Maria Cantwell

Just so you know, it got so bad we called out the National Guard.

I mean, if it's so easy just to go get some now, why not let the flexibility in the suggestion for this fire season be there?

I just think it would be so helpful to us, and also helpful in attacking the hotspots of the fire.

Before I begin I, too, want to thank the over 35,000 men and women who fight fires everyday throughout our country.

I do not think that is where the House and Senate are, but hopefully we can educate the White House on why it is so important to have trade enforcement resources within USTR.

I believe if 95 percent of consumers are outside of the United States and with all our activity, we should be beefing up enforcement just to make sure business can happen.

No other country has these kind of restrictions, and I would assume that the United States wants to do everything that we can to stop these kind of restrictions.

It does make money, but there are those in the Cabinet who have said from time to time they consider it controversial.

We are especially grateful for the leadership of Finance Committee Chairman Hatch, Committee Ranking Member Wyden, and Committee Member Cantwell in championing legislation to expand and strengthen the Housing Credit.

Legislation introduced by Senator Cantwell and Chairman Hatch, the Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2017 (S. 548), would increase LIHTC allocations by 50% and gives states and developers more flexibility to use credits in ways…

To meaningfully grow our economy and address our nation's growing affordable housing needs through tax reform, we urge the Committee to support Senator Cantwell and Senate Finance Committee Chairman Hatch's Affordable Housing Credit…

America's affordable rental housing crisis is growing.

We strongly urge the Committee to advance this critical bill as part of any tax legislation it considers.

We also thank Finance Committee Senators Wyden, Bennet, Heller, Isakson and Portman for their cosponsorship.

Congress should pass the Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act, S. 548, sponsored by Senator Maria Cantwell.

Passing Senator Cantwell and Chairman Hatch's Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act, S. 548, is essential to addressing the affordable housing crisis.

This crucial piece of legislation would increase Housing Credit authority, facilitate Housing Credit development in challenging markets.

Both the Cantwell Hatch bill and the Wyden proposal would promote more of the mixed-income housing that our members have seen is crucial for building vibrant communities.

I also want to thank Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), who too has been a true champion of these crucial housing programs.

Because they think it helps drive down costs of health insurance?

If you are dealing with the same population without a roof over their head--or as my colleague, Senator Scott, was talking about, apprenticeship--well I guarantee you, you cannot deliver job training to a tent.

I cannot emphasize enough how this is a crisis across many parts of our country.

I so appreciate everything our witnesses have said. I actually disagree with very little that has been discussed so far.

I think that is really what Senator Cantwell and Chairman Hatch are trying to do, to wring every bit of value out of this low-income credit.

So the lack of affordable housing shows up in the budgets outside of the housing budgets.