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Capitol: 202.224.3441
FAX: 202.228.0514
District: 360.696.7838
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Senator
Room 511 HSOB- Hart Senate Office Building 120 Constitution Avenue, NE
Washington, DC 20510-4705
Residence: Edmonds, WA
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| Elected: 2000 Next Election: 2024 | | DOB: 10/13/1958 |
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| Chairman | Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation | | Co-Chair | Congressional Hazards Caucus | | FC Member | Senate Women's Caucus on Burma | | FC Member | Senate Community College Caucus | | FC Member | Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Caucus | | FC Member | Senate New Democrat Coalition | | FC Member | Congressional Caucus for Women's Issues (Senate) | | FC Member | Senate Caucus on WMD Terrorism (Weapons of Mass Destruction) | | FC Member | Senate Afterschool Caucus | | FC Member | Congressional Heart and Stroke Coalition | | Member | Senate Committee on Indian Affairs | | Member | Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship | | FC Member | Senate Cancer Coalition | | FC Member | Senate Rural Health Caucus | | Member | Senate Committee on Finance | | Member | Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources | | Member | Joint Committee on Taxation | | FC Member | Senate National Guard Caucus | | FC Member | Senate Nuclear Waste Cleanup Caucus | | FC Member | Potato Caucus | | FC Member | Senate Aerospace Caucus | | FC Member | Senate Diabetes Caucus | | FC Member | Senate ALS Caucus | | FC Member | Senate Cybersecurity Caucus | | FC Member | Senate Bipartisan Task for Combating Anti-Semitism | | FC Member | Congressional Planetary Science Caucus | | FC Member | Senate Small Brewers Caucus | | FC Member | Senate Defend Social Security Caucus | | FC Member | Senate Bike Caucus | | FC Member | Senate Hunger Caucus | | FC Member | Congressional Coalition on Adoption | | FC Member | Senate Cultural Caucus | | FC Member | Senate Impact Aid Coalition | | FC Member | Senate Broadband Caucus | | FC Member | Senate Oceans Caucus | | Ex-Officio | Senate Subcommittee on Space and Science | | Ex-Officio | Senate Subcommittee on Tourism, Trade, and Export Promotion | | FC Member | Senate India Caucus | | Ex-Officio | Senate Subcommittee on Oceans, Fisheries, Climate Change, and Manufacturing | | Ex-Officio | Senate Subcommittee on Aviation Safety, Operations, and Innovations | | Ex-Officio | Senate Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Data Security | | Ex-Officio | Senate Subcommittee on Surface Transportation, Maritime Freight, and Ports | | FC Member | Congressional Internet Caucus | | FC Member | Congressional Recycling Caucus | | FC Member | Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Caucus | | Ex-Officio | Senate Subcommittee on Communications, Media, and Broadband | | FC Member | United States Coast Guard Caucus | | FC Member | Congressional TRIO Caucus | | FC Member | Congressional Ports Opportunity, Renewal, Trade, and Security [P.O.R.T.S.] Caucus | | FC Member | Arthritis Caucus | | FC Member | Congressional Cystic Fibrosis Caucus | | FC Member | Congressional Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Caucus | | FC Member | Coalition for Autism Research and Education (CARE) | | FC Member | Bipartisan Congressional Task Force on Alzheimer's Disease | | FC Member | Congressional Wine Caucus | | FC Member | Congressional Rare Disease Caucus | | FC Member | Congressional Fire Services Caucus |
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BioMaria Cantwell currently serves as a United States Senator for the State of Washington. As a respected leader - both in public service and in the private sector - Maria has always embraced the values she first learned growing up in a strong working-class family. With the help of Pell Grants, Maria was the first member of her family to graduate college. Later, a successful businesswoman in Washington's hi-tech industry, she helped build a company that created hundreds of high-paying jobs from the ground up. Maria was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2000, 2006, 2012, and again in 2018, pledging to honor the hard work, aspirations and faith of the people of Washington state. She is working to create affordable opportunities for consumers, businesses and families, to make our nation more secure today, to foster innovation for tomorrow, and to stand with parents as they educate and care for their children. Maria gets results. She cut taxes for the middle-class by ensuring that Washington taxpayers can deduct state and local taxes from their federal returns. She fought attempts by the Bush Administration to raise local electricity rates. When bankrupt Enron officials tried to charge Washington ratepayers for millions of dollars in undelivered electricity, Maria led the effort that successfully stopped them. Maria has protected countless jobs in Washington's aerospace industry by cracking down on foreign companies' unfair trade practices and has worked to create still more well-paying jobs through effective investments in new technology and valuable job training. Maria is leading efforts in the Senate to make America more energy independent. She has been a proud advocate for better educational opportunities for our children and less expensive, more accessible health care for our families. Maria continues to build new growth and strong partnerships, insisting on responsibility and making life more affordable for all of Washington 's families.
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