Statement record

Maria Cantwell — Jul 9, 2025

U.S. Senator (D-WA) · Jul 9, 2025

July 9, 2025, Commerce Committee: “this hearing comes at an incredible time of human loss from the floods in Texas.” She offered condolences and said there is a time and a place to figure out what transpired. Later she discussed NOAA budget cuts, with examples from Pendleton, Oregon, and Washington fisheries, and said climate change is driving more intense hurricanes, atmospheric rivers, rain events, and wildfires.

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Disaster Mention yes — Names this Texas Hill Country flood at the July 9 NOAA nominations hearing.
Climate Connection no — No sentence that this flood is linked to climate change.
Mentioned Republican Obstruction of Climate Action no — Does not blame Republicans about this flood, and names no blocked climate law.