Maria Cantwell

I think that’s probably what would make the most sense to get everybody’s viewpoint properly represented.

My colleagues have done a good job of talking about the care, but I don't think anybody is talking about the cost,

We write for a second time regarding the unconstitutional and illegal attempt to transform the United States Postal Service into an election administration agency controlled by the White House and President Trump.

Women are bearing these unbelievable tragedies in their life, but they're also bearing all this extra cost because somebody promulgated this rule on our health care system.

Four years after Dobbs, women are worse off. They are traveling farther, paying more, and facing greater barriers to care. Since Idaho imposed a restrictive abortion ban, more than one-third of the state’s OB-GYNs have left – and women are…

Housing is a crisis in America and huge bipartisan majorities passed this bill on to the President’s desk. He should now sign it or pledge not to veto it. Doing anything else is just sticking Americans with higher housing costs.

We urge you to honor that commitment by abandoning these proposals and to further reject any legislation that would permanently cut off these benefits to veterans.

We are equally opposed to the Take Care of America’s Veterans Act because it codifies the same harmful reductions in benefits for veterans with tinnitus and sleep apnea benefits.

We urge you to listen to the growing opposition from veterans and publicly commit to addressing their concerns.

We write in strong opposition to a proposed reduction in benefits for more than one million veterans suffering from sleep apnea and tinnitus outlined in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) draft rule.

Following the changes in the postmark practices, the Secretary of the State of Washington is seeing increased numbers of return ballots being rejected for late postmarks.

With the administration's plan, if you are among 1/3 of Americans that vote by mail, you can never know whether your vote was counted.

Disenfranchisement today is more bureaucratic, it's more technical, but the results for ordinary citizens can be the same.

Americans have been beaten, they've been bloodied, and some have given their lives just to secure this right to vote.

We have put something on the table that's going to bring more certainty and predictability to the system.

We have to have good national security grid watch, and we have to stop terrorist attacks.

Where are the Seattle and Wenatchee lab capabilities going to be headquartered?

This bipartisan legislation will modernize and expand the fleet, strengthening NOAA’s ability to provide the timely, accurate warnings that help keep families, businesses, and communities safe.

As atmospheric rivers become more frequent and severe across the Pacific Northwest, our communities increasingly depend on accurate forecasts to prepare for flooding and other extreme weather.

We are talking about a constitutional right given to the citizens of this country, and whether we are going to fight to uphold that and protect that.

Closing the Pacific Wildland Fire Sciences and the Forest Sciences labs will halt or impede vital research at a pivotal juncture in wildland fire management and would put Washingtonians at risk.

Now is not the time to shutter federal labs that support smoke forecasts and wildfire prevention.

Cancer diagnoses have become death sentences in Gaza.

It is imperative that the United States and its regional partners urge the Israeli government to reestablish a medical pathway for cancer patients in Gaza to receive life-saving treatment in East Jerusalem and the West Bank.

We write today in strong support of the Protect College Sports Act of 2026 and its provisions that preserve opportunities for collegiate Olympic and Paralympic sports.