WASHINGTON, July 23 -- Sen. Maria Cantwell issued the following press release:

Last night, the Washington International Trade Association (WITA) presented U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and senior member of the Senate Finance Committee, with the WITA Congressional Leadership Award for her decades of work in the Senate championing international trade and free markets.

Upon receiving the award, Sen. Cantwell delivered remarks to the group gathered at the Atrium Hall of the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington, D.C.

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