WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Sen. Maria Cantwell issued the following press release:
U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and senior member of the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, spoke out against efforts to repeal the Roadless Rule. For a quarter century, the Roadless Rule has shielded 58.5 million acres of the most pristine and treasured areas within the National Forest System from roadbuilding and logging.
Yesterday, at a meeting (https://www.energy.senate.gov/hearings/2026/6/business-meeting-to-consider-pending-legislation) of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, Sen. Cantwell reminded her colleagues that keeping the Roadless Rule isn'...