Maria Cantwell: “It's got to be, obviously, more cost effective than the lawsuits that we are seeing which are getting us nowhere on…”

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…

It would also compromise taxpayer privacy and raise the possibility of grave consequences for individuals misidentified by ICE.

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.

We are not out of danger.