Press Releases

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.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) joined 160 of his Republican colleagues in sending a letter to President Biden requesting his Administration halt their harmful policy initiatives that have led to the current supply chain crisis.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA), along with the entire Washington delegation, sent a letter to U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and the U.S.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) announced that the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has awarded grant funding to the police departments of the City of Yakima, the City of Moses Lake, and the City of Kennewick. Moses Lake and Yakima received funding through the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program and Kennewick received funding through the Law Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness Act (LEMHWA).