Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) released the following statement after voting to support H.R. 8319, the Continuing Appropriations Act, a spending bill that funds the government through December 11, 2020:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Reps. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) and Mike Levin (D-CA) introduced a resolution to recognize and celebrate the 70th anniversary of Impact Aid on September 30, 2020. As Co-Chair of the House Impact Aid Caucus, Rep. Newhouse leads 90 bipartisan members to support and advocate for the Impact Aid program, which provides critical reimbursements for school districts impacted by nontaxable federal property.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) praised the unanimous passage of Savanna's Act and the Not Invisible Act by the U.S. House of Representatives. Both pieces of legislation were previously passed unanimously by the House Judiciary Committee and the United States Senate. The bills will now head to President Trump's desk to be signed into law.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) released the following statement after President Trump and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Sonny Perdue announced the second round of the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP 2) will provide up to an additional $14 billion for agricultural producers who continue to face disruptions and associated costs due to COVID-19:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) was joined by Reps. Chris Stewart (R-UT), Pete Stauber (R-MN), and Dusty Johnson (R-SD) to demand a House vote on two pieces of bipartisan legislation to address the crisis of missing and murdered indigenous women, Savanna's Act and the Not Invisible Act. These two bills have passed unanimously in the U.S.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) joined Reps. John Garamendi (D-CA), TJ Cox (D-CA), Doug LaMalfa (R-CA), and Josh Harder (D-CA) to introduce H.R. 8217, the WIFIA Improvement Act. This bipartisan legislation would amend the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) of 2014 to make public water projects eligible for low-interest, longer-term federal loans from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressional Wine Caucus Co-Chairs Reps. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) and Mike Thompson (D-CA) led a bipartisan group of lawmakers in a letter to U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Perdue seeking COVID-19 relief for American wine grape growers.
WASHINGTON, D.C. –Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) joined Rep. Frank Lucas (R-OK), House Agriculture Committee Chairman Colin Peterson (D-MN), House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Mike Conaway (R-TX), and XX Members in sending a letter to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Sonny Perdue requesting he utilize funds provided in the CARES Act to support 2020 wheat crop losses for all classes of wheat.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, at a press conference at the Western Museum of Mining and Industry, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the creation of the Office of Mountains, Deserts and Plains located in EPA's office in Lakewood, CO. This western lands-focused office will address cross-cutting issues unique to the region, and more effectively leverage existing EPA staff, expertise and resources in hardrock mining cleanup. Rep.
WASHINGTON, D.C. –Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) joined Rep. Kevin Hern (R-OK) and 48 Members of Congress in sending a letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Seema Verma in support of the proposed rule to make permanent the expansion of telehealth benefits that were put in place early on in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.