Honorable Maria Cantwell
United States Senator, Washington, Democrat
Senator Cantwell was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2000. She served in the Washington General Assembly from 1987 to 1992 and in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1993 to 1995. From 1995 to 2000, she was a Vice President of RealNetworks, Inc. She serves on the following committees: Indian Affairs, Judiciary, Natural Resources, and Small Business. The following is from the March 13, 2002, Senate floor debate on the Kerry-McCain amendment to S. 517, the National Laboratories Improvement Act. I rise today to express my disappointment with the Senate’s inability to act on the important issue of corporate…
