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As a conservative who believes in the free market, I believe that American businesses hire more workers and families thrive when you are able to spend and invest more of your own hard-earned paychecks. The complexity and distortions created by our current broken tax code are holding back economic growth and job creation.
Simplifying the tax code to make it more fair and allowing our businesses to be more competitive will help realize our nation's economic potential. That is why last week, House Republicans released the unified framework for pro-growth tax reform.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representative Dan Newhouse (R-WA) released the following statement after joining Rep. Scott Taylor (R-VA) and colleagues in a bipartisan request to Acting Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Elaine Duke to extend the administration's renewal deadline for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program beneficiaries.
When consumers in Tokyo or Hong Kong want delicious fresh fruit, meat, or other products, they are likely to know that the best is grown here in the United States. American farmers produce the highest quality produce in the world, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) provides assistance that help our farmers gain access to foreign markets that can be tricky to tap into. Access to foreign markets translates into billions of dollars of exports and countless jobs here at home, but without additional support, USDA's tools for promoting exports will fall behind the competition.
WASHINGTON D.C. – Today Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) applauded the introduction of bipartisan legislation in the U.S. Senate by Sens. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Angus King (I-Maine), Joe Donnelly (D-Ind.) and Susan Collins (R-ME) that would increase funding for the Market Access Program and the Foreign Market Development program by 2023.
When Barbara Johnston realized she was going blind, it changed everything. She could not read the numbers on her prescription, nor could she tell which medications needed refilling, including her blood pressure medication. She also realized her vision problems, the result of macular degeneration, were getting worse. I was thankful to hear from Yakima Neighborhood Health Services how they were able to connect her with a care coordinator where she received help for her vision problems and assistance with managing her blood pressure to prevent a stroke.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) released the following statement after the U.S. House approved H.R. 3219, the Make America Secure and Prosperous Appropriations Act, which includes all twelve annual appropriations bills necessary to continue operations of the federal government:
When President Trump's administration announced that it would give six months to wind down the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, many young people called ‘Dreamers,' immigrants who grew up in the U.S., were once again faced with uncertainty regarding their future here.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) today released the following statement after voting yes on the Senate amendment to H.R. 601. (Hurricane Supplemental, Debt Limit, Continuing Appropriations, and Flood Insurance Package):
WASHINGTON D.C. – Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) released the following statement after the U.S. Department of Transportation noticed a grant for apron and runway rehabilitation for the Methow Valley State Airport in Okanogan County:
"The Transportation Department's grant announcement is good news for the Methow Valley and for the North Cascade Smokejumper Base in Winthrop," said Rep. Newhouse. "The airport facility upgrades should benefit airport users as well as the ability of the NCSB to fulfill its mission of fire prevention."
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) released the following statement after Rep. Dave Reichert (R-WA) announced his retirement from Congress: