Maria Cantwell: “So we should get on it, Mr. Chairman, Ranking Member, and actually figure out how to do that sometime in the next--you…”

Congress must pass the Freedom from Intimidation in Elections Act.

But compensation on revenue sharing is probably the most important thing we could possibly enshrine in federal law today.

It is deeply troubling that now more than half of local elections officials worry about the safety of their colleagues, and a third have experienced threats or abuse.

Today, Congress took a historic step to strengthen salmon and habitat recovery and help fulfill a decades-old vision to restore the Elwha River and the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe’s connection to lands that have sustained them since time…