Honorable Maria Cantwell
United States Senator, Washington, Democrat
Senator Cantwell was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2000. She served in the Washington House of Representatives from 1987 to 1992, and in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1992 to 1994. She is the Ranking Minority Member of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee and sits on the following committees: Commerce, Science, and Transportation; Finance; Indian A airs; and Small Business and Entrepreneurship. The following is from the March 7, 2017, Senate floor debate on H.J. Res. 44, disapproving the Department of the Interior rule relating to Bureau of Land Management (BLM) regulations. I come to the floor…
