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Maria Cantwell

U.S. Senator, Washington · Democrat

12 statements indexed, set against 890 recorded votes.

First took office
January 3, 2001
Terms served
5 terms in the Senate
Previously
1 term in the House
Current term
January 3, 2025 to January 3, 2031
Born
October 13, 1958

Sources: Clerk of the House and congress-legislators.

890
recorded votes
275
voted for
613
voted against
2
did not vote
12
statements indexed

What is on this page

Every recorded vote of the 119th Congress in which the Senate lists this member, taken from their own per-vote records. Nothing is sampled and nothing is left out.

The Senate records Yea and Nay, and Guilty or Not Guilty on an impeachment. The site keeps the word recorded as well as which side it fell on.

The statements are not complete and are not meant to be. A measure with no statement against it means only that none has been indexed here.

What was said, and what was done

2026-07-16

Medicare (Executive Session)

Remarks what was said on the floor, quoted and cited, with no reading of it written here

Senate floor · Congressional Record, July 16, 2026, p. S4131

What was said

“Mr. President, today, we are faced with a critical choice here in the U.S. Senate and across the country about the future of traditional Medicare. We had an opportunity to protect Medicare, the thing that seniors care about most, and they wanted to hear from us that we were going to do that.”

Maria Cantwell, Congressional Record, July 16, 2026, p. S4131

Remarks in the Congressional Record of July 16, 2026.

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Set against the record

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2026-07-15

TRIBUTE TO MEL TONASKET

Remarks what was said on the floor, quoted and cited, with no reading of it written here

Senate floor · Congressional Record, July 15, 2026, p. S4104

What was said

“Mr. President, I rise today along with my colleague Senator Murray to join many in the Pacific Northwest community and Indian country to honor Mel Tonasket, a leader and member of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation.”

Maria Cantwell, Congressional Record, July 15, 2026, p. S4104

Remarks in the Congressional Record of July 15, 2026.

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Set against the record

Nothing on this site is matched to this statement. What it refers to is named in the summary.

2026-06-23

VOTING RIGHTS

Remarks what was said on the floor, quoted and cited, with no reading of it written here

Senate floor · Congressional Record, June 23, 2026, p. S3031

What was said

“Mr. President, the attack on vote by mail and other efforts to disenfranchise Americans, whether it is the SAVE Act or redistricting to take away representation from minority-majority districts as the result of the Supreme Court decision in Louisiana v Callais--all of these are actions to take away the right to vote.”

Maria Cantwell, Congressional Record, June 23, 2026, p. S3031

Remarks in the Congressional Record of June 23, 2026.

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Set against the record

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2026-06-16

TRIBUTE TO SHANNON SMITH

Remarks what was said on the floor, quoted and cited, with no reading of it written here

Senate floor · Congressional Record, June 16, 2026, p. S2865

What was said

“Mr. President, I rise to recognize the recent retirement of one of my most respected staff members: Shannon Smith. Shannon is a native of Washington and is returning home to be in Seattle.”

Maria Cantwell, Congressional Record, June 16, 2026, p. S2865

Remarks in the Congressional Record of June 16, 2026.

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Set against the record

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2026-06-16

UNANIMOUS CONSENT REQUEST--S. 4177

Remarks what was said on the floor, quoted and cited, with no reading of it written here

Senate floor · Congressional Record, June 16, 2026, p. S2863

What was said

“Mr. President, the Senator from Alabama is right about one thing, and that is that college sports is facing a crisis. Today, we see a free-for-all driven by ever-increasing spending on football and basketball.”

Maria Cantwell, Congressional Record, June 16, 2026, p. S2863

Remarks in the Congressional Record of June 16, 2026.

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Set against the record

Nothing on this site is matched to this statement. What it refers to is named in the summary.

2026-04-29

UNANIMOUS CONSENT REQUEST--S. RES. 551

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Senate floor · Congressional Record, April 29, 2026, p. S2140

What was said

“Mr. President, I come to the floor to speak in support of the Senator from Rhode Island's resolution, S. Res. 551, and applaud him for recognizing that sea level risings are accelerating the rates that we are seeing and driving measurable impact.”

Maria Cantwell, Congressional Record, April 29, 2026, p. S2140

Remarks in the Congressional Record of April 29, 2026.

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Set against the record

Nothing on this site is matched to this statement. What it refers to is named in the summary.

2026-03-17

SAVE AMERICA ACT

Remarks what was said on the floor, quoted and cited, with no reading of it written here

Senate floor · Congressional Record, March 17, 2026, p. S1154

What was said

“Madam President, the hour is late and many people have spoken tonight on this proposal by my colleague from Utah and others. But I just want to add my voice to the many who are very concerned about this legislation.”

Maria Cantwell, Congressional Record, March 17, 2026, p. S1154

Remarks in the Congressional Record of March 17, 2026.

This passage has not been rendered into plain English yet. What is above is the member's own words, exactly as the Record prints them.

Set against the record

Nothing on this site is matched to this statement. What it refers to is named in the summary.

2026-02-25

Nomination of John DeLeeuw (Executive Session)

Remarks what was said on the floor, quoted and cited, with no reading of it written here

Senate floor · Congressional Record, February 25, 2026, p. S665

What was said

“Mr. President, I come to speak about the opposition to the nominee before us that we are going to vote on soon, Mr. John DeLeeuw. It is not necessarily about Mr.”

Maria Cantwell, Congressional Record, February 25, 2026, p. S665

Remarks in the Congressional Record of February 25, 2026.

This passage has not been rendered into plain English yet. What is above is the member's own words, exactly as the Record prints them.

Set against the record

Nothing on this site is matched to this statement. What it refers to is named in the summary.

2026-02-24

SAVE AMERICA ACT

Remarks what was said on the floor, quoted and cited, with no reading of it written here

Senate floor · Congressional Record, February 24, 2026, p. S632

What was said

“Mr. President, I rise today because I think the President tonight is going to continue to talk about his radical changes to our electoral system. He has tried by Executive order, just as he tried to impose tariffs by Executive order, and he found out that he didn't have that authority, according to the Supreme Court.”

Maria Cantwell, Congressional Record, February 24, 2026, p. S632

Remarks in the Congressional Record of February 24, 2026.

This passage has not been rendered into plain English yet. What is above is the member's own words, exactly as the Record prints them.

Set against the record

Nothing on this site is matched to this statement. What it refers to is named in the summary.

2026-01-28

CONSOLIDATED APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2026--Motion to Proceed--Continued

Remarks what was said on the floor, quoted and cited, with no reading of it written here

Senate floor · Congressional Record, January 28, 2026, p. S328

What was said

“Mr. President, I come to the floor to join my colleagues today to talk about the events of the last several days, and to say to my colleagues here in the U.S.”

Maria Cantwell, Congressional Record, January 28, 2026, p. S328

Remarks in the Congressional Record of January 28, 2026.

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Set against the record

Nothing on this site is matched to this statement. What it refers to is named in the summary.

2026-01-15

LEGISLATIVE SESSION

Remarks what was said on the floor, quoted and cited, with no reading of it written here

Senate floor · Congressional Record, January 15, 2026, p. S234

What was said

“Mr. President, I come to the floor this afternoon to congratulate the appropriations colleagues who have got us to this point of voting today on final passage of three important appropriations bills.”

Maria Cantwell, Congressional Record, January 15, 2026, p. S234

Remarks in the Congressional Record of January 15, 2026.

This passage has not been rendered into plain English yet. What is above is the member's own words, exactly as the Record prints them.

Set against the record

Nothing on this site is matched to this statement. What it refers to is named in the summary.

2025-12-17

ROTORCRAFT OPERATIONS TRANSPARENCY AND OVERSIGHT REFORM ACT

Remarks what was said on the floor, quoted and cited, with no reading of it written here

Senate floor · Congressional Record, December 17, 2025, p. S8812

What was said

“Mr. President, I rise to support the gentleman's future request here and to say that the bipartisan ROTOR Act, the Rotorcraft Operations Transparency and Oversight Reform bill represents a major step forward for aviation safety.”

Maria Cantwell, Congressional Record, December 17, 2025, p. S8812

Remarks in the Congressional Record of December 17, 2025.

This passage has not been rendered into plain English yet. What is above is the member's own words, exactly as the Record prints them.

Set against the record

Nothing on this site is matched to this statement. What it refers to is named in the summary.

Where the words are

The Congressional Record marks Maria Cantwell as speaking in 144 items of business across 61 sitting days of this Congress. 12 statements indexed here so far.

That count is where to look, not how much was said. Most appearances are procedural: a yield of time, a request to revise and extend, a call for the yeas and nays.

It is also a floor and not a total. The count comes from the Record's own metadata, which tags who spoke in each item of business, and that tagging is not complete: checking the text turns up passages by members the metadata does not tag at all. A member may have said more than this says.

The eight most recent, each linking to that day's Record at govinfo.

Every recorded vote

All 890 recorded votes of the 119th Congress in which the Senate lists Maria Cantwell, newest first. The most recent 25 are below and the rest load on request. Each roll number links to the official record of that vote.

RollDateMeasure SubjectQuestionVoted Outcome
231August 8, 2026S. 5271Motion to Invoke Cloture: Motion to Proceed to S. 5271On Cloture on the Motion to ProceedNayCloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected
230August 8, 2026PN1078Confirmation: Todd Blanche, of Florida, to be Attorney GeneralOn the NominationNayNomination Confirmed
229August 8, 2026PN1078Motion to Invoke Cloture: Todd Blanche to be Attorney GeneralOn the Cloture MotionNayCloture Motion Agreed to
228August 8, 2026H.R. 6500H.R. 6500, as amendedOn Passage of the BillYeaBill Passed
227August 8, 2026S.Amdt. 6747Motion to Table Budd Amdt. No. 6747On the Motion to TableYeaMotion to Table Agreed to
226August 7, 2026S.Amdt. 6732Motion to Invoke Cloture: Collins Amdt. No. 6732 to H.R. 6500On the Cloture MotionYeaCloture Motion Agreed to
225August 7, 2026PN730-11Confirmation: En Bloc nominations provided for under the provisions of S. Res. 817On the NominationNayNomination Confirmed
224August 7, 2026H.R. 5334H.R. 5334, as amendedOn Passage of the BillYeaBill Passed
223August 7, 2026S.Amdt. 6715Paul Amdt. No. 6715On the AmendmentYeaAmendment Rejected
222August 5, 2026S.J.Res. 187Motion to Proceed to S. J. Res. 187On the Motion to ProceedYeaMotion to Proceed Rejected
221August 5, 2026PN730-11Motion to Invoke Cloture: En Bloc Nominations Provided for under the provisions of S. Res. 817On the Cloture MotionNayCloture Motion Agreed to
220August 5, 2026PN932Confirmation: Erica Schwartz, of Florida, to be Director of the Centers for Disease Control and PreventionOn the NominationNayNomination Confirmed
219August 5, 2026PN932Motion to Invoke Cloture: Erica Schwartz to be Director of the Centers for Disease Control and PreventionOn the Cloture MotionNayCloture Motion Agreed to
218August 3, 2026H.R. 6500Motion to Invoke Cloture: Motion to Proceed to H.R. 6500On Cloture on the Motion to ProceedYeaCloture on the Motion to Proceed Agreed to
217July 30, 2026S.Res. 817S. Res. 817On the ResolutionNayResolution Agreed to
216July 30, 2026S.J.Res. 181Motion to Discharge S.J. Res. 181On the Motion to DischargeYeaMotion to Discharge Rejected
215July 30, 2026S.J.Res. 199Motion to Proceed to S.J. Res. 199On the Motion to ProceedYeaMotion to Proceed Rejected
214July 29, 2026S.Res. 817Motion to Invoke Cloture: S. Res. 817On the Cloture MotionNayCloture Motion Agreed to
213July 29, 2026H.R. 5334Motion to Proceed to H.R. 5334On the Motion to ProceedYeaMotion to Proceed Agreed to
212July 28, 2026H.R. 5334Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to H.R. 5334On Cloture on the Motion to ProceedYeaCloture on the Motion to Proceed Agreed to
211July 28, 2026PN1092Confirmation: Walter Clayton, of N.Y., to be Director of National IntelligenceOn the NominationNayNomination Confirmed
210July 27, 2026PN1092Motion to Invoke Cloture: Walter Clayton to be Director of National IntelligenceOn the Cloture MotionNayCloture Motion Agreed to
209July 23, 2026PN999-5Confirmation: Antonio M. Pozos, of Pennsylvania, to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of PennsylvaniaOn the NominationNayNomination Confirmed
208July 23, 2026PN999-6Confirmation: Daniel Mack Traynor, of North Dakota, to United States Circuit Judge for the Eighth CircuitOn the NominationNayNomination Confirmed
207July 23, 2026S.J.Res. 180Motion to Discharge S.J.Res. 180 from the Committee on Foreign RelationsOn the Motion to DischargeYeaMotion to Discharge Rejected

865 more, loaded from the published roll call list

What this covers

Up to 12 of this member's most recent floor remarks, taken verbatim from the Congressional Record with the page each is printed on. Procedural turns are left out: yielding time, reserving time, moving to suspend the rules.

Not covered.

A vote shown against remarks means the member spoke on that measure and voted on it the same day. It is not a claim that the words and the vote agree or disagree.