Maria Cantwell

I see there is a great opportunity to work collaboratively, both on the infrastructure dollars and on the job training and skilling of a workforce.

I think people do not realize that a recent study found that life cycle emissions from oil, gas, and coal pulled from public lands and waters were equivalent to 20 percent of the total U.S. greenhouse emissions.

This is critical to many counties in my state, and I think we have been thinking about ways that PILT might be able to be expanded.

We want to know that you are going to provide the leadership and investment in the infrastructure upgrade that we are looking for, for our national parks.

There are people in Indian Country all over the United States that are so proud of her nomination.

I am very frustrated by what Secretary Bernhardt did on the way out the door. I mean, talk about thwarting Congress.

Should we be looking at that as well?

This is respecting the wishes of the voters, and then putting it to good use.

I want to give credit to Secretary Brouillette, because he and his team did make significant progress on the construction of the facility that Senator Wyden was commenting on.

I hope that you can commit to putting forth a budget that helps DOE keep its milestones that are laid out as part of a Tri-Party Agreement.

I share the concerns you expressed during your nomination hearing that climate change poses an 'existential threat' and support your plans to make the Treasury Department a leader in addressing the risks it poses to our economy.

I do believe in using sanctions, though. And I think the Trump administration failed to be as aggressive on sanctions.

I want to thank President-elect Biden for nominating a woman

I believe we should try to address unfair trade practices. And the best way to do that is to work with our allies, rather than unilaterally.

The Senator has my assurance to work to accommodate his concerns and those of his colleague from Maryland before we proceed on any comparable legislation in the 117th Congress

The Senator from Maryland is correct. The Commerce Committee has no intention of trying to pressure NASA to establish a university affiliated research center unless NASA leadership identifies a technical need for a mission requirement that…

I would be delighted to yield to the senior Senator from Maryland and his colleague, Senator Van Hollen.

I come to the floor tonight to join my colleagues to honor the life of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Before I do, though, I would like to first of all thank my colleague from Massachusetts for reviewing the many legal decisions that Justice…

I thank the chairman of the Finance Committee, Senator Grassley, for his leadership on these issues. I look forward to working with him on the assigned task forces and to working hard on very important issues that he and I have been…

The current run up in world oil prices is effectively a tax on every American family's discretionary budget, except that the money goes to the OPEC cartel rather than the U.S. Treasury.

Abandon your Administration's stated plan to roll back fuel economy standards that otherwise will save the average car owner more than $6,000 over the life of the car and cut the nation's oil consumption by over two million barrels per day…

We know that one in every five women will experience sexual assault in their lifetime in Indian Country.

I certainly want to thank Senator Heitkamp for her leadership.

I am counting on Mr. Vela to understand the importance of our parks to the American people and to our economy.

I think we should have a WPPA program for cybersecurity. We should just say, calling all Americans, we will help you get educated in this area if you help us.