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Cantwell on Historic Haaland Nomination: People in Indian Country “feel like they have been good stewards of public land for centuries”

February 24, 2021 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Cantwell on Historic Haaland Nomination: People in Indian Country “feel like they have been good stewards of public land for centuries”

WASHINGTON, D.C. – At a Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources hearing this morning to consider the nomination of Representative Deb Haaland to be U.S. Secretary of the Interior, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) spoke […]

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Wyden, Colleagues Call for Passage of 9/11 Style COVID-19 Commission

February 24, 2021 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Wyden, Colleagues Call for Passage of 9/11 Style COVID-19 Commission

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden today introduced bipartisan legislation that would create an independent, non-partisan commission — closely modeled after the 9/11 Commission that investigated the September 11, 2001 terror attacks — to assess the nation’s pandemic preparedness […]

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Herrera Beutler, Porter Reintroduce Organ Transplant Bill

February 23, 2021 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Herrera Beutler, Porter Reintroduce Organ Transplant Bill

U.S. Representatives Jaime Herrera Beutler (WA-03) and Katie Porter (CA-45) today reintroduced the Charlotte Woodward Organ Transplant Discrimination Prevention Act, which will prohibit using an individual’s mental or physical disability as the sole basis of determining […]

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Cantwell Praises “Historic Nomination” of Haaland to Lead Interior Department; Questions Nominee on Wildfires, Arctic Drilling, Coal Leasing

February 23, 2021 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Cantwell Praises “Historic Nomination” of Haaland to Lead Interior Department; Questions Nominee on Wildfires, Arctic Drilling, Coal Leasing

WASHINGTON, D.C. – At a Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources hearing to consider the nomination of Representative Deb Haaland to be U.S. Secretary of the Interior, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) praised her nomination […]

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Cantwell Pushes for Affordable Housing, Infrastructure Investment at Nomination Hearing for Deputy Treasury Secretary

February 23, 2021 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Cantwell Pushes for Affordable Housing, Infrastructure Investment at Nomination Hearing for Deputy Treasury Secretary

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), a senior member of the Senate Finance Committee, questioned Wally Adeyemo, President Biden’s nominee for deputy secretary of the U.S. Treasury Department, about how he would deliver […]