Maria Cantwell: “I actually like good local journalism. I am going to fight as hard as I can in the U.S. Congress to keep local…”

“I actually like good local journalism. I am going to fight as hard as I can in the U.S. Congress to keep local journalism and fight AI, that basically might obliterate it, for all intents and purposes. So I am just going to read my statement here. In an article printed in the Vancouver Columbian on August 11, 2025, the headline is ``Child care center owner urges Congress to take action to save the [Affordable Care Act] tax credits, expansion.'' The owner of an east Vancouver child care center joined Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., Monday morning to draw attention to Washington's rising health care costs. The two spoke at a news conference at Tree Hill Learning Center on Southeast 196th Avenue, along with representatives from a local insurance agency and Workforce Southwest Washington. Washington's Insurance Commissioner said that in May that 14 health insurers in the state were seeking a rate increase for next year. The proposed increases for plans sold on the individual health insurance market averaged 21.2 percent and ranged [anywhere] from 9.6 percent to 37.3 percent. The office expects premium increases to affect about 300,000 people statewide.”