Rep. Dan Newhouse Slams Possible Grizzly Bear Reintroduction to the North Cascades
Grizzly bears currently sit on the endangered species list due to humans over-hunting the bear population to near extinction.
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DOT Rejects Ag's Request For Exemption
On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Transportation rejected a request by livestock and agriculture groups for an exemption to federal driving time regulations that many in farm county say would provide necessary flexibility during certain times of the year...
Kind: Lawmakers Need To Address Ag Labor
As the lame duck session of Congress works through the final weeks of 2022, many farm and agriculture groups are pressing lawmakers to finish immigration reform through the Farm Workforce Modernization Act. The legislation, spearheaded by Central Washington’s Dan Newhouse and others, has already cleared the House, but has not been voted on in the Senate. Representativ...
Newhouse Re-elected As Western Caucus Chair
Last week, central Washington's Dan Newhouse was unanimously re-elected by the Congressional Western Caucus to serve a second term as Chairman for the 118th Congress.
“The Western Caucus will play an incredibly important and unique role in the coming years,” Newhouse said. “I am so proud ...
NW Lawmakers Unhappy With Snake River Dam Report
Late last week, the Administration issued a final report that advocates for the breaching of the four lower Snake River dams. Many lawmakers across the PNW decried the report as nothing more than a political maneuver by the Biden Administration. Dan New...
Newhouse Rolls Out ‘Protect Farmers From The SEC Act’
On Thursday, alongside more than 80 of his House colleagues, Congressman Dan Newhouse introduced the Protect Farmers from the SEC Act.
Newhouse said the legislation is in direct response to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s proposed climate disclosure rule, “The Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors”, a rule he says would effectively force publi
Newhouse Remains Optimistic That FWMA Will Pass
Time may be running short, but Dan Newhouse remains optimistic that the Senate will address ag labor needs via his Farm Workforce Modernization Act. The legislation which already cleared the House, has stalled in the Senate. And while the window for the 117th Congress is starting to close, the Chair of the Western Caucus believes lawmakers can act in the coming months.
“We have ...
Wildfire Invite
Three Washington state representatives are inviting Biden administration officials to see damage from wildfires.
Representatives Cathy McMorris Rodgers, Dan Newhouse and Kim Schrier want Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Interior Secretary Deb Haaland to see the destruction caused by major fires, including the Babb Road fire last year that destroyed Malden and Pine Springs
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Congressman Dan Newhouse Votes in Support of American Dream and Promise Act
4th DISTRICT, Wash.- Congressman Dan Newhouse was one of only nine republicans to vote in favor of the American Dream and Promise Act, which would grant legal status to immigrants brought to the U.S. s as children.
Newhouse says, "Those young people that were brought to this country, through no fault of their own, as young children, have an uncertainty in their lives. The
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Congressman Dan Newhouse Reintroduces Bill to expand Hydropower Across the Country
Washington D.C. - The U.S. could get more clean energy through hydroelectric dams if a bill being proposed by Congressman Dan Newhouse passes.
Newhouse is co-sponsoring the bill with congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rogers.
"The main reason for this is to help the rest of he country realize what we know well in Washington, that hydroelectric dams and hydro power are an essential part o