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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has awarded grant funding to the City of Granger through its Economic Impact Initiative Grant Program. The funds will be used to replace two police cars that have high mileage and require significant servicing, improving operations for the police department and benefiting the city's residents.
Sometimes, to stop fires, you have to start them.
Democrats like President Biden often point to the West's devastating wildfires as evidence of climate change, and while that's certainly contributed to some of the events we are seeing unfolding across the country, it's only part of the picture. The rest? Burdensome government regulations inhibiting proper forest management and "sue-and-settle" lawsuits that prevent any actionable plans from being implemented.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) announced that the Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has awarded over $515,000 to Okanogan County Fire District 6 in Twisp and Douglas County through the Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) Program. These funds will be used to improve operations and safety for the local fire departments.
September 11, 2001: a day that no American who lived to see will ever forget.
I was recently asked about where I was that day, and I remember it keenly, deeply. I think it's a question every American has an answer to—a moment engraved in time.
Since it was early September, it was right in the middle of hop harvest. My cousin and I were working to unplug the picking machine, a more-than-common occurrence for hop farmers, when his wife called, crying.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) cosponsored H.R. 4735, the Provider Relief Fund Deadline Extension Act. This legislation delays Provider Relief Funds (PRF) repayment until the end of 2021 or the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic public health emergency period, allowing hospitals to have extended access and opportunity to use federal funds that were already allocated to support them.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) applauded the announcement by the Bureau of Reclamation of three Central Washington irrigation district projects that have been selected to receive federal Small Scale Water Efficiency Grants. These grants, which are part of the U.S.
Democrats' latest attack on the American economy has arrived – to the tune of $3.5 trillion in new spending and tax increases. This, on top of the record levels of inflation, is unraveling the job growth and prosperity we were able to achieve under the last Administration.
Last week, Speaker Pelosi called Congress back into session to push through a partisan budget resolution for Fiscal Years 2022 and 2023, with no debate on the House floor. She deemed the $3.5 trillion spending spree adopted by little more than a procedural gimmick.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) released the following statement after President Biden abandoned hundreds of Americans on enemy soil.
"As Commander-in-Chief, President Biden has no greater responsibility than the security of the American people. Indeed, on his Inauguration Day, he pledged:
I will always level with you.
I will defend the Constitution.
I will defend our democracy.
I will defend America.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) joined 158 members in introducing legislation to posthumously award the Congressional Gold Medal to the 13 U.S. military servicemembers who were killed in Afghanistan last week: Staff Sgt. Darin Taylor Hoover, Sgt. Johanny Rosario Pichardo, Sgt. Nicole Gee, Cpl. Hunter Lopez, Cpl. Daegan Page, Cpl. Humberto Sanchez, Cpl. David Lee Espinoza, Lance Cpl. Jared Schmitz, Lance Cpl. Rylee McCollum, Lance Cpl. Dylan Merola, Lance Cpl. Kareem Nikoui, Hospitalman Maxton Soviak, and Staff Sgt. Ryan Knauss.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) joined 143 Republican colleagues in cosponsoring H. Res. 607, a resolution condemning President Biden for deficient planning and failed execution of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan and calling on him to conduct a multi-agency accounting of resources left behind and report to Congress on intelligence gaps as well as committing to maintaining the evacuation operation for as long as necessary.