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January 3, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Dan Newhouse (WA-04) released the following statement after being sworn in as a Member of the House of Representatives in the 119th Congress.

“I am honored to return to Congress representing the good people of Central Washington,” said Rep. Newhouse.


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December 17, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the House Committee on Agriculture announced Rep. Dan Newhouse (WA-04) will rejoin the committee in the 119th Congress. He served on the committee in his first term in Congress.

Issues: Agriculture

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December 17, 2024
Today, Rep. Dan Newhouse (WA-04), Chairman of The Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) Fentanyl Policy Working Group, along with his colleagues introduced bipartisan legislation to hold the CCP responsible for directly subsidizing the fentanyl crisis currently plaguing the United States.

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December 16, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Dan Newhouse (WA-04) announced the winner of the 2024 Central Washington Congressional App Challenge, an app-designing competition for middle and high school students. Jeffrey Noah from Kennewick High School designed the winning concept, Canari.

Issues: Education

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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).

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October 30, 2024
This week, Rep. Dan Newhouse (WA-04) led the Central Washington Fentanyl Task Force in a meeting and released the taskforce’s final report outlining guidance to help mitigate the ongoing fentanyl crisis.
Issues: Fentanyl Crisis

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October 20, 2024

This week, Rep. Dan Newhouse (WA-04) introduced The Federal Employee Return to Work Act to crack down on wasteful government spending and incentivize federal employees to return to in-person work. Federal employees who telework from home currently receive annual locality bonuses despite not being required to physically attend their offices located in a high-cost-of-living area. This bill is the House companion to U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy of Louisiana’s bill.


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October 4, 2024
Today, Rep. Dan Newhouse (WA-04) introduced the Upholding USPS Delivery Standards and Election Integrity Act in the United States House of Representatives amid heightened public concern over changes to local mail facility processes.  

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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.

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September 27, 2024
Today, Rep. Dan Newhouse (WA-04) alongside Reps. Brett Guthrie (KY-02) and Russ Fulcher (ID-01) introduced the Securing America’s Midstream Critical Materials Processing Act.
Issues: Energy