Maria Cantwell actually said...

"Our concerns about making sure we continue to get clean up done in a timely fashion is of critical importance, not just to the State of Washington, but to the Nation."

"I've often said you should be made the Energy Secretary for life, or until Hanford is cleaned up, just so we don't continue to change horses in mid-stream."

"The fact that these States basically watch other States get a deduction that is about $236 billion on the tax rolls as far as deduction, and we are talking about $16 billion here, and we cannot get ce..."

"I think States like Washington, Florida, and Texas deserve certainty on whether they get to deduct their sales tax from their Federal income tax?"