Maria Cantwell: “This is an integral step for the United States to return to the moon and to establish a lasting presence there.”

As Commerce Committee Chair she led the 2022 MARAD Reauthorization, which authorized $30 million.

Today we discussed what policies need to change and the practices we need to improve to be better prepared.

Congress should pass the Roadless Area Conservation Act to permanently preserve the benefits these public lands provide our nation and future generations.

We also learned that this situation could have been a lot worse. We should be thankful for that, and we should be thankful for California Interagency Incident Management Team 7 and the firefighters who have continued to respond after the…