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
But the fact is, it's illegal for the Administration to spend North west taxpayers' money to develop this rate hike proposal, just so it can turn around and raise their energy rates.
Everybody says they want to have private providers and we're saying fine. Let the states negotiate on behalf of a population in your state to drive down your costs. Don't just give subsidies to insurance companies for expensive insurance.
The bill gives oil companies a free ride with backdoor language that allows them to circumvent environmental laws, legal standards, federal agency oversight that every other business in America has to comply with. ... America wants a better energy plan than putting a sweetheart deal in the budget language,
Not having an administrator sends the wrong message to the airline industry.
It's time for a change, and it's not an issue of being old. It's an issue of longevity,
I want to give the president all the tools possible, ... ...Giving the president power to declare an energy emergency sends a very sharp message to people that we are going to be coming after them
Taxpayers have put more than $24 trillion on the line to resuscitate Wall Street after the economic meltdown of last year. With the help of this massive taxpayer support, the nation's largest banks are posting record profits.
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.
As the final numbers come in, we are going to be successful, ... I believe I will ultimately prevail.
Conservation must be more than a convenient slogan,
These are the terrible consequences of our overdependence on fossil fuel, ... The natural disasters of Katrina and Rita have showed us firsthand how truly vulnerable we are.
open their books, so we can evaluate whether supply has been manipulated.
The Bush rate hike would have a devastating impact on our economy and jobs. I will not rest until the administration's plan is dead and gone.
I don't know what the level should be, ... But I know consumers should not be paying $5 a gallon for gas.