Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) released the following statement after the U.S.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) applauded the $500,000 in funding to Washington State's Department of Agriculture to support Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network (FRSAN) State Department of Agriculture (SDA) projects funded by the 2018 Farm Bill. The Washington State Department of Agriculture will collaborate with Washington Department of Health and Washington State University Extension to create two programs to address suicide prevention and behavioral health.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) recognized Yakima residents Pat and Sonia True as Central Washington's 2021 Angels in Adoption. The Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute (CCAI)'s Angels in Adoption program honors families, individuals, and organizations making extraordinary contributions to adoption, permanency, and welfare. The True's were nominated by Rep. Newhouse to receive this honor.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) applauded the $900,000 in funding to help communities and agricultural producers in Okanogan County build drought resiliency and conserve water as part of the WaterSMART Initiative, a joint effort between the Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Department of Interior's Bureau of Reclamation (BOR).
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) introduced the Options Over Terminations Act. This legislation would provide an exemption to any Federal COVID–19 vaccine mandate for any Federal employee or contractor who provides proof of COVID–19 antibodies.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) released the following statement after the House passed his legislation to posthumously award the Congressional Gold Medal to the 13 U.S. military servicemembers who were killed in Afghanistan: Staff Sgt. Darin Taylor Hoover, Sgt. Johanny Rosario Pichardo, Sgt. Nicole Gee, Cpl. Hunter Lopez, Cpl. Daegan Page, Cpl. Humberto Sanchez, Cpl. David Lee Espinoza, Lance Cpl. Jared Schmitz, Lance Cpl. Rylee McCollum, Lance Cpl. Dylan Merola, Lance Cpl. Kareem Nikoui, Hospitalman Maxton Soviak, and Staff Sgt. Ryan Knauss.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Reps. Dan Newhouse (R-WA), Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), and Jamie Herrera Beutler (R-WA) released the following joint statement in reaction to Governor Inslee and Senator Patty Murray's joint statement on their plans to breach the lower Snake River dams:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has awarded grant funding for telemedicine and distance learning to Yakima County, Yakama Reservation, Adams County, and for teledentistry across Central Washington. The $1,990,193 in grant funding will increase access to education, training and health care resources that are otherwise limited or unavailable for rural communities in Central Washington. Funds for these grants is provided from FY21 appropriations, which Republicans approved in December of 2020.
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.
