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September 24, 2018

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) released the following statement today after the

Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) announced a $75,967,000 contract to Spokane's Garco Construction, Inc., for construction services at Cle Elum Dam. The funds will be used for construction of a helix, gate, and intake for fish passage to begin in spring 2019 and end in the summer 2023. The project is funded under a 50/50 cost-share agreement between the State of Washington and BOR.


September 21, 2018

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Patty Murray (D-WA) and Maria Cantwell (D-WA) joined U.S. Representatives Dan Newhouse (R-WA, 4th District), Dave Reichert (R-WA, 8th District), and Denny Heck (D-WA, 10th District) to renew their bipartisan defense of the U.S. polysilicon manufacturing industry in a letter to President Trump. The letter, which highlights immediate and dire threats to the U.S.


September 21, 2018

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), the top Democrat on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), and U.S. Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) applauded a recommendation by the U.S. Forest Service to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to withdraw 340,000 acres in the Methow Valley from consideration for mining for a 20 year period.


September 21, 2018

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) released the following statement today after President Trump signed the Conference Report to Accompany H.R. 5895, Energy and Water, Legislative Branch, and Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act.


September 21, 2018

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Rep. Dave Reichert (R-WA), Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), and Rep.


September 14, 2018

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) released the following statement after the House of Representatives approved America's Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 (S. 3021) by a voice-vote yesterday. The conference legislation is the product of negotiations between House and Senate committees with jurisdiction over various water resources and energy infrastructure issues.


September 14, 2018

WASHINGTON D.C. – Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) released the following statement after the U.S. Department of Transportation noticed a grant for the Methow Valley State Airport in Winthrop, WA. The federal grant will fund the final phase of construction to expand the existing west general aviation apron to provide additional space for aircraft parking and meet Federal Aviation Administration standards.


September 13, 2018

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) released the following statements on House passage of the "minibus," Conference Report to Accompany H.R. 5895, Energy and Water, Legislative Branch, and Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act. The Senate approved the conference legislation earlier this week.


September 13, 2018

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Sean Duffy (R-WI) and Congressman Dan Newhouse (R-WA) introduced legislation with bipartisan support that would return management of gray wolves to state control.

Management of these gray wolves were transferred from the state to the federal level following two 2014 U.S. District Court decisions that reinstated gray wolves under the protections of the Endangered Species Act. These designations leave farmers and ranchers in those states without a legal avenue to protect their livestock from wolves.


August 27, 2018

Sunnyside, WA – U.S. Representative Dan Newhouse (R-WA) today released the following statement on President Trump's announcement of a preliminary North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) deal with Mexico: