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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) introduced the Second Amendment is Essential Act. This legislation would categorize the firearms industry as a critical infrastructure sector and those it employs as critical infrastructure workers.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Reps. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) and Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement in response to recent data showing an increased rate of return for Spring Chinook salmon on the Snake River. Data shows that the Snake River Spring Chinook returns increased by 27%, with more than 29,634 salmon passing the Lower Granite Dam. These returns increased for the second year in a row, continuing the recovery from the recent low point in the population cycle.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) joined Republican colleagues in sending a letter to President Biden requesting he relieve Vice President Harris of her border crisis responsibilities.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Reps. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) and Tom O'Halleran (D-AZ) introduced the Rural Remote Monitoring Patient Act. This legislation would create a pilot grant program within the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, to facilitate the use of remote patient monitoring technology in rural areas. Companion legislation was introduced in the Senate by Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA).
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) sponsored Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers' (WA-05) Making Aid for Local Disasters Equal Now Act (MALDEN Act) to expedite the deployment of disaster assistance to rural communities impacted by a natural disaster. The bill is named after the town of Malden, Washington, which was devastated by the Babb Road Fire in 2020.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) joined over 200 of his House colleagues in sending a letter to Small Business Administration (SBA) Administrator Isabel Guzman requesting an explanation for the months-long delay in the distribution of Shuttered Venue Operators Grant Emergency Relief Program (SVOG) funds which were allocated by Congress in December of 2020.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Reps. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) and Ann Kirkpatrick (D-AZ) reintroduced the Local Journalism Sustainability Act, a bill that helps preserve community journalistic endeavors throughout the United States.
Small newspapers around the country were already facing financial hardships prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, which have only worsened over the last year. The Local Journalism Sustainability Act seeks to provide a pathway to financial viability for these publications through a series of three tax credits.
I've said it before, and I'll say it again: An income tax in Washington state is unconstitutional.
Democrats in our state legislature recently passed Engrossed Senate Substitute Bill (ESSB) 5096, a bill that would impose a new 7% tax on capital gains in Washington state.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) released the following statement after the Biden Administration's recent budget proposal to Congress for Fiscal Year 2022 eliminated Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) funding for communities surrounding the Hanford Site. Under President Biden's budget, other cleanup sites across the nation – except the Hanford Site in Central Washington and the Savannah River Site in South Carolina – would continue to receive Department of Energy (DOE) PILT funding.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) joined Rep. Richard Hudson (R-NC) and 139 Members in sending a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland and Acting Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Marvin Richardson regarding the proposed guidance on "Factoring Criteria for Firearms with Attached ‘Stabilizing Braces.'"