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