ROUNDUP: Cantwell Announces New Funding & Averts Devastating Cuts to Science, Weather Research, & Other Priorities

WASHINGTON, D.C.– Yesterday, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and senior member of the Finance Committee, delivered a speech on the Senate floor highlighting how the second FY 2026 minibus appropriations bill passed yesterday serves as a bipartisan rebuke of President Donald Trump’s attempted cuts to the United States’ science agencies – namely NOAA, NASA, and the National Science Foundation (NSF).
Video of Sen. Cantwell’s speech isHERE; a full transcript of her speech isHERE.
Sen. Cantwell also announced that the minibus bill includes new funding for key priorities related to science, weather research, salmon, wildfires, and more. Further information and full releases are available below.
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