Maria Cantwell
The bill establishes four new national monuments and permanently reauthorizes the popular Land and Water Conservation Fund.
âIâve been shot at before. Iâm very comfortable with it," the Interior secretary and former Navy SEAL said.
âThe Arctic Refuge isnât a bank â drilling there wonât pay for the tax cuts the Senate just passed.â
A woman has accused the senator of groping her without consent, and his colleagues say the claims should be taken seriously.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
One Democratic senator said a new bill would turn a protected area "into a petroleum reserve" if it passed.
âThe notion that we, tonight, after 60-plus years, would give up what is a biologically important area ... for what? For oil we donât need?â
President Donald Trump's Supreme Court pick is getting his confirmation vote this week. It's gonna be messy.
"Itâs about the peaceful transition of power,â said Sen. Debbie Stabenow.
Cable rules are changing after months of pressure from liberal senators.