WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 -- Sen. Maria Cantwell issued the following press release:
Today, 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, joined Washington state's entire congressional delegation in a letter (https://www.murray.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/260803-LETTER-WA-Delegation-LOS-Wildfire-Emergency-Declaration-FINAL.pdf) to President Donald Trump urging him to approve Washington state Governor Bob Ferguson's request last night for an expedited Emergency Declaration for the devastating wildfires sweeping through Central and Eastern Washington state.
On Saturday, Governor Bob Ferguson declared (https://governor....