Spending and Economy
Under one-party rule in Washington, D.C., the federal government spent tens of trillions of dollars on initiatives that both drive inflation up and punish small businesses through tax and interest rate hikes. In the meantime, unemployment payouts keep workers at home and out of the labor pipeline needed in our economy. Our tax code remains extensive and complex while continuously demanding more from hardworking Americans to feed outlandish spending habits.
This is unacceptable, which is why as a member of the powerful House Appropriations Committee responsible for all federal spending, I am fighting for a common-sense conservative approach to spending taxpayer dollars that works for Americans and small businesses and protects against disguised tax hikes like the Inflation Reduction Act.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) joined Rep. Jay Obernolte (R-CA) and members of the House Republican Conference in sending a letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi demanding she postpone a vote on H.R. 5376, the Build Back Better Act, until the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) can assign a score to the bill and determine its costs and economic impacts.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) along with nearly three dozen of his House Republican colleagues, sent a letter to Congressional Budget Office (CBO) Director Phillip Swagel requesting the CBO to analyze the economic, tax, and fiscal impacts of President Biden's Build Back Better Act.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Newhouse joined Rep. Ferguson, along with every Republican member of the Ways and Means Committee, in introducing the Prohibiting IRS Financial Surveillance Act. This legislation would prohibit the IRS from implementing any form of the Biden Administration's aggressive bank surveillance scheme. In addition, Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) joined Rep.
Democrats' latest attack on the American economy has arrived – to the tune of $3.5 trillion in new spending and tax increases. This, on top of the record levels of inflation, is unraveling the job growth and prosperity we were able to achieve under the last Administration.
Last week, Speaker Pelosi called Congress back into session to push through a partisan budget resolution for Fiscal Years 2022 and 2023, with no debate on the House floor. She deemed the $3.5 trillion spending spree adopted by little more than a procedural gimmick.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) released the following statement after Speaker Pelosi deemed the Democrats' budget resolution for Fiscal Years 2022 and 2023 adopted by a procedural gimmick, with no debate or vote on the House floor. The resolution is a $3.5 trillion spending spree which will result in increased federal spending and higher taxes for Central Washingtonians:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) announced that municipal airports in Washington's 4th Congressional District received a combined $9 million in grants from the U.S. Department of Transportation Administration's Federal Aviation Administration for much-needed infrastructure improvements. These grants were allocated by funding secured by Rep. Newhouse in the Fiscal Year 2021 Appropriations process.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) introduced an amendment to the State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs appropriations bill to prohibit funding in the bill from being used, directly or indirectly, by recipients of U.S. assistance to repay debts owed to the Government of the People's Republic of China. Unfortunately, the amendment was blocked by Committee Democrats, with all Republicans and one Democrat voting in support.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) joined over 200 of his House colleagues in sending a letter to Small Business Administration (SBA) Administrator Isabel Guzman requesting an explanation for the months-long delay in the distribution of Shuttered Venue Operators Grant Emergency Relief Program (SVOG) funds which were allocated by Congress in December of 2020.
I've said it before, and I'll say it again: An income tax in Washington state is unconstitutional.
Democrats in our state legislature recently passed Engrossed Senate Substitute Bill (ESSB) 5096, a bill that would impose a new 7% tax on capital gains in Washington state.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) joined his colleagues in introducing a resolution to recognize America's national debt as a threat to our national security. Earlier this month, the national debt reached $28 trillion.