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Maria Cantwell's Public Statements on Issue: Family

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On The Ballot: Running, Democratic for U.S. Senate (WA) - Jr

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Date Title
11/15/2017 Letter to the Hon. Elaine Duke, DHS Acting Secretary - Accept DACA Applications Delayed by Postal Service
10/04/2017 Cantwell Applauds Committee Passage of Children's Health Insurance Bill
09/07/2017 Cantwell Highlights Importance of Children's Health Insurance Program, Calls for Increased Innovation to Streamline Access
09/05/2017 DACA
09/05/2017 Letter to President Donald Trump - WA Delegation Condemn President Trump's Decision to End DACA; Call for Protecting Dreamers
07/21/2017 Letter to the Hon. Tom Price, Secretary of Health and Human Services - Senators Challenge Trump Administration Over Move to Slash Teen Pregnancy Prevention; Democrats Say Action "Short-Sighted," Will Make it Harder to Prevent Unintended Pregnancies
05/30/2017 Cantwell and Bipartisan, Bicameral Group of Lawmakers Work to Reunite U.S. Families & Their Adopted Children
05/26/2017 Letter to Hailemariam Desalegn, Prime Minister of Ethiopia - Lift Adoption Ban that Has Left 200 American Families in Heartbreaking Situation
03/01/2017 Letter to Admiral Paul Zukunft - Pushes for Expanded Family Leave in Coast Guard
02/10/2017 Letter to the Hon. Betsy DeVos - Provide an Immediate and Detailed Explanation for Why the Resource Website for the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) Has Disappeared
12/22/2016 Letter to the Hon. Donald Trump - Regarding Protection of Family Planning Centers
12/01/2016 Letter to the Hon. Paul Ryan, Speaker of the House, the Hon. Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader; the Hon. Nancy Pelosi, House Minority Leader and the Hon. Harry Reid, Senate Minority Leader - Call for Passage of Foster Care Reforms
07/28/2016 Speech by Democratic Women of the Senate at the 2016 Democratic Party Convention
07/18/2016 Letter to Mr. Andrew M. Slavitt, Acting Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services - Update Lead Screening Policy to Protect Children
03/15/2016 Washington Congressional Delegation Urges Continued Progress by DRC on Adoption Permits
02/04/2016 Cantwell Introduces Bill to Help Working Families Save for Retirement
10/26/2015 Letter to Carolyn Colvin, Acting Commissioner of the Social Security Administration, and Loretta Lynch, Attorney General - Implement Supreme Court Marriage Equality Decisions
10/26/2015 Letter to Carolyn W. Colvin, Acting Commissioner of the Social Security Administration and Loretta Lynch, Attoney General - Lawmakers Call on Social Security Administration to Treat Same-Sex Marriages Equally
06/26/2015 Cantwell Statement on Supreme Court Decision on Same Sex Marriage
04/16/2015 President Signs Permanent "Doc-Fix' Bill that Incorporates Cantwell-authored Reform
03/30/2015 Letter to the Honorable Thad Cochran, Chairman of Senate Committee on Appropriations, and the Honorable Roy Blunt, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human - Expanding Louisiana Preschools
03/26/2015 Letter to Lamar Alexander, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, and Patty Murray, Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions - Early Childhood Education
02/10/2015 Letter to Chairman Charles Grassley and Ranking Member Patrick Leahy, Senate Judiciary Committee - Hold Hearing on Sex Trafficking
01/30/2015 Letter to Barack Obama, President of the United States of America - Raise the Overtime Threshold for Salaried Workers
10/28/2014 Letter to Leon Kengo Wa Dondo, President of the Senate of the DRC, and Aubin Minaku, Speaker of the National Assembly of the DRC - Urging Action on Adoption Reform

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