Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) praised the inclusion of the Port of Benton Restriction Release Act of 2016 within the 2017 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which was approved yesterday by the House Armed Services Committee on a vote of 60-2. Rep. Newhouse released the following statement:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) has been named as a recipient of the 2016 Thomas Jefferson Award by the International Foodservice Distributors Association (IFDA). The award is presented by IFDA to lawmakers who support the free enterprise system. The Thomas Jefferson Award recognizes legislators whose work in Washington, D.C. will help distributors accomplish this mission.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) introduced H.R. 5017, the Port of Benton Restriction Release Act of 2016 to lift the conveyance restrictions on a 71.5 acre parcel of land that was deeded to the Port of Benton in 1996 by the United States Maritime Administration (MARAD). Rep. Newhouse released the following statement on introducing H.R. 5017:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA), House Agriculture Committee Chairman Mike Conaway (R-TX), and Rep. Brad Ashford (D-NE) were joined by 142 Members on a bipartisan letter to the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) today announced the appointment of Jamie Daniels as District Director for the Fourth Congressional District:
“I am pleased to welcome Jamie Daniels to my congressional staff to serve the people of Washington’s Fourth Congressional District as District Director, leading my district operations,” said Rep. Newhouse. “Constituent services are the most important job of any congressional office, and I know that Jamie will apply her extensive professional experience and knowledge to assisting the people of Central Washington.”
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) released the following statement on the release of Hanford funding levels proposed by the House Appropriations Committee Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, which has jurisdiction over Hanford appropriations, for Fiscal Year (FY) 2017. Tomorrow, the full House Appropriations Committee will hold a markup on this bill.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Members of Congress Dan Newhouse (R-WA) and Dave Reichert (R-WA), led a letter today to the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) and the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) encouraging the organizations to discuss options in order to prevent future port disruptions such as the 2014-2015 slowdown at West Coast ports.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Representative Dan Newhouse (R-WA), released the following statement after joining Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-VA), Americans for Tax Reform, and other members of Congress during a press conference to urge colleagues in the Congress to approve H.R. 27, the Tax Code Termination Act.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Representative Dan Newhouse (R-WA) spoke on the floor of the House of Representatives to mark the 10th anniversary of the Tri-City Regional Chamber of Commerce.
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WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Dan Newhouse (R-WA) announced that he will host a Land Management and Wildfire Preparedness Roundtable in Okanogan on Thursday, March 31st from 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. The roundtable is free and open to the public.