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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.
We live in an astounding time of technological progress, during the “Information Age.” Since the 1990s, the internet has flourished and created a digital marketplace, revolutionizing the world economy and the way commerce is conducted. Private enterprise has developed an incredible number of innovative services for millions of consumers. Keeping the internet free from government micromanagement and open to innovation for years to come must be a top priority.
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.
It may be news to many Americans, but as individual land owners, ranchers, and farmers in Washington already know, the federal government is one of the largest property managers in the nation, and especially in the West. According to a 2014 government survey, federal agencies manage 640 million acres of land, or one million square miles nationwide. That number accounts for 28 percent of land in the country.
President Ronald Reagan once put it simply: “No government ever voluntarily reduces itself in size. So governments' programs, once launched, never disappear. Actually, a government bureau is the nearest thing to eternal life we'll ever see on this earth.” Sadly, Reagan’s comments on the lack of accountability for taxpayer dollars are no joke. Reagan points out the truth that the natural tendency of government is to grow, so it is up to the people and the people’s representatives in Congress to keep government accountable.
Last Tuesday, the world was again horrified by coordinated terrorist attacks at the airport and subway in Brussels, Belgium. Dozens of people lost their lives, and many more were injured. Even before they took official responsibility, there was little doubt that the perpetrators would turn out to be ISIS affiliates, whose attacks in Paris last November took the lives of 130 people. At the time of this writing, four Americans have been confirmed to have lost their lives in the Belgium attacks.
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.
CLICK HERE TO WATCH REP. NEWHOUSE RECOGNIZE TRI-CITY REGIONAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ON HOUSE FLOOR
Think for a moment about all the financial products you use on a regular basis: credit cards, a mortgage, an auto loan, perhaps short-term consumer credit. Now imagine a single unelected bureaucrat dictating the terms of all of those products. Imagine if that bureaucrat could cancel any financial agreement they didn't like, for any reason. If one bureaucrat had that much power, then banks and mortgage institutions would write, and rewrite, the terms of their products to that bureaucrat’s preferences, not for the best interest of the consumer.