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Maria Cantwell

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Maria Ellen Cantwell is a United States Senator from Washington, serving since January 3, 2001. A member of the Democratic Party, she has been actively involved in various legislative efforts, particularly focusing on technology, environmental issues, and healthcare. Throughout her tenure, Cantwell has worked on policies aimed at promoting clean energy and protecting the environment, as well as advocating for affordable healthcare access for all Americans.

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Mar 12, 2018

I have given you ample time and I simply asked you a question about the private jet trip to Vegas.

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Mar 12, 2018

President Trump and Secretary Zinke have abandoned the responsibility of stewardship of our public lands and undermined the public trust.

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Mar 12, 2018

I do believe that when you removed part of Utah's monument that is now going to be open to ideas of mining claims and uranium development and off-road ATV, you did take an inch of public land out of that use.

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Mar 12, 2018

The President's budget proposal for 2019, again, abdicates responsibility for stewardship of our natural resources and public good.

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Mar 12, 2018

I think the thing that I would say deserves a major infrastructure investment is anything that can take the existing sources of water and use them more resiliently.

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Mar 12, 2018

I'm very concerned that this will result in more local tolls, fare increases, rate hikes, and taxes, and it's not clear what local communities will get in return.

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Mar 12, 2018

Will that include doing no analysis of those opportunities for the future?

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Mar 12, 2018

Why cut at a time when water is becoming such a major focus for us on the kinds of resiliency programs that are helping our Western states deal with the impact?

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Mar 12, 2018

the Trump Administration has overseen an attack on our public lands and on our nation's strong conservation ethic that, I believe, is unprecedented.

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Mar 12, 2018

this budget and Secretary Zinke's actions, I think, represent an abandonment of the Secretary's stewardship responsibility of our public resource.

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Mar 12, 2018

The staffing and budget cuts at our national parks also, combined with similar budget cuts at virtually all non-energy programs within the Interior, show the Administration's failure to recognize the importance of the outdoor recreation…

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Mar 12, 2018

Your proposal would increase the park entrance fee and cost visitors to these parks an additional $215 million a year.

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Mar 12, 2018

I believe these actions will ultimately be overturned as unlawful exercises of Presidential or Secretarial power.

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Mar 12, 2018

I am, Madam Chair, disappointed at this budget proposal and the actions of this Administration as it relates to these important issues.

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Mar 12, 2018

We definitely think we should be increasing access, not disincentivizing it.

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Mar 12, 2018

we are going to be continuing to ask about the Administration's Arctic priorities to ensure that this does continue to be viewed as an area of focus, not only from the budget perspective, but in terms of national priorities.

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Mar 12, 2018

These increases imposed on American's public lands are also in sharp contrast to the millions of dollars of royalty reductions that the Secretary is proposing for oil and gas and coal companies.

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Mar 12, 2018

Secretary Zinke assured us during his confirmation hearing that he would manage the Interior Department like a Teddy Roosevelt conservationist.

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Mar 12, 2018

The crisis turned into a $200 million Federal problem and became a prime example of the need to invest upfront in the ability of cities and states to provide essential services to their residents.

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Mar 12, 2018

Rather than having the Federal Government step up as a reliable partner, President Trump's plan continues the problem by once again passing the buck.

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Feb 28, 2018

We would like to see that be more than just a bill. We would like to see it be law and to put in place some of these protections that we have been working on so hard.

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Feb 28, 2018

I know you and I keep hoping that there will be some cybersecurity legislation that moves through the Full Congress as it has already moved through the Senate.

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Feb 28, 2018

And we are dead serious that we have to come up with a threat assessment and work through it.

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Feb 28, 2018

We have been pushing for over a year now asking for a threat assessment to our electricity grid.

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Feb 28, 2018

Cybersecurity is now more significant to our national security than terrorism.

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