven Congressional leaders in sending a letter  today to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) regarding troubling reports of reassignments of members of…

03.23.18

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Ranking Member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) and a bipartisan group of senators wrote to Director of the Office of…

03.22.18

 Watch Sen. Cantwell’s full opening remarks here. Washington, D.C. – Today, Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) in a hearing to examine…

03.21.18

Washington, D.C. – Today, Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), announced that the omnibus (to be voted on later this week) will…

03.20.18

Watch Sen. Cantwell’s opening statement. Washington, D.C. – Today, Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) questioned Secretary of Energy Rick Perry on…

03.15.18

Washington, D.C. – Today, Ranking Member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) released the following statement regarding the Trump administration announcement of new sanctions on…

03.13.18

Watch video of Sen. Cantwell’s opening statement here.   Watch video of Sen Cantwell’s questions here.  Washington, D.C. – Today, Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee…

03.08.18

Washington, D.C. – Today, in a business meeting to consider pending legislation, Ranking Member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) voiced support for S. 2503,…

03.05.18

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Ranking Member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) led 22 Senators in a letter to Secretary Zinke requesting an extension of…

03.01.18

Watch Sen. Cantwell’s full opening statement here. Washington, D.C. – Today, Ranking Member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) called for greater action in a…

02.28.18

Washington, D.C. – Today, Ranking Member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) made the following statement regarding a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report detailing negative…

02.27.18

Washington, D.C. – Today, Ranking Member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) and Ranking Member of the House Natural Resources Committee Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.)…

02.27.18

Washington, D.C. – Today, Ranking Member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) made the following statement regarding the U.S. District Court of California ruling that…

02.16.18

Washington, D.C. – This week, Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), unveiled several bills to be considered for, comprehensive energy legislation. Specifically,…

02.15.18

Washington, D.C. – Today, Ranking Member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) and House Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-N.J.) sent a…

02.12.18

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Ranking Member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) released the following statement regarding the privatization of Bonneville Power Administration’s (BPA) transmission…

02.09.18

Washington, D.C. – Late last night, ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), submitted a statement for the record regarding the GOP’s failure…

02.08.18

Washington, D.C. – Today, Ranking Member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) made the following statement regarding the U.S. Forest Service decision  to allow a…