Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Reps. Dan Newhouse (R-WA), Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), and Cliff Bentz (R-OR) released the following joint statement in reaction to the release of the unbalanced membership list for the Columbia Basin Collaborative:

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA), led the Washington State Congressional Republican delegation in a letter to Secretary of Agriculture Vilsack, urging him to prioritize the hiring of state executives to help with the backlog of disaster relief applications currently plaguing the agency.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) released the following statement after President Joe Biden signed into law H.R. 5305 – Extending Government Funding and Delivering Emergency Assistance Act (Continuing Resolution), which included $28.6 billion in emergency supplemental appropriations for natural disasters occurring as far back as 2019 and Rep. Newhouse's legislation, H.R. 267, the 2020 WHIP+ Reauthorization Act.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA), along with 160 of his colleagues, sent a letter to the chairmen and ranking members of the House and Senate Armed Services Committees, urging the full removal of a "red flag" provision in H.R. 4350, the House National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) during the conference committee process.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) announced that the City of Moses Lake was one of 25 small towns to win a T-Mobile Hometown Grant to jumpstart vital community development projects to re-energize the town and build upon what makes it unique. The funds will be used to set up a creative community incubator that will have art, live music, events, a lounge, and a maker space.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) along with Reps. Chellie Pingree (D-ME) and Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) introduced the bipartisan School Food Recovery Act. This bill will create a new program at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to support schools working on food waste reduction projects.

Reps. Newhouse and Pingree recently relaunched the Food Recovery Caucus, a bipartisan group of members who are committed to reducing food waste nationwide in recognition of the environmental and economic harms of food waste.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) introduced H.R. 5404, the Taliban Rare Earth Minerals Sanctions Act with 10 of his Republican colleagues. The legislation seeks to impose sanctions on foreign persons or entities sourcing rare earth minerals in Afghanistan.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) released the following statement after introducing H.Res. 676, a resolution urging the Biden Administration to fully enforce our immigration laws in light of the current surge at the border and the ongoing, self-created border crisis.