Cantwell: “Friend of freight”

Northwest lawmakers don’t miss a step in the race for attention. Oregon Sen. (then-Rep.) Ron Wyden once held a hearing on abuses of liposuction surgery. Alaska’s Congressman-for-life Don Young waved a walrus penis at the director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. But a new title was bestowed last week on super-serious Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash.: “Friend of freight.” Cantwell is pressing ...