Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) joined over 200 of his House colleagues in sending a letter to Small Business Administration (SBA) Administrator Isabel Guzman requesting an explanation for the months-long delay in the distribution of Shuttered Venue Operators Grant Emergency Relief Program (SVOG) funds which were allocated by Congress in December of 2020.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Reps. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) and Ann Kirkpatrick (D-AZ) reintroduced the Local Journalism Sustainability Act, a bill that helps preserve community journalistic endeavors throughout the United States.

Small newspapers around the country were already facing financial hardships prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, which have only worsened over the last year. The Local Journalism Sustainability Act seeks to provide a pathway to financial viability for these publications through a series of three tax credits.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) released the following statement after the Biden Administration's recent budget proposal to Congress for Fiscal Year 2022 eliminated Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) funding for communities surrounding the Hanford Site. Under President Biden's budget, other cleanup sites across the nation – except the Hanford Site in Central Washington and the Savannah River Site in South Carolina – would continue to receive Department of Energy (DOE) PILT funding.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) joined Rep. Richard Hudson (R-NC) and 139 Members in sending a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland and Acting Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Marvin Richardson regarding the proposed guidance on "Factoring Criteria for Firearms with Attached ‘Stabilizing Braces.'"

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) was joined by Congressional Wine Caucus Co-Chair Rep. Mike Thompson (D-CA) and European Parliament counterparts in releasing the following statement on the US-EU Wine Trade Relationship.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) joined Rep. Steve Womack (R-AR) in introducing the Flag Desecration Amendment, which amends the U.S. Constitution to restore Congress' authority to prohibit the desecration of the United States flag. The reintroduction of the legislation coincides with Flag Day, which commemorates the adoption of the U.S. flag by the Continental Congress on June 14, 1777.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Reps. Dan Newhouse (WA-04) and Pete Stauber (MN-08) met with local police chiefs and sheriffs from Yakima, Richland, West Richland, Walla Walla, Moses Lake, Pasco, and Kennewick to discuss ongoing public safety priorities, as well as recent federal legislation to reform and improve policing across the United States, such as Rep. Stauber's JUSTICE Act.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) introduced a resolution calling for the WHO, World Health Assembly, and the United States to conduct a comprehensive investigation into the origins of the COVID-19 virus.