Maria Cantwell
Maria Cantwell

Dr. King's leadership reaffirmed the promise of our democracy: that everyday people, working together, have the power to change our government and our institutions for the better.

Maria Cantwell
Maria Cantwell

The Export-Import Bank is one of the most important tools America has to create jobs.

Maria Cantwell
Maria Cantwell

We'll make our voices heard loud and clear on the importance of cost-based power.

Maria Cantwell
Maria Cantwell

Taxpayers have put more than $24 trillion on the line to resuscitate Wall Street after the economic meltdown of last year. With the help of this massive taxpayer support, the nation's largest banks are posting record profits.

Maria Cantwell
Maria Cantwell

But the fact is, it's illegal for the Administration to spend North west taxpayers' money to develop this rate hike proposal, just so it can turn around and raise their energy rates.

Maria Cantwell
Maria Cantwell

Let's embrace productive capitalism, not casino capitalism, by restoring transparency and true competition in the commodities markets.

Maria Cantwell
Maria Cantwell

Because you want to have competition to drive down the price. You want innovation. You have the ability to get people to agree that it's worth having a public plan. You could get private insurers to cover this population, but you couldn't without giving the population leverage in the marketplace.

Maria Cantwell
Maria Cantwell

We need to continue investing in the programs that put Americans back to work in communities like Clark County.

Maria Cantwell
Maria Cantwell

Not having an administrator sends the wrong message to the airline industry.

Maria Cantwell
Maria Cantwell

We will not rest until the wooden stake is punched through the heart of the Enron lawsuit against us.

Maria Cantwell
Maria Cantwell

I think the issue is that Americans traveling abroad if gotten into legal problems should have access to a fair trial and an impartial tribunal.

Maria Cantwell
Maria Cantwell

The United States and the European Union do want to have a rule of law, and that rule of law should be for a fair trial. And that fair trial needs to have an impartial jury.

Maria Cantwell
Maria Cantwell

Everybody says they want to have private providers and we're saying fine. Let the states negotiate on behalf of a population in your state to drive down your costs. Don't just give subsidies to insurance companies for expensive insurance.

Maria Cantwell
Maria Cantwell

It appears that Wall Street is not acting as a force for economic expansion, providing access to capital for companies that make things. Rather, it seems, Wall Street is using government bailouts to lever up.

Maria Cantwell
Maria Cantwell

Wall Street wants to keep its schemes too complicated to understand so that the roulette wheel can keep turning.