Cantwell Statement On Inspector General Report Critical of Secretary Zinke’s Taxpayer Funded Travel
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) report on Secretary Zinke’s use of chartered flights in fiscal year 2017: “Secretary Zinke should heed the Inspector General’s findings that his speech to a […]
Cantwell Statement On New Zinke Plan To Raise Park Fees
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 by five dollars in most parks where fees are charged: “I’m glad Secretary Zinke abandoned his reckless plan to almost triple park fees on American […]
Cantwell Statement on Inspector General Report Regarding the Reassignment Process for Civil Service Employees at The Department of the Interior
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 Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.). “Reassigning twenty-seven civil service employees with scientific or other technical expertise without following the required process […]
Cantwell-Requested GAO Report Recommends Ending The Risky Practice Of Self-Bonding
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 Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Ranking Member of the House Natural Resources Committee Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.), Rep. Lowenthal […]
Cantwell Presses Zinke For Clarity On Proposed Fee Hikes
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 national park entrance fees. In the letter, the Senator said, “I urge you to withdraw the proposed fee increases immediately and begin a transparent, public […]
Cantwell Statement On Trump Administration Attack On Fuel Efficiency
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 standards will not only increase costs on consumers and increase pollution, it will hurt our global competitiveness and cost us jobs here at home. The Trump […]
Cantwell, Colleagues Request GAO Investigate Troubling SES Employee Reassignments
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 the Senior Executive Service (SES). Reports indicate as many as 33 SES members may have been reassigned at the Department of the Interior (DOI) – […]
Cantwell, Colleagues Oppose Proposal To Auction Off Federal Electric Transmission Assets
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 Management and Budget (OMB) Mick Mulvaney to oppose a provision in the President’s Fiscal Year 2019 Budget that would auction off the transmission assets of […]
Murkowski: Investments in Water Infrastructure and Management Systems Vital to Protecting Communities from Drought
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today chaired a hearing to examine the western water outlook for 2018 and three bills to upgrade water infrastructure, management, and storage systems to ensure our communities have access to clean, reliable water supplies. “For over a decade, the West has suffered through drought conditions. Changing climate conditions and weather […]
Cantwell To Congress: We Need To Empower Communities With Collaborative Water Management Solutions
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 Western water issues called for an improvement in providing communities with water management tools for the future. During the hearing, Senator Cantwell said, “The science […]