Rep. Newhouse Statement on House Reauthorization of Secure Rural Schools
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) released the following statement after voting with the House to approve a two-year reauthorization of the bipartisan Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act (SRS), which provides critical funding to counties and localities with large tracts of federally-owned National Forest land.
Rep. Newhouse Introduces Legislation to Ease Federal Land Transactions
Legislation reauthorizes FLTFA to speed up the sale of surplus federal “land-for-land” deals
Rep. Newhouse Statement on Administration’s Nuclear Waste and Spent Nuclear Fuel Announcement
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) released the following statement after the Obama Administration’s announcement today that it will decouple defense nuclear waste and spent nuclear fuel and begin a new siting process as part of the Administration’s broader strategy, first announced in 2013, to circumvent Yucca Mountain:
Rep. Newhouse Statement on Revision of Eligibility Rule for Veterans Choice Program
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) released the following statement after the announcement by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) that it will clarify the definition of eligibility for veterans who live 40 miles as driving distance from a VA medical facility rather than “as the crow flies.” Earlier this month, Rep.
