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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) released the following statement after U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Bernhardt announced PILT payments for Central Washington's local communities:
At its founding, the United States of America was the first-of-its-kind: an experimental government based on the unalienable rights of life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness. Gaining our independence from Britain was, in a way, a changing of the tides – for those who declared themselves Americans, our future generations, and everyone in between.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Reps. Anthony Brindisi (D-NY), Elise Stefanik (R-NY), and Dan Newhouse (R-WA) led a bipartisan letter, signed by 25 Members of Congress, calling on the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to include American apple growers in USDA's economic relief efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) released the following statement after U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Perdue announced federal investment by USDA Rural Development to improve rural electric infrastructure in Central Washington:
Our largely rural, agricultural district understands the importance of conservation firsthand. The public lands we enjoy in Central Washington depend on local environmental stewardship, maintenance, and upkeep. I support these efforts alongside the many communities across the 4th District and in districts across the country as Congress works to protect and reinvigorate our national parks, public lands, and national forests.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Newhouse (R-WA) released the following statement after the U.S. Supreme Court issued a 5-4 decision to uphold the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Newhouse (R-WA) released the following statement after Michael Crowder, President-elect of the National Association of Conservation Districts and General Manager of Barker Ranch in West Richland, was appointed to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Farm, Ranch, and Rural Communities Committee (FRRCC):
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) led the Washington state congressional delegation in a letter to Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Stephen Dickson to urge the restoration of pre-May 2020 standard operating hours at Grant County International Airport.
Here in Central Washington, we have recently seen displays of citizens practicing their constitutional right to peacefully protest in nearly all of our communities. I wholeheartedly condemn the acts of violence we have witnessed in other cities across the United States, but I am proud to represent our district, where peaceful voices are being met with listening ears and open hearts.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Reps. Xochitl Torres Small (D-NM) and Dan Newhouse (R-WA) introduced the Increasing Rural Health Access During the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Act, a bipartisan bill that aims to increase telehealth access for rural communities and facilitate the use of remote patient monitoring technology during the COVID-19 pandemic.