Maria Cantwell
Maria Cantwell
Maria Elaine Cantwellis the junior United States Senator from Washington, serving since 2001. A member of the Democratic Party, she previously served in the Washington House of Representatives from 1987 to 1993 and then in the United States House of Representatives from Washington's 1st congressional district from 1993 to 1995, after which she worked as an executive for RealNetworks. She is Washington's second female senator, after Patty Murray. She served as Chairwoman of the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth13 October 1958
CountryUnited States of America
I'll tell you where my constituents are. They want to know why we spend billions of dollars on Star Wars defense, and yet we don't have the security to guarantee that there's not going to be a nuclear device in a cargo container that comes to the Port of Seattle.
As the final numbers come in, we are going to be successful, ... I believe I will ultimately prevail.
We need to give our children a future less dependent on fossil fuel, ... According to the Energy Department's latest analysis, even if oil companies drill in the wildlife refuge and hit peak production, it will only lower gas prices by a penny per gallon.
The president needs to have emergency powers to halt gas-price gouging,
I don't know what the level should be, ... But I know consumers should not be paying $5 a gallon for gas.
My constituents are frustrated. Consumers want to know what we're going to do about this. Consumers definitely want to know what's going on.
Let's embrace productive capitalism, not casino capitalism, by restoring transparency and true competition in the commodities markets.
We need to make sure we have every tool in the toolbox to prohibit oil profiteers from taking advantage of this tragedy,
Physicians must be free to make clinical determinations, in accordance with medical standards of care, that best safeguard a woman's life and health. Women and their families, along with their doctors, are simply better than politicians at making decisions about their medical care.
I think a lot of people use it a lot more about me than I use it.
I think this is a critical part why you need federal legislation to make sure that supply isn't being manipulated and that there is transparency in the market,
It is a false promise that they are going to have cheaper gas prices now, or significantly cheaper gas prices in the future, ... It is a false promise on the amount of revenue that is going to be raised in the budget. It is a false promise that somehow this can be done in an environmentally sensitive way, and that the area that we have called so long, the Arctic Wildlife Refuge, can be preserved as it is.
There is an average of over 500 oil spills a year on Alaskan North Slope, and over 4,000 spills in the last 10 years. Let's not pollute one of the great last refuges of America,
He's played this leadership role for (Sens.) Trent Lott and Mitch McConnell, delivering for them, slamming down programs that I think would be effective and the people of Washington state want,