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March 11, 2015

Washington, D.C. – Today, Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) released the following statement after the announcement of Dr. Steven Ashby's appointment as Laboratory Director for the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL):

"I had the pleasure to meet Steve on my recent tour of PNNL, which is a world-class research facility right here in Central Washington. I congratulate Steve on his appointment and for the recognition of his experience and expertise at the Lab. I look forward to continuing years of groundbreaking innovation at PNNL under his new leadership role."


March 10, 2015

Washington, D.C. – Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) joined ten members of the U.S. House from the Pacific Northwest who wrote today to the U.S. Forest Service urging them to hold more listening sessions on upcoming revisions to the Northwest Forest Plan. The members expressed concern that sessions are only planned for three locations: Seattle, Wash.; Portland, Ore.; and Redding, Calif.


Last Tuesday, you likely heard or watched as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave a speech to a joint session of Congress. I think it was important for all Americans to hear what the Prime Minister had to say about the potential threat posed to Israel if Iran is allowed to develop nuclear weapons.


March 3, 2015

Washington, D.C. – Today, Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) released the following statement after voting ‘no' on House passage of the Senate amendment to H.R. 240, Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2015, to fund the Department of Homeland Security through the end of Fiscal Year 2015:


February 27, 2015
Weekly Columns and Op-Eds

Imagine if someone used a credit card, but instead of their own name, your children's names were on the card.

It sounds absurd: no right thinking person would consign their children to pay debts they had no choice in incurring.

Yet that is how the federal government operates when it comes to borrowing money from your children and grandchildren to spend today.


February 25, 2015

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, during a House Science, Space & Technology Committee hearing titled, An Overview of the Budget Proposal for the Department of Energy for Fiscal Year 2016, Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) questioned U.S.


February 25, 2015

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) released the following statement after cosponsoring H.R. 572, The Veterans Access to Community Care Act of 2015, and joining 28 colleagues in a letter to request answers from Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Robert McDonald on why the Obama Administration proposed funding cuts to the Veterans Choice program in the president's Fiscal Year 2016 budget proposal:


February 21, 2015

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) released the following statement after a contract agreement was reported between the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU):


February 20, 2015

WASHINGTON, D.C. –Last week U.S. Congressman Dan Newhouse (R-WA), Congressman Reichert (R-WA), Congressmen Schrader (D-OR), and Congressman Costa (D-CA) introduced a bipartisan resolution in the House urging an end to the contract negotiation between the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU). Now, just a week later, the resolution has been signed by 61 members of Congress.


February 19, 2015
Weekly Columns and Op-Eds

Listening to local families, businesses, and farmers in the Mid-Columbia region, I've heard firsthand how the slowdown and partial shutdowns at our 29 ports along the West Coast have had a devastating economic impact on Central Washington's economy.