Maria Cantwell

I think we already are taking steps in our State in the school construction program to build schools out of cross-laminated timber.

I know our seafood industry has used it a lot to help develop markets in Asia for our aquaculture products.

It is critical for tribes to be equal partners at the table in the management of forests.

We need high-standard, enforceable commitments on labor and the environment, removing chapter 19.

I am for going and doing as many bilaterals as we can possibly do. Propose them to Congress.

I am not interested in changing NAFTA and the 200-percent agriculture increase in Washington State for somebody to say, 'Hey, Florida, I did something for tomatoes,' and basically screw the apple, or pear, or cherry industry. That is just…

No administration should expect to have my support for trade agreements if it fails to include provisions that protect the Internet.

I think it is something like a 200-percent increase in agriculture exports.

If the administration has a policy regarding trade with China, I am not sure anybody knows what it is.

On that point, I think that the Chair would note that I have, many times, suggested to her that that should be a good focus for Alaska, natural gas, as opposed to the more recent discussion on the ANWR.

The cyber threat is no longer just a threat. We have been hacked and we must take additional steps to protect our energy infrastructure.

We must take action to protect our critical infrastructure from cybersecurity attacks and ensure the security of energy.

Energy security means more than just oil and gas flowing in and out and across borders.

We need a next-generation payment system that rewards innovation, quality, prevention, and improved patient outcomes--with incentives for good care, not just more care.

I would be remiss not to mention that I met with my provider community this weekend on the CHIP issue, and obviously, the level of anxiety in making sure that we have continuity, the notices that patients are getting, is starting to…

The proposals that have been considered on block-granting and a per capita cap, my providers have been very clear--very clear--they are no innovation.

Our expansion was over 600,000. And our uninsured rate was cut by 60 percent. Uncompensated care was slashed.

Do you support Medicare's move from fee-for-service to value-based care?

I view the previous proposals of block-granting and a per capita cap as cuts, as my provider community has made very, very clear to me.

Well, I like the notion just in the fact that because there are things called human error, that you can, you know, use this to look for faults in code and weak points and do--because that's what someone else is doing, right? And so the…

President Trump has followed his advice to strip protection from two million acres in Utah.

I think Secretary Zinke has been very abrupt in his actions at Department of the Interior.

I'm proud over the last two years that the Chair, Senator Murkowski, and I have tried to address some of the permitting issues...

We obviously started the year with a lot of conversation between our colleagues and our leaders...

I certainly welcome this infrastructure permitting oversight hearing, but I do think it's interesting...