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April 9, 2021

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Reps. Dan Newhouse (R-WA), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Billy Long (R-MO), and Mike Levin (D-CA) reintroduced the Agricultural Fairs Rescue Act, a bill to help preserve agricultural fairs across the country and offset the devastating financial losses they have experienced due to COVID-19.

Issues: Agriculture

April 7, 2021

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) announced his office is currently accepting eligible Community Project Funding requests that will improve the lives of Central Washingtonians and support the economic prosperity of Washington state.


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Politicians like to tell you that there's only one way to pay for new projects: raising taxes. After all, the money has to come from somewhere. Right?

Issues: Spending and Economy

April 1, 2021

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) announced that municipal airports in Washington's 4th Congressional District received $2.3 million in grants from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Aviation Administration for needed improvements:


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April 1, 2021

RICHLAND, WA – Today, Rep. Newhouse joined Energy Northwest, Grant County Public Utility District (Grant PUD), and X-energy for the commencement of the TRi Energy Partnership. These organizations are partnering to evaluate, develop, and build a commercial Xe-100 advanced reactor at a previously licensed site north of Richland, Washington. Through the U.S.

Issues: Energy Hanford

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March 29, 2021
Weekly Columns and Op-Eds

A year into living with the ramifications of a global pandemic, it is clearer now than ever before how important science is to our decision-making – and how quickly it can get tossed to the side in lieu of more politically expedient "truths." When other countries join the fray to undermine our nation's stability, annoyance quickly gives way to alarm.


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March 29, 2021

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) sent a letter to Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Granholm inviting her to tour the Hanford site.

Issues: Hanford

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March 25, 2021

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) sent a letter to Governor Inslee and the Washington Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council urging state officials to listen to the local concerns with the recent Horse Heaven Wind Farm Application (ASC) for Site Certification in Benton County.

Issues: Energy

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March 24, 2021

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland and Department of the Interior (DOI) Secretary Deb Haaland to ask for their continued support in addressing the crisis of missing and murdered indigenous women (MMIW) and to renew his request for a Cold Case Task Force Office in Yakima, Washington.


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March 23, 2021
Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) joined colleagues in sending a bipartisan letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Acting Secretary Cochran, Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Vilsack, Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Acting Commissioner Woodcock, and Trade Representative (USTR) Ambassador Tai expressing concern that the World Health Organization (WHO), at the urging of China, may modify their assumptions regarding the transmission of the virus causing COVID-19 via food and food packaging, without evidence to support such conclusions.
Issues: Agriculture