Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA) Sen. Maria Cantwell is a 4th term Senator in the US Congress who represents Washington and received 58.4% of the vote in her last election. She is the Ranking Member of the Commerce committee, and a member of the Indian Affairs, Small Business, Energy, and Finance committees. She works most frequently on Economics and Public Finance (107 bills), Public Lands and Natural Resources (94 bills), Intergovernmental relations (90 bills), Energy (88 bills), and Science, Technology, Communications (78 bills). She has sponsored 347 bills in her last twenty-six year(s) in office, voting with her party 93.3% of the time, getting 19.31% of her bills out of committee, and 1.44% of her sponsored bills enacted. Sen. Cantwell most frequently cosponsors Patty Murray (D-WA) (114 bills), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) (83 bills), and Ron Wyden (D-OR) (55 bills). She most frequently votes with Patty Murray (D-WA) (95.14%), Sherrod Brown (D-OH) (93.28%), and Tina Smith (D-MN) (92.99%). Before entering politics, Sen. Cantwell was involved in business. She received her undergraduate degree from Miami University of Ohio. 4 Terms @SenatorCantwell (202) 224-3441 Room 511 Hart Senate Office Building Washingt... Committees US Congress: Senate Committee on Finance Chair Persons: Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) | Ranking Members: Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) US Congress: Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Chair Persons: Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) | Ranking Members: Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) US Congress: Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship Chair Persons: Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) | Ranking Members: Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD) US Congress: Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation Chair Persons: Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS) | Ranking Members: Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA) US Congress: Senate Committee on Indian Affairs Chair Persons: Sen. John Hoeven (R-ND) | Ranking Members: Sen. Tom Udall (D-NM) US Congress: Senate Subcommittee on Aviation and Space Chair Persons: Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) | Ranking Members: Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) US Congress: Senate Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, Innovation and the Internet Chair Persons: Whip John Thune (R-SD) | Ranking Members: Sen. Brian Schatz (D-HI) Staffers Stephanie Chivers (Senior Advisor) (615) 736-5129 | [email protected] Patrick Jaynes (State Director; Deputy Chief of Staff) (865) 545-4253 | [email protected] Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA).