Year: 2026

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Cantwell Responds To Trump’s Rudimentary Health Care Proposal: “We Need More Than A One-Page Plan” As ACA Open Enrollment Window Closes and Senate Majority Blocks Efforts to Address Rising Costs

January 15, 2026 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Cantwell Responds To Trump’s Rudimentary Health Care Proposal: “We Need More Than A One-Page Plan” As ACA Open Enrollment Window Closes and Senate Majority Blocks Efforts to Address Rising Costs

Today, Trump released his long-awaited plan to lower health care costs that amounted to a 5-minute video & a fact sheet; Cantwell mocked unserious proposal on Senate floor: “There are a lot of details that […]

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Cantwell Applauds Funding for Critical Buoy and Technology Program that Trump Proposed to Eliminate

January 15, 2026 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Cantwell Applauds Funding for Critical Buoy and Technology Program that Trump Proposed to Eliminate

New budget preserves program that provides vital data for Seattle weather forecasters, Coast Guard search and rescue, and coastal communities WASHINGTON, D.C. – America’s ocean monitoring network – which includes high-tech buoys, gliders, and other data which […]

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U.S. Science Leadership Survives Existential Threat From Trump Budget as Cantwell Rallies Colleagues to Reject Gutting NASA, NSF, & NIST

January 15, 2026 GNCadm1n Comments Off on U.S. Science Leadership Survives Existential Threat From Trump Budget as Cantwell Rallies Colleagues to Reject Gutting NASA, NSF, & NIST

Cantwell’s September report, “The Destruction of NASA’s Mission,” warned lawmakers that Trump’s proposed cuts would doom America to defeat in the international space race WASHINGTON, D.C. – America’s leading science agencies have survived an existential threat […]

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Washington may ban sales of farmed octopus

January 15, 2026 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Washington may ban sales of farmed octopus

by Jerry Cornfield, Washington State StandardJanuary 15, 2026 Octopus is back on the policy menu for Washington state lawmakers. A bill to outlaw the sale, possession, transport, and distribution of farmed octopus advanced out of […]