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March 11, 2015

Washington, D.C. – Today, Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) released the following statement after the announcement of Dr. Steven Ashby's appointment as Laboratory Director for the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL):

"I had the pleasure to meet Steve on my recent tour of PNNL, which is a world-class research facility right here in Central Washington. I congratulate Steve on his appointment and for the recognition of his experience and expertise at the Lab. I look forward to continuing years of groundbreaking innovation at PNNL under his new leadership role."


March 10, 2015

Washington, D.C. – Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) joined ten members of the U.S. House from the Pacific Northwest who wrote today to the U.S. Forest Service urging them to hold more listening sessions on upcoming revisions to the Northwest Forest Plan. The members expressed concern that sessions are only planned for three locations: Seattle, Wash.; Portland, Ore.; and Redding, Calif.


March 3, 2015

Washington, D.C. – Today, Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) released the following statement after voting ‘no' on House passage of the Senate amendment to H.R. 240, Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2015, to fund the Department of Homeland Security through the end of Fiscal Year 2015:


February 25, 2015

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, during a House Science, Space & Technology Committee hearing titled, An Overview of the Budget Proposal for the Department of Energy for Fiscal Year 2016, Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) questioned U.S.


February 25, 2015

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) released the following statement after cosponsoring H.R. 572, The Veterans Access to Community Care Act of 2015, and joining 28 colleagues in a letter to request answers from Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Robert McDonald on why the Obama Administration proposed funding cuts to the Veterans Choice program in the president's Fiscal Year 2016 budget proposal:


February 21, 2015

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) released the following statement after a contract agreement was reported between the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU):


February 20, 2015

WASHINGTON, D.C. –Last week U.S. Congressman Dan Newhouse (R-WA), Congressman Reichert (R-WA), Congressmen Schrader (D-OR), and Congressman Costa (D-CA) introduced a bipartisan resolution in the House urging an end to the contract negotiation between the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU). Now, just a week later, the resolution has been signed by 61 members of Congress.


February 14, 2015

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) released the following statement after President Obama's announcement that U.S. Secretary of Labor Tom Perez will help mediate contract negotiations between the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) in the labor dispute at West Coast ports:


February 13, 2015

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) led a letter to Speaker John Boehner and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi requesting that the House move quickly to reauthorize the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act (SRS). SRS provides critical funding to counties and localities with large tracts of federally-owned National Forest land. The letter was also signed by Reps.


February 12, 2015

Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Congressmen Dan Newhouse (R-WA), Dave Reichert (R-WA), Kurt Schrader (D-OR) and Jim Costa (D-CA) introduced a House Resolution expressing the sense of Congress that the current contract negotiation between the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) must come to swift conclusion. The resolution also states that in the event of a strike or lockout, the Administration must intervene to end the dispute to protect American workers and the national economy.