Maria Cantwell: “We in Puget Sound can get the workforce, train and skill them -- and yes, management is going to listen to the workforce…”

The data sharing here was illegal and threatens federal revenue, adversely affecting all taxpayers.

Today, it is the top fire in our nation. That means [the federal government is] going to give us the resources that we need here on the ground.

I ask our fellow Washingtonians to help this region, to be as patient as you can, to listen to what the first responders are saying because we're not out of danger yet.

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