Maria Cantwell actually said...

"So first, I guess my question is do you think our Nation should have an explicit plan on dealing with the Defense waste?"

"I can't imagine that Congress really intended to remove or destroy these kinds of historic hiking attractions."

"I do have an important piece of legislation that's on the agenda."

"To me, it's unacceptable to our State, my constituents, to think that Hanford is just going to end up being that repository for that vast amount of high level Defense waste."