---
type: Person
title: "Maria Cantwell"
description: "U.S. Senate - WA — State of Washington"
role: "U.S. Senate - WA"
party: "D"
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state: "WA"
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  - name: "Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation"
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  - name: "Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation - Aviation, Space, and Innovation"
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  - name: "Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation - Coast Guard, Maritime, and Fisheries"
    role: "ex-officio"
    body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/commerce-science-and-transportation/subcommittees/coast-guard-maritime-and-fisheries"
  - name: "Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation - Consumer Protection, Technology, and Data Privacy"
    role: "ex-officio"
    body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/commerce-science-and-transportation/subcommittees/consumer-protection-technology-and-data-privacy"
  - name: "Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation - Science, Manufacturing, and Competitiveness"
    role: "ex-officio"
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  - name: "Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation - Surface Transportation, Freight, Pipelines, and Safety"
    role: "ex-officio"
    body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/commerce-science-and-transportation/subcommittees/surface-transportation-freight-pipelines-and-safety"
  - name: "Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation - Telecommunications and Media"
    role: "ex-officio"
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  - name: "Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources"
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  - name: "Senate Committee on Finance"
    role: "member"
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  - name: "Senate Committee on Finance - Energy, Natural Resources, and Infrastructure"
    role: "ranking-member"
    body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/finance/subcommittees/energy-natural-resources-and-infrastructure"
  - name: "Senate Committee on Indian Affairs"
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  - name: "Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship"
    role: "member"
    body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/small-business-and-entrepreneurship"
tenure:
  start: "2025-01-03"
  current: true
election:
  next: 2030
  term_length: 6
  term_limit: "none"
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  - field: tenure
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  - field: jurisdiction
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  - field: roles
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confidence: official
tags: [officeholder, federal, legislative, wa]
timestamp: "2026-07-04"
---

# Maria Cantwell

Current U.S. Senate - WA (State of Washington).

## Committees

- [Joint Committee on Taxation](/us/bodies/joint/committees/taxation.md)
- [Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation](/us/bodies/senate/committees/commerce-science-and-transportation.md) — **ranking-member**
- [Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation - Aviation, Space, and Innovation](/us/bodies/senate/committees/commerce-science-and-transportation/subcommittees/aviation-space-and-innovation.md) — **ex-officio**
- [Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation - Coast Guard, Maritime, and Fisheries](/us/bodies/senate/committees/commerce-science-and-transportation/subcommittees/coast-guard-maritime-and-fisheries.md) — **ex-officio**
- [Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation - Consumer Protection, Technology, and Data Privacy](/us/bodies/senate/committees/commerce-science-and-transportation/subcommittees/consumer-protection-technology-and-data-privacy.md) — **ex-officio**
- [Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation - Science, Manufacturing, and Competitiveness](/us/bodies/senate/committees/commerce-science-and-transportation/subcommittees/science-manufacturing-and-competitiveness.md) — **ex-officio**
- [Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation - Surface Transportation, Freight, Pipelines, and Safety](/us/bodies/senate/committees/commerce-science-and-transportation/subcommittees/surface-transportation-freight-pipelines-and-safety.md) — **ex-officio**
- [Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation - Telecommunications and Media](/us/bodies/senate/committees/commerce-science-and-transportation/subcommittees/telecommunications-and-media.md) — **ex-officio**
- [Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources](/us/bodies/senate/committees/energy-and-natural-resources.md)
- [Senate Committee on Finance](/us/bodies/senate/committees/finance.md)
- [Senate Committee on Finance - Energy, Natural Resources, and Infrastructure](/us/bodies/senate/committees/finance/subcommittees/energy-natural-resources-and-infrastructure.md) — **ranking-member**
- [Senate Committee on Indian Affairs](/us/bodies/senate/committees/indian-affairs.md)
- [Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship](/us/bodies/senate/committees/small-business-and-entrepreneurship.md)

## Sources

- tenure: Senate.gov XML 2026-06-20
- jurisdiction: Derived from governor jurisdiction
- roles: congress-legislators (unitedstates project)

Generated from the Atlas officeholders v3 export (2026-07-04).