Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) today released the following statement after the House approved the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (NDAA) on a vote of 344-81. The legislation will next be considered in the Senate:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) released the following statement after U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke announced that the protected status of the Hanford Reach National Monument is no longer under federal review, and that no alterations will be made to the monument's boundaries .
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) released the following statement after the House Appropriations Committee marked up the agriculture appropriations bill for Fiscal Year 2018. The legislation passed by the committee includes priorities championed by Rep. Newhouse including funding for hops research, directions for the Food and Drug Administration to conduct a study on the distinction between grape varietals rarely consumed raw, and provides funding for the Market Access Program (MAP) and Foreign Market Development (FMD) programs.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) released the following statement after the House Appropriations Committee's full committee markup on the fiscal year 2018 Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations bill.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) released the following statement after the House Appropriations Committee approved the fiscal year 2018 Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations bill, which appropriates funding for Hanford cleanup. As a member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, Rep. Newhouse worked with colleagues to reverse the Trump Administration's proposed cuts to the Richland Operations Office (RL).
Congressman Dan Newhouse (R-WA) will host a Jobs Fair in Yakima on Saturday, July 8th from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. The Jobs Fair is free and open to individuals of all ages and their families in Central Washington.
Employers looking to hire and job training organizations who are interested in participating are encouraged to contact Kate Adkison in Congressman Newhouse's Yakima office at (509) 452-3243.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Pacific Northwest Reps. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA-05), Dan Newhouse (WA-04), Jaime Herrera Beutler (WA-03), Kurt Schrader (OR-05), and Greg Walden (OR-02) introduced bipartisan legislation to approve the Federal Columbia River Power System (FCRPS) Biological Opinion (BiOp) until 2022. This legislation will work to support the FCRPS and the benefit it brings to our region through the clean, renewable, and affordable energy it provides while allowing salmon to recover at record rates.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA), and Rep. Collin Peterson (D-MN) led 35 other Members to introduce H.R. 3034, a bipartisan resolution recognizing the legacy of Justin Smith Morrill, the founder of the land-grant university system, by posthumously awarding him the Congressional Gold Medal.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Reps. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) and Kurt Schrader (D-OR) were joined today by Reps. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Greg Walden (R-OR), Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA), and Dave Reichert (R-WA) in a bipartisan letter urging President Trump to commence negotiations with Canada over the Columbia River Treaty (CRT) as soon as possible.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Reps Dan Newhouse (R-WA) and Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement after insurance rate increase requests were filed in Washington State for 2018: