From Senator Maria Cantwell:

Drilling Down on Volatile Oil Markets at Senate Oversight Hearing
 
During an Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee hearing last week, I called on Congress to pass legislation this month that improves the way markets function and ensures markets work on behalf of consumers, not against them.

From Senator Maria Cantwell:

U.S. Senators from Washington, Oregon and Alaska have introduced legislation to protect wild Pacific salmon ecosystems.

From Senator Maria Cantwell:

Drilling Down on Volatile Oil Markets at Senate Oversight Hearing
 
During an Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee hearing last week, I called on Congress to pass legislation this month that improves the way markets function and ensures markets work on behalf of consumers, not against them.

U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell and Senator Patty Murray report that a bipartisan tax agreement will give Washington state taxpayers needed sales tax relief for two more years.  The measure that will extend the sales tax deduction through 2009 is expected to pass the Senate later this week.

From Senator Maria Cantwell:

Renewing The Charge to Stop Excessive Oil Speculation
 
Last Wednesday, I renewed efforts to crack down on irresponsible oil speculators, raising questions about speculators’ outsized influence over the energy futures market, the cost of energy, and perhaps even the federal agency responsible for regulating them.