It is the transformative element that might get somebody from just existing to thriving again.
Maria Cantwell
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Maria Ellen Cantwell is a United States Senator from Washington, serving since January 3, 2001. A member of the Democratic Party, she has been actively involved in various legislative efforts, particularly focusing on technology, environmental issues, and healthcare. Throughout her tenure, Cantwell has worked on policies aimed at promoting clean energy and protecting the environment, as well as advocating for affordable healthcare access for all Americans.
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August 15, 2026
But despite these advancements, we've seen 14,000 young people remain unstably housed or homeless, which makes this development project so much more important.
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by number of sources- We just have to move faster.3 sources2026cantwell.senate.gov
- We should be the smartest government in the world, using technology, analyzing the data.2 sources2025cbsnews.com
- If the prediction markets are allowed to keep operating unchecked does this pose an existential threat to both tribal sovereignty and to Indian Country, and what can Congress do to better protect Indian gaming?2 sources2026cantwell.senate.gov
- we agree on this issue of setting some rules.2 sources2026washingtonstatestandard.com
- I ask our fellow Washingtonians to help this region, to be as patient as you can, to listen to what the first responders are saying because we're not out of danger yet.2 sources2026cantwell.senate.gov
Washington is standing out as a national leader in youth and youth-adult homelessness, and Casa de la Mora will be a brilliant example of that.
At today’s briefing with Sec. Burgum, U.S. Wildland Fire Service Chief Brian Fennessy, and local fire chiefs, we discussed the next steps in responding to the fires and collecting information for a federal disaster declaration.
We should be thankful for California Interagency Incident Management Team 7 and the firefighters who have continued to respond after the incident.
It's going to show that real solutions exist in the community, and that those solutions not only help these young people, but they help our economy by creating a workforce and stability for them and their families.
I’m glad Senator Thune set a date certain in September to bring it up because the challenges facing student athletes and universities aren’t going away.
The IRS’s address sharing policy therefore violates the statute, improperly displaces Congress’s legislative judgments, undermines the confidentiality of taxpayer information and taxpayer reliance, and threatens the national fisc.
Between Washington and Oregon, we've hit a record for the amount of acreage that has been burning.
The data sharing at issue in this case by the [IRS] and [ICE] violates the express terms of the statute and ignores its history.
Returning 72 acres of the Quinault Indian Nation’s original reservation will restore the Tribe’s ancestral lands and help preserve one of the area’s last remnants of old growth forest as a living museum for future generations.
The data sharing here was illegal and threatens federal revenue, adversely affecting all taxpayers.
The Northwest will continue to benefit from air assets, and I hope that more of them can be deployed throughout the region, as smoke allows, to help Spokane, Okanogan and all Northeast Washington counties, the Spokane and Colville Tribes…
Technology can play a big role. We have to show people that the connection between the information that we can get, and then the actual action plan that we can put into place, that's where that's where the gaps are.
The next couple of days will be challenging, but we are going to do everything we can to make sure the resources are here and continue to make sure that this issue gets our nation's attention.
We have to show people that the connection between the information that we can get, and then the actual action plan that we can put into place, that's where that's where the gaps are.
There are some up here with us who have been evacuated. There are some that have lost their homes. So we are with you in this situation, and we're going to do everything we can to get the federal resources to help you.
I ask our fellow Washingtonians to help this region, to be as patient as you can, to listen to what the first responders are saying because we're not out of danger yet.
Today, it is the top fire in our nation. That means [the federal government is] going to give us the resources that we need here on the ground.
President Trump’s statements, coupled with his repeated threats to invoke the Insurrection Act — which authorizes the president to deploy military forces inside the United States to suppress rebellion or domestic violence — only heighten…





