Honorable Maria Cantwell
United States Senator, Washington, Democrat
Maria Cantwell was first elected to the U.S. Senate in November 2000. She is the Ranking Minority Member on the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and also sits on the following committees: Commerce, Science, and Transportation; Energy and Natural Resources; Finance; Indian Affairs; and Small Business and Entrepreneurship . The following is from Senator Cantwell’s opening statement at a March 20, 2018, hearing before the Senate Energy and Commerce Committee on the President’s budget request for the Department of Energy (DOE) for Fiscal Year 2019. The Department of Energy is a global leader in science and technology with…
