Maria Cantwell
Maria Cantwell
Maria Elaine Cantwellis the junior United States Senator from Washington, serving since 2001. A member of the Democratic Party, she previously served in the Washington House of Representatives from 1987 to 1993 and then in the United States House of Representatives from Washington's 1st congressional district from 1993 to 1995, after which she worked as an executive for RealNetworks. She is Washington's second female senator, after Patty Murray. She served as Chairwoman of the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth13 October 1958
CountryUnited States of America
Conservation must be more than a convenient slogan,
Taxpayers have put more than $24 trillion on the line to resuscitate Wall Street after the economic meltdown of last year. With the help of this massive taxpayer support, the nation's largest banks are posting record profits.
I think this is a critical part why you need federal legislation to make sure that supply isn't being manipulated and that there is transparency in the market,
Not having an administrator sends the wrong message to the airline industry.
My constituents are frustrated. Consumers want to know what we're going to do about this. Consumers definitely want to know what's going on.
Everybody says they want to have private providers and we're saying fine. Let the states negotiate on behalf of a population in your state to drive down your costs. Don't just give subsidies to insurance companies for expensive insurance.
The Bush rate hike would have a devastating impact on our economy and jobs. I will not rest until the administration's plan is dead and gone.
The underlying bill is a sweetheart deal for oil companies that have made a record $30 billion in profits last quarter,
This is too important a question to slide into the budget bill, ... We are setting a very, very dangerous precedent.
The president needs to have emergency powers to halt gas-price gouging,
We need to give our children a future less dependent on fossil fuel, ... According to the Energy Department's latest analysis, even if oil companies drill in the wildlife refuge and hit peak production, it will only lower gas prices by a penny per gallon.
We have known each other for a long time. When you've known each other for a while it's easy to work together and get to the answers.
Using backdoor tactics to destroy America's last great wild frontier will not solve our nation's energy problems and will do nothing to lower skyrocketing gas prices,
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