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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Dan Newhouse (WA-04) toured Kennewick Irrigation District's (KID) facilities and spoke with the KID Board of Directors regarding water supplies in the Lower Yakima River Basin and the pending title transfer from the Bureau of Reclamation. He also toured the future reservoir site and canal lining project.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) released the following statement after the House Committee on Natural Resources unanimously approved H.R. 2641, the Pacific Northwest Pumped Storage Hydropower Development Act of 2021:
President Biden has created and perpetuated a crisis at our southern border, and I've seen it firsthand.
On Friday, I visited the United States-Mexico border to see for myself what was going on. Based on media coverage alone in recent weeks, it may seem like the national security, public health, and humanitarian crisis has died down. Nothing could be further from the truth.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Dan Newhouse (WA-4) completed a southern border tour in El Paso, Texas, with several Republican colleagues.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) joined his colleagues in introducing a resolution to recognize America's national debt as a threat to our national security. Earlier this month, the national debt reached $28 trillion.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) joined Republican colleagues in sending a letter to President Biden regarding the attacks against Israel by the terrorist group Hamas, urging him to uphold the United States' commitment to helping Israel defend itself.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Thursday, May 13, Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) participated as a keynote speaker for the Andrus Center for Public Policy's 2021 Environmental Conference at Boise State University. Titled "Energy, Salmon, Agriculture and Community: REVISITED," the conference reprised the Andrus Center's 2019 conference focusing on the diverse and interconnected factors related to salmon survival, energy production, and economic development throughout the Pacific Northwest.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) joined his colleagues in supporting the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act, a bipartisan bill that will strengthen the nation's response to the rise in hate crime reports against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders through expedited Department of Justice reviews, support state and local governments' response, and create online campaigns for hate crime reporting, data collection, and education.
There's been a lot of talk about our dams over the last few weeks, and I want to make it abundantly clear: Any "solution" for our salmon population that includes removing the dams on the Lower Snake River is a nonstarter.
Rep. Mike Simpson's proposed Columbia Basin Initiative seeks to breach the Lower Snake River dams in an attempt at boosting the native salmon population – while ignoring the very real issues, and solutions, that are impacting our fish populations.