Senator Maria Cantwell | Maria Cantwell Biography

Maria Cantwell born Maria Elaine Cantwell is the junior United States Senator from Washington, first elected in 2000. A Democrat, she previously served in the Washington House of Representatives from 1987 to 1993.

She has also served at the United States House of Representatives from Washington’s 1st congressional district from 1993 to 1995. She later worked as an executive for RealNetworks. She is Washington’s second female senator, after Patty Murray.

Cantwell is the ranking member on the United States Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. While Democrats were in the majority, she was Chair of the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship from 2014 to 2015 and of the Committee on Indian Affairs from 2013 to 2014.

Upon the February 2017 resignation of Jeff Sessions to become United States Attorney General, Cantwell became the most senior junior Senator.

Maria Cantwell Age

She was born on 13 October 1958 in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. She is 60 years old.

Maria Cantwell Husband

She was married to Ron Dotzauer but later got divorced.

Maria Cantwell Phone Number | Contact | Phone Number

Phone: (206) 220-6400. Phone: (509) 353-2507. Phone: (253) 572-2281. Phone: (425) 303-0114.

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You can visit her official website on http://www.cantwell.senate.gov

Maria Cantwell Family

She is the daughter to Paul F. Cantwell, her father, and Rose M., her mother. She is also sister to Carey Clay, Kellie Cantwell and Danny Cantwell.

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311 Hart Senate Office Building, Washington, DC 205100001

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She has been in office since 2001.

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Cantwell is Washington’s second female senator, after Patty Murray.

Maria Cantwell Committees

Sen. Cantwell currently serves on these Committees and Subcommittees in the 115th United States Congress:

• Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation
  • Subcommittee on Aviation Operations, Safety, and Security (Ranking Member)
  • Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet
  • Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard
  • Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety, and Security
• Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Ranking Member)
  • Subcommittee on Energy (Ex Officio)
  • Subcommittee on National Parks (Ex Officio)
  • Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests and Mining (Ex Officio)
  • Subcommittee on Water and Power (Ex Officio)
• Committee on Finance
  • Subcommittee on Energy, Natural Resources, and Infrastructure
  • Subcommittee on Health Care
  • Subcommittee on Taxation and IRS Oversight
• Committee on Indian Affairs
• Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship

Caucus memberships

• Congressional Caucus for Women’s Issues
• Congressional Hazards Caucus
• Congressional Internet Caucus
• Congressional Wine Caucus
• Senate National Guard Caucus
• Senate New Democrat Caucus
• Senate Steel Caucus

Maria Cantwell Political Party

She is a member of the Democratic Party.

Maria Cantwell Married

In 2006, it emerged that court files concerning a loan made by Cantwell in 2001 to her former boyfriend, boss, and campaign manager, lobbyist Ron Dotzauer, which was to help Dotzauer through his divorce litigation, had been sealed.

The reporter for Sound Politics had the file unsealed and discovered that Cantwell was identified in the divorce records “as the ‘other woman.’” Owing to a sharp decrease in the value of her stock in RealNetworks, Cantwell’s personal fortune has declined significantly in the past few years.

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Sen. Cantwell Taps Kurt Beckett as Chief of Staff. WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) announced on 16 July 2004 that Kurt Beckett, formerly her Deputy Chief of Staff and State Director, has been promoted to Chief of Staff.

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Cantwell-Cosponsored Legislation to Improve Response to Missing, Murdered Native Women and Girls Passes Senate

Updated on: 7 December 2018.

According to the new report, Seattle leads the country in the total number of murdered Native women, Tacoma highest number of missing individuals

WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, the U.S. Senate passed legislation co-sponsored by U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) to help federal, state, and Tribal law enforcement agencies better respond to disappearances and murders of Indigenous women and girls. The unanimous passage of Savanna’s Act, authored by U.S. Senator Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND), comes only weeks after the Seattle Indian Health Board (SIHB) released a new report that found 506 cases of missing and murdered Native women and girls nationwide.

Of the 71 urban areas throughout the United States included in the study, Seattle had the highest total number of missing and murdered individuals, as well as the highest total number of murdered individuals. Tacoma was found to have the highest total number of missing individuals.

“We can no longer sweep these statistics under the rug,” Cantwell said. “This problem is more than real – it’s horrifying. And it must be answered.”

In an effort to better respond to reports of disappearances or murders of Native women and girls, Savanna’s Act would increase coordination efforts across federal departments, Tribes, and states. It would also standardize protocols for responding to reports of missing or murdered Native Americans, improve Tribal access to certain federal crime databases, and require annual reports to Congress on ways to improve the collection of data on these crimes.

The legislation is named after Savanna LaFontaine-Greywind, a 22-year-old member of the Spirit Lake Tribe who disappeared on August 19, 2017, while eight months pregnant. Eight days later, her body was found in the Red River north of Fargo, North Dakota. Police determined her death to be caused by “homicidal violence.”

Native American women and girls have faced devastating levels of violence in the United States. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, nearly half of all Native American women have been raped, beaten, or stalked by an intimate partner; one in three will be raped in their lifetime; and on some reservations, women are murdered at a rate 10 times higher than the national average.

Addressing the epidemic of violence against Native women has long been a priority for Senator Cantwell. In 2013, as Congress considered the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act, she spoke out about the importance of addressing violence against Native women and successfully fought to prevent efforts to remove language from the bill aimed at enhancing domestic violence protections for women in Tribal communities.

At the release of the SIHB report last month, Cantwell called on her colleagues in Congress to take swift action to pass Savanna’s Act.

“We need to get this legislation on the President’s desk before the end of the year,” Cantwell said. “Every community needs these tools.”

Now that the legislation has passed the Senate, it moves on to the House of Representatives for consideration.

Adopted from: www.cantwell.senate.gov