Hydropower and Water Rights
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November 26, 2024
Today, Rep. Dan Newhouse (WA-04) and Rep. Gluesenkamp Perez introduced the Reliability to Ratepayers Act to address hiring and retention issues at the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA).
Issues:
Hydropower and Water Rights
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October 1, 2024
Today, Rep. Dan Newhouse (WA-04) released the following statement on the United States Department of Energy’s announcement of a taxpayer funded study on replacing the Lower Snake River dams.
Issues:
Hydropower and Water Rights
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September 25, 2024
With new and improving clean energy sources on the rise across the country, this Clean Energy Week I am highlighting our most reliable form of baseload energy: hydropower.
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August 1, 2024
This week starts the annual August recess in Congress, and while there is a pause in legislative activity, I will be working hard here in Central Washington. As we head into the dog days of summer, I want to give you a quick update on what I have been working on in Congress.
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June 19, 2024
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Issues:
Energy
Hydropower and Water Rights
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May 7, 2024
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Issues:
Hydropower and Water Rights
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April 17, 2024
Today Rep. Dan Newhouse (WA-04) questioned officials with the Army Corps of Engineers and Bureau of Reclamation about the Lower Snake River dam’s salmon mitigation and spillage operations in a budget request hearing with the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development.
Issues:
Hydropower and Water Rights
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March 20, 2024
Today, Rep. Dan Newhouse (WA-04) participated in a hearing held by the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water to hear Department of Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm testify on the fiscal year 2025 agency budget request.
Issues:
Energy
Hydropower and Water Rights
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March 1, 2024
This week, Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) sent a letter to the Secretary of the Washington State Department of Transportation after the secretary made far-fetched claims during his testimony at the House Transportation & Infrastructure hearing relating to the Lower Snake River Dams.
Issues:
Hydropower and Water Rights
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January 24, 2024
Today, Rep. Dan Newhouse (WA-04) led lawmakers in introducing the Defending Against Manipulative Negotiators Act (DAMN ACT) to prohibit the use of federal funds from being used in breaching or altering the Lower Snake River Dams and to prohibit the implementation of the Columbia Basin Restoration Initiative.
Issues:
Hydropower and Water Rights