News
Last week, the president announced his plan to close the U.S. Naval Station Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, where terrorist detainees are being held. The president’s plan is to shut down Guantánamo Bay by transferring some of the 91 detainees to other countries and moving the rest to the U.S. mainland. Closing Guantánamo has been a campaign pledge of the president since 2008, and he is attempting to close the facility in his waning months in office.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) released the following statement after voting in support of House passage of H.R. 2406, the Sportsmen’s Heritage and Recreational Enhancement (SHARE) Act, which is a compilation of several bills that would improve federal land management and protect public access and opportunities for hunting, fishing, and recreational shooting. An amendment included in the SHARE Act by Rep. Newhouse requires the U.S.
“I don't worry about my legacy,” Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia once said. “Just do your job right, and who cares?” Last week, with the sudden passing of Justice Scalia at the age of 79, our country lost a jurist and legal scholar of the highest order. Justice Scalia may not have worried about how history would remember him, but he leaves a legacy as an ardent defender of the Constitution, individual rights, and the principle of limited government.
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Representatives Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA) and Denny Heck (D-WA) were joined by U.S. Reps. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Dave Reichert (D-WA), Adam Smith (D-WA), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Susan DelBene (D-WA) and Dan Newhouse (R-WA) in urging the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to protect Medicare Advantage and Part D plans from further payment cuts in a letter sent today.
SUNNYSIDE, WA – Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) today honored the student winners of the Fourth Congressional District App Challenge. Cinthia Santiago Villanueva and Esmeralda Lopez, students at Harrison Middle School, won the challenge with an app they designed called the Agricultural Job Finder.
Last week, the Administration released the final budget under this President – a record-breaking $4.1 trillion budget for FY 2017.
The proposed lame duck budget would add nearly $2.6 trillion to our national debt over the next five years. It would increase taxes by $3.4 trillion and includes a $10.25 per-barrel oil tax. Such a tax would be passed down to consumers in the form of higher prices at the pump, averaging 24 cents per gallon, as well as increasing the price of transportation for other products.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. House of Representatives approved H.R. 3442, the Debt Management and Fiscal Responsibility Act, which included an amendment introduced by Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA), Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-VA), Rep. Steve Stivers (R-OH), and Rep. Bradley Byrne (R-AL).
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) and Rep. Collin Peterson (D-MN) led 52 other Members to introduce H.R. 4520, a bipartisan resolution recognizing the legacy of Justin Smith Morrill, the founder of the land-grant university system, by posthumously awarding him the Congressional Gold Medal.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following an announcement that the REC Silicon plant in Moses Lake will shut down production, U.S. Senators Murray and Cantwell, and U.S. Congressman Dan Newhouse (WA-04), today called on trade representatives to end the solar trade war between the U.S. and China.
No workers will be laid off at this time—they will instead shift to focus on maintenance.
What do you call it when the federal government targets legitimate businesses and causes them to be shut down, not for illegal activity, but because they are deemed undesirable by the Administration? Answer: federal regulatory intimidation. Last week, I voted to effectively stop one such effort: “Operation Choke Point.” We must ensure federal regulators are held accountable to stay on the right side of the line between enforcement of the law and regulatory intimidation.