Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Rep. Dave Reichert (R-WA), Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) and Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) called on the U.S. Department of Agriculture to provide sweet cherries equal access to the relief measures being developed for U.S. agricultural commodities that have been negatively impacted by retaliatory tariffs.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA), Charles Freeman, Kennewick Irrigation District (KID) District Manager, and Dean Dennis, KID Board of Directors President hosted a press conference on Rep. Newhouse's introduction of H.R. 6652, federal legislation to transfer title of U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) lands to KID.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) released the following statement on new guidance from the U.S. Department of Interior, the National Park Service (NPS), and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) advising that NPS and FWS would seek further stakeholder input to inform the planning and decision-making process related to the North Cascades Ecosystem Grizzly Bear Restoration Plan/Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) before any decision is made on the proposal:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) today released the following statement after voting in favor of the bipartisan Conference Report to Accompany H.R. 5515 - John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (or NDAA). The Conference Report legislation was agreed to with the Senate and passed the House on a bipartisan vote of 359-54.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) and Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX) released the following statements after the House Committee on Appropriations approved an amendment they offered to the Fiscal Year 2019 Homeland Security Appropriations Act. The legislation provides for critical programs such as border and immigration enforcement, customs activities, protection against cyberterrorism, aviation security, natural disaster response, border security, and temporary guest-workers. Rep. Newhouse and Rep.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) today released the following statement after meeting with President Trump and other members of Congress at the White House on agriculture and trade. Just before the meeting, President Trump announced an agreement with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker to ease tensions to avoid a trade war:
In a new bipartisan letter, WA & MT members of Senate and House call attention to dire effects of Chinese tariffs on polysilicon materials
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) released the following statement after the U.S. House of Representatives approved H.R. 6147, the Interior, Environment, Financial Services, and General Government Appropriations Act. This legislation provides annual funding for the Department of the Interior, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the U.S. Forest Service, the Indian Health Service, and various independent and related agencies. The House-approved legislation includes Rep. Newhouse's amendment to deny funding for the U.S.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Representatives Collin Peterson (D-Minn.), Lamar Smith (R-Texas), Henry Cuellar (D-Texas), Dan Newhouse (R-Wash.), Michael Conaway (R-Texas), and Ken Calvert (R-Calif.) today introduced the bipartisan AG and Legal Workforce Act (H.R. 6417). Representatives Mark Meadows (R-N.C.), chair of the House Freedom Caucus, Mark Walker (R-N.C.), chair of the Republican Study Committee, and John Katko (R-N.Y.), chair of the Tuesday Group, are also original cosponsors.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) released the following statement after the U.S. House of Representatives approved his legislation, H.R. 5504, to designate the U.S. Postal Service facility at 4801 West Van Giesen Street in West Richland, Washington as the "Sergeant Dietrich Schmieman Post Office." Rep. Newhouse introduced H.R. 5504 with the support of the entire Washington delegation to honor the life and service of U.S.