News
The purpose of any legal settlement is to right a wrong against victims, not to enrich political allies of any presidential administration, Democrat or Republican. Under U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, it was no secret that President Obama's Department of Justice steered settlements involving large companies to either supersede Congress' appropriations authority or to support third-party liberal activist groups that were not parties to the case at hand.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representative Dan Newhouse (R-WA) today participated in a Congressional Gold Medal ceremony at Emancipation Hall in the U.S. Capitol in honor of Filipino veterans of World War II. Rep. Newhouse was joined by his guest, Rey Pascua, the President of Filipino-American Community of the Yakima Valley. The Congressional Gold Medal is the highest civilian honor that Congress can bestow. Rep.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representative Dan Newhouse (R-WA) today requested a legislative hearing in a letter to House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), Chairman of House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on the Environment, on H.R. 848, the Farm Regulatory Certainty Act. Rep.
Speaking with students last week at Hanford High School in the Tri-Cities gave me a surprising realization. The students were curious about how our government operates and also about daily life working in Congress. I realized that more people might actually be interested in what it is like for me to work as your representative. To give you an idea, I wanted to share a few insights as well as important events last week in Central Washington.
The U.S. and the Paris-based United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) have had a long, contentious history over the organization's controversial stances. The aim of UNESCO—to promote greater cross-cultural understanding—is well-intentioned. In fact, the U.S. had a formative role in creating UNESCO as an organization meant to promote freedom and democratic values. But in practice, UNESCO has departed from that mission and acted as a platform for anti-Israel and anti-Western totalitarians. U.S.
Washington, D.C. – Today, the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs passed U.S. Representatives Derek Kilmer (D-WA) and Dan Newhouse (R-WA) bill to force the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) to move forward on fixes to its mismanagement issues. Their bill, H.R. 1066, The VA Management Alignment Act of 2017, would direct the head of the VA to issue a report to Congress detailing the steps they will take to reorganize and effectively improve veterans' access to quality care. It is now cleared to head to the floor of the House.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) released the following statement after voting in favor of H.R. 2266, Additional Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief Requirements Act. H.R. 2266 includes relief for communities struck by hurricanes and catastrophic wildfires.
WASHINGTON D.C. – Today, the House Natural Resources Committee held a hearing on legislation co-sponsored by Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) to protect dams on the Snake River. H.R. 3144 would approve the Federal Columbia River Power System (FCRPS) Biological Opinion (BiOp) until 2022.
The past few weeks, much of the nation's attention has focused on devastating hurricanes on the Gulf and Atlantic coasts as well as in the Caribbean. We have come together as a nation to care for those suffering and offer assistance to Americans affected by hurricanes. But in the Pacific Northwest and across the West, thousands of Americans have struggled with a very different kind of natural disaster: wildfires. Since January 1st, more than eight million acres of land have burned in wildfires across the U.S.
WASHINGTON D.C. – Today, Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) released the following statement after his legislation, H.R. 1274, the State, Tribal, and Local Species Transparency and Recovery Act, was approved in a House Natural Resources Committee markup. During the markup, H.R. 1274 was also amended to include the text of Rep.