Press Releases

WASHINGTON DC - (APRIL 25, 2018) – Today, a bipartisan bill to protect the Columbia and Snake River Dams passed the House by a vote of 225 to 189. This effort, introduced by Eastern Washington Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) alongside Reps. Dan Newhouse (R-WA), Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA), Greg Walden (R-OR), and Kurt Schrader (D-OR), will protect the dams by codifying the 2014 Biological Opinion, a collaborative agreement on how to manage the river system to protect fish and support clean, renewable energy.

Sunnyside, WA – On Tuesday, Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) and Google paid a visit to Sunnyside High School to deliver the Online Safety Roadshow: How to Be Internet Awesome, an online safety assembly developed by Google for middle school students.

Rep. Newhouse participated in Tuesday's presentation and opened the assembly by expressing the importance of online safety to the students and competing in the password faceoff challenge, where students are asked to come up with the strongest possible password.

WASHINGTON D.C. – Today, Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) and Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following joint statement applauding the announcement that their bipartisan legislation, H.R. 3144, will go to the floor of the House of Representatives for a full vote next week. H.R. 3144 would protect the Columbia and Snake River dams and ensure dams and fish can coexist by preserving the current Federal Columbia River Power System Biological Opinion (BiOp) until 2022. Additional cosponsors of H.R. 3144 include Rep.

WASHINGTON D.C. – Today, Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) introduced legislation, H.R. 5504, with the support of the entire Washington delegation in the U.S. House, 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." Sergeant Dietrich Schmieman of Richland was serving in the U.S.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) released the following statement on the U.S. and allied strikes on the Syrian regime:

"Assad's commitment of atrocities using chemical weapons against innocent civilians cannot be tolerated by civilized nations," said Rep. Newhouse. "While long-term questions remain on our engagement in Syria, I support the decision by President Trump to join with our allies to launch the targeted military response tonight to hold the Assad regime accountable."

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) spoke on the House floor in support of H.J. Res. 2 proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States. Rep.

WASHINGTON D.C. – Today, Eastern Washington Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA-05) and Congressman Dan Newhouse (WA-04) applauded the House Natural Resources Committee passage of their bipartisan legislation (H.R. 3144) to protect the Columbia and Snake River dams and ensure dams and fish can coexist.