Maria Cantwell Sweetheart Quotations

The bill gives oil companies a free ride with backdoor language that allows them to circumvent environmental laws, legal standards, federal agency oversight that every other business in America has to comply with. ... America wants a better energy plan than putting a sweetheart deal in the budget language,

The underlying bill is a sweetheart deal for oil companies that have made a record $30 billion in profits last quarter,

America wants a better energy plan than putting a sweetheart deal (for oil companies) in the budget,