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May 7, 2024

Congressman Dan Newhouse (WA-04) and his colleagues introduced a package of nine bills to protect the four Lower Snake River Dams following the release of the final package of actions and commitments in the Columbia River System Operations (CRSO) mediation which


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May 4, 2024
Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) and Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-AZ) led the introduction of a resolution to designate May 5, 2024 as the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. 
Issues: Law Enforcement

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April 25, 2024
Today, Rep. Dan Newhouse (WA-04) released the following statement after the National Park Service and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service released a Record of Decision for their grizzly bear restoration plan.
Issues: Public Lands

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April 18, 2024
Yesterday, Rep. Dan Newhouse (WA-04) questioned Patrick Lechleitner, Acting Director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), on the agency's annual budget request and how the crisis at the Southern Border is causing other sectors of the Department of Homeland Security to fall behind.

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April 17, 2024
Today Rep. Dan Newhouse (WA-04) questioned officials with the Army Corps of Engineers and Bureau of Reclamation about the Lower Snake River dam’s salmon mitigation and spillage operations in a budget request hearing with the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development.

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April 16, 2024
Today, during a hearing by the Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), Rep. Dan Newhouse (WA-04) questioned former U.S. Attorney General William Barr and Drug Enforcement Agency Chief of Operations, Ray Donovan, on how the CCP is subsidizing, awarding, and investing in the production of illicit fentanyl precursor chemicals. 

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April 10, 2024
Today, Rep. Dan Newhouse (WA-04) questioned Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on his annual budget request and failure to secure the southern border of the United States in a House Appropriations Committee hearing. 

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April 4, 2024
Today, Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) announced the start of the annual Central Washington Congressional Art Competition. All high school students are eligible to participate. The winning entry will be displayed in the U.S. Capitol.
Issues: Education

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March 22, 2024
Yesterday, Rep. Dan Newhouse (WA-04) participated in a hearing held by the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture to hear Department of Agriculture Secretary Thomas Vilisack testify on the fiscal year 2025 agency budget request.
Issues: Agriculture

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March 22, 2024
Today Rep. Dan Newhouse (WA-04) released the following statement after voting in support of the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2024 that includes cuts in wasteful spending while boosting funding for the southern border and national security interests.