WASHINGTON, July 16 -- Sen. Maria Cantwell issued the following press release:

Today, during a roundtable forum with religious leaders, voting rights advocates, and her Senate colleagues to honor the life and legacy of Congressman John Lewis before tomorrow's 6th anniversary of his passing, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell hammered on the Trump Administration's ongoing attacks on vote-by-mail in the United States.

"Who would have thought that at our 250th birthday, that is what we would have to deal with, but it is," Sen. Cantwell said. "And there are people that don't want to move our country forward. They're trying to hold us back. I'm part of a task force with Senator Schumer, and many of you, to try to figure out how we're going to be read...