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September 28, 2018

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) released the following statement after the House of Representatives approved bipartisan legislation, the House Amendment to the Senate Amendment to H.R. 6 –Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment (SUPPORT) for Patients and Communities Act. H.R.


September 26, 2018

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Newhouse released the following statement after House passage of H.R. 302, FAA Reauthorization Act, which included the Disaster Recovery Reform Act, to reform federal disaster programs to better account for severe impacts of natural disasters on rural communities.


September 26, 2018

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) and Port of Moses Lake Commission President Kent Jones released the following statements today after the House approved H.R. 302, FAA Reauthorization Act, a bipartisan, five-year bill to reauthorize the programs of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Included in the FAA Reauthorization Act is Rep.


September 26, 2018

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) released the following statement after the House of Representatives voted 361-61 to approve the Conference Report to accompany H.R. 6157, the Department of Defense and Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Act, 2019 and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2019. H.R.


September 26, 2018

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Sean Duffy (R-WI) and Congressman Dan Newhouse (R-WA) released the following statements after bipartisan legislation they introduced to return management of gray wolves to state control advanced in the House of Representatives. The House Natural Resources Committee approved the legislation in a committee markup today.


September 25, 2018
Weekly Columns and Op-Eds

Last week, President Trump signed appropriations legislation approved by Congress, H.R. 5895, the Energy and Water, Legislative Branch, and Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act, to fund some of the highest priorities of the federal government, including health care for our veterans. In addition, the legislation provides resources for Hanford cleanup and research at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.


September 24, 2018

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) released the following statement today after President Trump and South Korean President Moon signed a revised free trade deal, the U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement (KORUS).


September 24, 2018

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) released the following statement today after the

Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) announced a $75,967,000 contract to Spokane's Garco Construction, Inc., for construction services at Cle Elum Dam. The funds will be used for construction of a helix, gate, and intake for fish passage to begin in spring 2019 and end in the summer 2023. The project is funded under a 50/50 cost-share agreement between the State of Washington and BOR.


September 21, 2018

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Patty Murray (D-WA) and Maria Cantwell (D-WA) joined U.S. Representatives Dan Newhouse (R-WA, 4th District), Dave Reichert (R-WA, 8th District), and Denny Heck (D-WA, 10th District) to renew their bipartisan defense of the U.S. polysilicon manufacturing industry in a letter to President Trump. The letter, which highlights immediate and dire threats to the U.S.


September 21, 2018

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), the top Democrat on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), and U.S. Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) applauded a recommendation by the U.S. Forest Service to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to withdraw 340,000 acres in the Methow Valley from consideration for mining for a 20 year period.