Maria Cantwell

It's critical that we address this congestion issue.

We should be making--this is a major priority for the Nation and certainly we're going to work with you, Senator.

We live in an increasingly global economy where more than 95 percent of consumers live outside our borders.

I just want to get a commitment from both of you that as it relates to the bill Senator Wicker and I worked on together, the Aircraft Certification and Safety Accountability Act, which strengthens the safety oversight and improving safety…

The Investment and Infrastructure Jobs Act, $567 billion investment, will help just do that.

Americans and businesses need world-class infrastructure to reach their customers.

I want to discuss an issue that is of serious concern--our growing affordable housing crisis and the need to build millions more housing units in Washington State and nationwide.

The Yakima Basin Integrated Plan is the model for the West.

There is not an issue of national security or, you know, competitiveness that does not come back to the material science aspect.

I believe is, definitely, that the national labs should, in the American Competes Act--or as some now are calling it, USICA--gets it's fair share of R&D dollars for the future.

I am a whole-hearted believer in this, and we have changed the EPSCoR program to work more effectively in the USICA Act because of this.

I mean, this seems to be the new thing is to, let's see how much intimidation we can drive through infiltrating power plants or pipelines, things of that nature.

We do believe the DOE should have more lab--should also have more dollars in USICA.

I plan to be very aggressive with the Biden Administration about this, as well.

It would take months for the U.S. to recover from such a hostile attack in the shutdown of our electricity grid.

The Federal Government should be part of the solution.

A grid disruption could have massive impacts to our economy. Lives could also be on the line.

Imagine what might result if an attack on Colonial Pipeline happened to an electric company.

I pushed for $240 million in U.S. technical assistance for capacity building through the U.S. Department of Labor.

We must press Canada and Mexico to adhere to these principles and hold them accountable to their trade commitments.

The COVID pandemic has slowed everything down around the world, but efforts to improve labor law and labor rights in Mexico must continue.

The dairy industry is important to the economy of Washington State and that of the Pacific Northwest.

This is a very important topic for many companies in the Pacific Northwest because we're continuing to focus on space in so many different ways.

I have a lot of people in Seattle who are waiting, and Portland and probably even Honolulu.

How can we continue to have this gap in Urban Indian health?