U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell, in a letter sent Tuesday to Interior Department Secretary Ryan Zinke, accused the Trump administration of unlawfully putting on hold an Obama-era rule regulating oil, gas and coal valuations on federal lands. Cantwell asserted that the Interior Department lacked the authority for the Feb. 22 suspension of the rule.
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Marc A. Thiessen
Here is what Attorney General Jeff Sessions should have said when he stepped up to the podium and addressed reporters last week at the Justice Department: “At long last, have you left no sense of decency?” Sessions is the victim of the type of McCarthyite character assassination that the left used to condemn. Remember when accusing people without evidence of coordinating with the Kremlin was frowned upon? No longer, apparently.
Senator Cantwell pays Vancouver a visit
When Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., was picking sites in Vancouver she wanted to see in person, it’s not a shock she picked locations that relate to freight. Last year, Cantwell introduced the multimodal freight grant program, which aims to reduce congestion at U.S. ports and improve efficiency.
U.S. ‘Dreamer’ protected by Obama jailed, faces deportation
A 23-year-old Seattle man arrested last week may have been the first “Dreamer” arrested under President Donald Trump’s crackdown on immigration. He is being held in Tacoma’s Northwest Detention Center.
US senators propose bill to improve volcano monitoring
JUNEAU, Alaska>> U.S. senators in Alaska, Washington and Hawaii have proposed legislation intended to improve volcano monitoring efforts and early warning capabilities. The measure would put the Alaska, Cascades and Hawaiian volcano observatories into a connected system and create a 24-hour Volcano Watch Office to provide ongoing situational awareness of active volcanoes in the U.S. and its territories.
Records dispute Treasury nominee’s denial of mortgage-crisis ‘robo-signing’
A bank founded by Steven Mnuchin, President Donald Trump’s nominee for treasury secretary, engaged in ethically questionable foreclosure practices in Washington state-including so-called “robo-signing” of documents. OneWest Bank employees robo-signed numerous foreclosure-related filings in the Seattle area, documents show.
Lawmakers scrap Obama rules on coal mining, guns
In this file photo, President Barack Obama speaks during his final presidential news conference in the briefing room of the White House in Washington. The Republican-controlled House on Thursday took its first steps toward strengthening gun ownership under President Donald Trump, moving to scrap a requirement for background checks for Social Security recipients mentally incapable of managing their own affairs.
Murray and Cantwell criticized for drug import votes
JUNE 11: Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., speaks during a news conference in the Capitol on the Export-Import Bank bill, June 11, 2015. UNITED STATES – JUNE 11: Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., speaks during a news conference in the Capitol on the Export-Import Bank bill, June 11, 2015.
Navy extends comment time on plan to add jets at Whidbey
The Navy is giving people an extra month to weigh in on its proposal to increase the number of electronic attack aircraft at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island. The Seattle Times says the new Feb. 24 deadline results from requests by Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, Rep. Rick Larsen and Sens. Maria Cantwell and Patty Murray for more time for public review of the draft environmental study.