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10/31/2006 Cantwell Hails ASARCO Superfund Cleanup Deal, Continues Push to Hold Corporate Polluters Accountable
10/27/2006 Cantwell Tours Site of Nation’s Largest Biodiesel Plant as Full-Scale Construction Begins
10/26/2006 Cantwell Questions Administration Over Suppression of Science Linking Climate Change, Hurricane Intensity
10/25/2006 FEMA Gives Final Green Light to Grays Harbor Biodiesel Plant; Construction Now Set to Begin
10/11/2006 Cantwell Calls on President to Back Large-Scale Investment in Alternative Energy Technologies
10/04/2006 Cantwell Presses Forest Service to Focus More on Protecting Communities From Wildfires
09/29/2006 Congress Gives Final Approval to $200 Million in Cantwell-Sponsored Emergency Firefighting Funds
09/22/2006 Dismal Nitch Site Added to Lewis and Clark National Historical Park
09/21/2006 Cantwell Urges Final Approval of $275 Million in Emergency Funds to Fight Forest Fires
09/20/2006 Cantwell Statement on Roadless Rule Decision
09/07/2006 Senate Passes $275 Million in Emergency Funds Championed by Cantwell to Fight Forest Fires
08/23/2006 Pacific Coast State Leaders Call for Emergency Disaster Relief Funding for Salmon Fisheries
08/21/2006 Cantwell Applauds Senate Hearings on BP Pipeline Shutdown
07/31/2006 Cantwell Votes Against Offshore Drilling Proposal that Would Cost Taxpayers Billions
07/30/2006 Cantwell Pushes to Maintain Northwest Outer Continental Shelf Drilling Ban
07/20/2006 Cantwell Applauds Senate Passage of Important Water Projects Legislation that Will Save State Millions
07/17/2006 Cantwell Calls for Oil Spill Response Drill at Entrance to Strait of Juan de Fuca
07/14/2006 Cantwell Demands Answers on Washington’s Particularly Dangerous Superfund Sites
07/13/2006 Applying Real-World Gas Mileage to Fuel Economy Standards Would Cut Oil Imports by 20 Percent
07/11/2006 Cantwell Works to Help Repair South Lake Union Fire Damage
06/29/2006 Murray and Cantwell Announce Millions for Washington State Interior Priorities
06/29/2006 Murray, Cantwell Secure Millions in Funding for Energy and Water Projects Across State
06/27/2006 Coast Guard Bill Sent to President’s Desk Includes Cantwell-Sponsored Provisions for Northwest
06/27/2006 Cantwell Secures $2 million for Yakima Basin Storage Study
06/27/2006 Cantwell Secures $400,000 for Lake Whatcom Water Storage
06/27/2006 Cantwell Secures $400,000 to Upgrade Puyallup Sewer System
06/20/2006 Cantwell Commends DOE Decision to Preserve Hanford Contractors’ Retirement Security, Health Benefits
06/19/2006 During Tour of New Hardwood Mill, Cantwell Announced Low Cost Loan for State-of-the-Art Facility
06/19/2006 Cantwell Applauds Senate Passage of Magnuson-Stevens Fisheries Management Bill
06/15/2006 Cantwell Introduces Legislation to Prevent Corporate Polluters from Evading Toxic Cleanup Responsibilities
06/13/2006 Cantwell Praises New Report Outlining Ten Urgent Steps to Save Oceans
06/12/2006 Cantwell Introduces Senate Resolution to Deter Efforts to Resume Commercial Whaling
06/01/2006 Cantwell-Backed Bid to Place Vancouver Historic Reserve on National Register Clears Key Hurdle
05/25/2006 Cantwell Statement on House Vote to Drill in Arctic Wildlife Refuge
05/09/2006 At Hearing, Cantwell Questions Transportation Secretary and Automakers on Strengthening Fuel Economy Standards
05/09/2006 Cantwell Continues to Question Planned Cuts to Basic Retirement Security for Hanford Workers
05/04/2006 Cantwell Joins Bipartisan Coalition of Senators to Introduce Energy Security Plan
04/27/2006 Exxon Posts Another Quarter of Sky-High Profits as Republican Leaders Push More Oil Company Loopholes
04/25/2006 Republican Leadership Denies Cantwell Vote on Gas Price-Gouging Ban
04/24/2006 With Gas Prices Soaring, Senators Cantwell, Feinstein, Snowe, and Levin Seek to Shine Light on Energy Markets
04/11/2006 Cantwell Plans Legislation to Close Superfund Loopholes, Hold Polluters Accountable
04/05/2006 Cantwell Questions USDA Official, Demands Better Safety and Training for Wildland Firefighters
03/30/2006 Cantwell Commends Move to Protect Arctic Refuge from Drilling
03/23/2006 Cantwell Calls for Better Ocean Monitoring in Face of Climate Change Concerns
03/16/2006 Cantwell: Arctic Drilling Fight Is Far From Over
03/16/2006 Cantwell: A Vote for Budget is a Vote for Drilling
03/09/2006 Cantwell: Keep Arctic Drilling Out of Budget
03/06/2006 Cantwell Calls for Investigation to Uncover Facts Behind Years of Rising Fuel Costs
03/06/2006 Cantwell Condemns Bush Plan That Could Put Much-Needed Benefits Out of Sick Hanford Workers’ Reach
03/02/2006 Cantwell Introduces Legislation to Protect Almost 60 Million Acres of Pristine National Forests
02/28/2006 Cantwell Reiterates Support for County Payments Program Renewal, Condemns Administration Plan to Curtail Vital Funds
02/10/2006 Cantwell Questions Energy Secretary on Under-Funding of Hanford Tank Waste Cleanup
02/10/2006 Cantwell Decries Bush Proposal to Gut Successful County Payments Program
02/09/2006 Cantwell, Inslee Commend Gregoire Efforts to Protect Washington State Roadless Areas
12/21/2005 Cantwell Leads Senate in Stopping Arctic Drilling
12/21/2005 Cantwell Statement on Final Passage of Defense Spending Bill
12/19/2005 Cantwell Opposes Inclusion of Arctic Refuge Drilling in Defense Spending Bill
12/06/2005 Cantwell Blasts House Proposal to Sell Public Lands in Handout to Mining Industry
12/05/2005 Cantwell Announces Comprehensive Oil Spill Prevention Legislation
12/05/2005 Cantwell Calls on Bush to Stop Ignoring Global Warming
12/02/2005 Cantwell Demands Public Release of Full Hanford Vit Plant Reports
11/17/2005 Cantwell Wins Review of Former Hanford Worker Benefits Status
11/16/2005 Cantwell’s Ice Age Floods Legislation Passes Senate
11/15/2005 Congress Passes Cantwell Funding for Lake Tapps
11/02/2005 Cantwell Fights to Stop Drilling in the Arctic Wildlife Refuge
10/28/2005 Cantwell Blasts Cuts to Hanford Cleanup Budget, Criticizes Energy Department’s Mixed Messages and Missed deadlines
10/20/2005 Cantwell Continues to Fight Drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
10/06/2005 Cantwell Vows to Stop House Energy Plan to Allow Giant Oil Tankers into Puget Sound
09/28/2005 Ice Age Floods Trail Passes Key Senate Committee
09/21/2005 Wednesday Cantwell Called For Senate Investigation of Post-Katrina Gas Price Gouging
09/13/2005 Cantwell: Bush Administration Plan to Weaken Clean Air Act Puts Public Health at Risk
09/09/2005 Senator Questions Decision to Ignore Coast Guard Needs in President’s $52 Billion Emergency Aid Bill
08/17/2005 Cantwell Releases Government Report Confirming Corporate Polluters are Leaving Town and Abandoning Cleanup Sites
08/02/2005 President Bush Signs Upper White Salmon Protection Legislation into Law
07/29/2005 Murray, Cantwell, Hastings Secure Funds for Hanford Reach Visitors Center
06/28/2005 Ice Age Flood Designation is Debated in Key Senate Committee
06/21/2005 Cantwell: Off-Shore Inventory Could Open Door to Oil Drilling Off Washington Coast
06/16/2005 Cantwell: Senate Committee OKs $1.5 Million for Yakima Basin Water Storage Local Impact Studies
06/10/2005 Cantwell Helps Secure $1.6 Million for Lewis and Clark National Historic Park
05/17/2005 Cantwell Measure Supports Engineering Programs At Washington Universities
05/12/2005 Cantwell Calls for Action to Save National Oil Spill Trust Fund
05/05/2005 Administration Guts Protections for Pristine Federal Forest Lands
04/22/2005 Cantwell: House Energy Plan An Assault on Washington State Consumers, Taxpayers
04/20/2005 Cantwell Urges Senate to Fully Fund B Reactor Proposal Letter to Appropriations Leaders: Make “ timely investment in preserving our nation's past and educating our future leaders”
04/10/2005 Cantwell Launches 20/20 Biofuels Challenge
03/16/2005 Cantwell: Fight Over Arctic Drilling is Far from Over
03/15/2005 Sen. Cantwell to Fight Efforts to Drill for Oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
03/10/2005 Cantwell Named Senior Democrat on Senate Fisheries & Coast Guard Panel
03/08/2005 Cantwell Applauds Bush Administration's Decision to Support Timber Payments Program
02/14/2005 Cantwell Fights to Extend "County Payments" Program for Washington's Timber Communities
02/09/2005 Senate Committee Passes Cantwell Legislation to Protect Upper White Salmon River
02/07/2005 Murray, Cantwell Denounce Cuts to Hanford Cleanup
02/02/2005 Cantwell Co-Sponsors Bipartisan Legislation Protecting Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
02/01/2005 Senators Collins and Cantwell Introduce Climate Change Legislation
01/31/2005 Hastings, Cantwell, Murray Renew Push for Ice Age Flood Trail
01/24/2005 Cantwell Renews Pursuit of "Wild and Scenic River" Status for Upper White Salmon
11/15/2004 Roadless Rule Comment Period Ends Today
11/01/2004 President Signs Cantwell-Baird Legislation to Create Lewis & Clark National Historic Park
10/13/2004 Cantwell Announces Senate Passage of Her Upper White Salmon Protection Bill at Washington Conservation Voters Breakfast
09/29/2004 Cantwell Pushes Wildland Firefighter Safety Legislation Despite Administration Opposition
09/23/2004 Cantwell Secures $400,000 for City of Battle Ground Wastewater Treatment Plant
09/22/2004 Cantwell Secures Funding for King County's Wastewater Power Project in Senate Spending Bill
09/16/2004 Cantwell Secures $1.5 Million for Continued Orca Recovery Research in Senate Spending Bill
09/15/2004 Senate Approves Cantwell Legislation to Create Lewis and Clark National Historic Park
09/15/2004 Cantwell-Dunn Effort for Largest Expansion of Mount Rainier National Park in 70 Years Passes U.S. Senate
07/26/2004 As Fire Rages Near Cle Elum, Cantwell Calls for More Funds for Firefighters
07/22/2004 Ice Age Flood Trail Bill Introduced
07/21/2004 Bush Administration Declares Support for Cantwell's Upper White Salmon and Scenic Rivers Act
07/14/2004 Senate Committee Approves Cantwell Legislation to Create Lewis and Clark National Historic Park
07/14/2004 Cantwell Pushes Biggest Expansion of Mount Rainier National Park in 70 Years Out of Senate Committee
07/12/2004 Cantwell on Bush Administration's Efforts to Dismantle Roadless Rule
06/17/2004 Energy Assistant Secretary Commits to Cantwell: 99% of Nuclear Waste Will Be Cleaned Up
06/16/2004 Cantwell Asks Bush to Use His "Authority" to Protect Washington State Consumers From Enron's Greed
06/08/2004 Smooth Sailing Today in Senate Subcommittee for Cantwell's Legislation to Expand Mount Rainier National Park
06/02/2004 Cantwell, Murray, and McDermott Request Navy Arrange Meeting With City and Developer to Discuss the Future of 25-Acre Tract in Heart of Discovery Park
05/20/2004 Cantwell Proposal for Lewis and Clark National Park; Receives Senate Hearing; Advances to Committee for Approval
04/20/2004 Sen. Cantwell Welcomes Preliminary U.S. Ocean Commission's Policy Report
03/04/2004 Cantwell Pushes for Protection of Lewis and Clark Sites
02/20/2004 Cantwell Works to Expand Mount Rainier National Park with New Senate Legislation
11/05/2003 Cantwell Secures $1.5 Million for Yakima Basin Water Storage Study
10/30/2003 Statement of Senator Cantwell on The Climate Stewardship Act of 2003
10/21/2003 Senator Maria Cantwell's Statement on Mardy Murie
10/09/2003 Sen. Cantwell's Statement on Luna, Stranded Orca
09/16/2003 Cantwell Calls for Bilateral Cooperation Between U.S. and Canada on Orca Recovery
09/15/2003 Cantwell Disappointed by Ashcroft's Broken Promise to Defend the Roadless Rule
09/04/2003 Cantwell Announces $500,000 for Inland Northwest Natural Resource Research Center
09/04/2003 Cantwell Secures $1.5 Million for Orca Recovery Research
07/23/2003 Wild Sky Wilderness Bill Clears Senate Committee
07/15/2003 Murray, Cantwell Announce $389,000 for Lewis County’s Family Forest Habitat Conservation Plan
06/10/2003 Senator Maria Cantwell's statement on Bush Administration's Roadless Proposal
06/04/2003 Senators Cantwell and Warner Introduce Roadless Area Conservation Legislation in Senate
05/29/2003 Senator Cantwell's Statement on the Final Decision by NOAA Fisheries to Designate Orcas "Depleted" and Embark on a Conservation Plan
05/21/2003 Senator Maria Cantwell's Statement on John and Jess Roskelley's Climb of Mt. Everest
05/01/2003 Cantwell: Smithsonian Should Show Bellevue Photographer's Exhibit on the Artic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) as Planned
03/18/2003 Statement of Maria Cantwell (as prepared) on the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
03/04/2003 State of Washington to sue DOE over Hanford Waste Murray, Cantwell concerned about DOE’s commitment to Hanford clean up
03/03/2003 Lieberman, Cantwell Seek Assurances Roadless Rule is Implemented as Intended
02/21/2003 Cantwell announces funding for Puget Island Water System
02/14/2003 Cantwell Secures New Federal Funding for Orca Recovery Research
02/14/2003 Cantwell, Dicks: Spending Bill Funds Shelton Water and Sewer Plan
02/14/2003 Cantwell Secures New Federal Funding for Orca Recovery Research
02/13/2003 U.S. Forest Service to turn over unredacted Thirtymile fire report
01/30/2003 Northwest Orca Population Designated for Federal Protection
01/23/2003 Senate increases BPA borrowing authority
01/21/2003 Cantwell Announces Federal Assistance for Vaagen Brothers Lumber Workers
01/15/2003 Cantwell Named to Senate Commerce Committee
01/14/2003 Cantwell hires veteran White House staffer to advise on environmental issues
12/12/2002 Cantwell: 9th Circuit decision on Roadless Area Conservation Rule
10/16/2002 Cantwell, Murray call for international protocol to deal with orphaned whales
09/26/2002 Cantwell: McCurdy great choice for the Coeur d'Alene Basin Commission
08/06/2002 Cantwell Announces Funding for Shelton Water and Sewer Plan
07/25/2002 Statement (as prepared) on introduction of Roadless Area Conservation Act
07/23/2002 Cantwell Announces Federal Grant For PNNL
06/27/2002 Cantwell Requests Emergency Funds for Firefighting
06/05/2002 Senator Maria Cantwell's Statement On Roadless Forest Protection Rule Legislation
05/31/2002 Cantwell Addresses Orca Recovery Conference at UW,Calling for Improved Plans to Protect Dwindling Orca Population
05/24/2002 Cantwell Praises NMFS Decision and Plan to Save Baby Orca
05/16/2002 Cantwell: Decision Needed for Baby Orca
05/10/2002 Senators to Bush: Keep Your Promise to Implement Roadless Rule
04/24/2002 Cantwell Congratulates White Salmon for Winning "Great American Water Taste Test"
04/22/2002 Cantwell Research and Development Amendment Passes Senate
04/17/2002 Senator Cantwell's Statement (as prepared) in Opposition to ANWR Amendment
03/13/2002 Statement of Senator Maria Cantwell on Corporate Average Fuel Economy
02/13/2002 Murray-Cantwell Tribal Forestry Amendments Adopted in Senate Farm Bill
02/12/2002 Senator Cantwell's Opening Statement (as prepared) before the Energy and Natural Resources Committee Hearing on the Fiscal Year 2003 Budget Requests for the Department of the Interior, Department of Energy and the Forest Service
02/12/2002 Cantwell Fights Administration's Proposed Hanford Cut
02/04/2002 Senator Cantwell Supports Defense, Security Priorities, but Opposes Worker Cuts
01/09/2002 Cantwell, Wyden ask President Bush to fund Hanford clean up
12/05/2001 Senator Maria Cantwell's Statement (as prepared) on the Introduction of a New Energy Policy for the 21st Century
11/08/2001 Senator Maria Cantwell Announces Veterans Affairs-Housing and Urban Development and Independent Agencies Funding for Washington State
11/06/2001 Senator Maria Cantwell Chairs the Senate Judiciary Confirmation Hearing of Thomas L. Sansonetti
09/26/2001 Senator Cantwell Calls for Senate Hearing to Examine Forest Service Report on Forest Service Report
09/06/2001 Senator Maria Cantwell’s Remarks About the Roadless Forest Protection Rule
09/04/2001 Cantwell Criticizes the Administration’s Attempt to Avoid Public Comment on Plan to Change Roadless Forest Protection Rule
08/15/2001 Senator Maria Cantwell Timeline on the Roadless Rule
08/15/2001 Cantwell Urges Bush Administration to Actively Seek Public Review of Proposal to Weaken Safeguards for Roadless National Forests
08/03/2001 Senator Cantwell Introduces a Bill on the Lakehaven Water Reclamation Project
08/02/2001 Senator Maria Cantwell Lewis & Clark Washington State Sites Included in Senate Bill
07/11/2001 Senator Maria Cantwell Calls on Washington State Residents to Comment on the Bush Administration's Changes to the Roadless Forest Protection Rule
07/10/2001 Senator Maria Cantwell Criticizes Ashcroft and Justice Department for Failing to Appeal Injunction on Rule That Protects National Forests
06/28/2001 Senator Maria Cantwell Announces Interior Appropriations for Washington State
06/28/2001 Senator Maria Cantwell Secures Funding in the Senate Interior Appropriations Bill for the Fort Vancouver National Historic Reserve
06/19/2001 Senator Cantwell Calls for Increased Energy Efficiency
05/10/2001 Statement on the Idaho Court's Roadless Forest Protection Rule Decision
05/09/2001 Cantwell Wins First Round On Roadless Forest Rule; Sets Stage For Second Debate On Environmental Issues
05/09/2001 Senator Maria Cantwell Remarks on the Bush Administration's Proposed Rollback of 3809 Regulations
05/01/2001 Cantwell Criticizes Bush Administration Attempt To Scuttle Roadless Rule
03/21/2001 Senator Cantwell To Appear At Washington Energy Conservation Summit
01/24/2001 Statement of Senator Maria Cantwell Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Nomination of Gale Norton
01/12/2001 Cantwell taps experienced veterans to lead U.S. Senate office
01/11/2001 Cantwell lands key committee assignments
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