Cantwell To Trump: Protect Our Planet With The Same Zeal You Protect Your Golf Courses
Download a PDF of Sens. Cantwell’s letter here. Washington, D.C. – Today, Ranking Member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) wrote to President Trump about his differing approach to combating climate change as a businessman compared to his positions and actions as a politician. “Taking measures to protect your own […]
Alaska Delegation Commends Executive Order on Offshore Energy Development
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan, and U.S. Rep. Don Young, all R-Alaska, today joined President Donald Trump, Vice President Mike Pence, and Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke for the signing ceremony of an Executive Order to implement an America-First Offshore Energy Strategy. The order lifts leasing withdrawals imposed on Alaska’s Arctic, directs the […]
WATCH: Cantwell Calls On Trump Administration To Protect Coastlines From Unlawful Offshore Oil Drilling
Download broadcast-quality video of Sen. Cantwell’s floor statement here. Watch Sen. Cantwell’s floor statement on YouTube here. WASHINGTON, D.C. – Ranking Member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) today addressed the Senate about the Trump administration’s executive order that may allow unlawful offshore oil and gas drilling in protected areas […]
WATCH: Cantwell, Colleagues Champion Protection Of Public Lands And Coastal Waters
Download broadcast-quality video of Sen. Cantwell’s floor statement here. Watch Sen. Cantwell’s floor statement on YouTube here. WASHINGTON, D.C. – Ranking Member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) today condemned the Trump administration’s executive order that would threaten more than 50 of our country’s iconic National Monuments. Sen. Cantwell said, […]
Murkowski Holds Hearing on CNMI Economic Expansion Act
Bill Would Raise Worker Caps, Help Northern Marianas Future Economic Growth U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today held a legislative hearing to receive testimony on H.R. 339, the Northern Mariana Islands Economic Expansion Act. Murkowski kicked off the hearing by highlighting the fact that for the last two years the CNMI-Only Transitional Worker (CW) permit […]
Murkowski Commends Executive Order on National Monuments
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today joined President Donald Trump, Vice President Mike Pence, and Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke for the signing ceremony of an executive order directing the Department of the Interior to conduct a review of national monuments designated under the Antiquities Act since 1996. Secretary Zinke will review onshore and marine monument […]
Cantwell, Daines Introduce Legislation to Protect and Recognize Wildland Firefighters
Washington D.C. —U.S. Senators Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) and Steve Daines (R-Mont.) today introduced two bipartisan, bicameral pieces of legislation to protect and recognize wildland firefighters. “Firefighters on the front lines and those who gave their lives to protect us deserve fair treatment from their government,” Senator Cantwell said. “I am pleased to be teaming up […]
WATCH: Cantwell Defends The Protected Status Of National Monuments
Download broadcast-quality video of Sen. Cantwell’s floor statement here.Watch Sen. Cantwell’s floor statement on YouTube here. WASHINGTON, D.C. – Ranking Member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) today defended the Antiquities Act and the protected status of National Monuments across the country. Senator Cantwell took to the Senate floor to […]
Media Advisory: Chairman Murkowski and Ranking Member Cantwell Announce Upcoming Legislative Hearing
The Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources will hold a hearing on Thursday, April 27, 2017, at 10:00 a.m. EDT in Room 366 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, DC. The purpose of the hearing is to receive testimony on H.R. 339, the Northern Mariana Islands Economic Expansion Act. The hearing will be webcast […]
Cantwell Urges Trump To Reverse Decision That Would Slash Funding For Fighting Fires
Download a PDF of Sen. Cantwell’s letter to Trump. WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Ranking Member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) sent a letter to President Trump calling for the use of science-based approaches to restore forest health and for a reversal of the $600 million cut to firefighting proposed […]