Washington's 4th Congressional District
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Recent News About Washington's 4th Congressional District
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Newhouse Introduces Legislation to Expand Consumer Choice, Increase Market Access for Local Breweries & Wineries
On May 25, 2023, Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) introduced the USPS Shipping Equity Actalongside Rep. Jennifer Wexton (D-VA) and 8 original House co-sponsors.
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Newhouse Releases Statement on the Supreme Court’s WOTUS Ruling
On May 25, 2023, Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) released the following statement regarding the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on the Sackett v. EPA case, which ruled in favor of the Sacketts.
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Newhouse Launches Central Washington Fentanyl Task Force
On May 24, 2023, Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) launched the Central Washington Fentanyl Task Force, a vital initiative aimed at combatting the escalating fentanyl crisis plaguing communities across Central Washington and the United States.
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Newhouse Introduces Legislation to Stop the Biden Administration’s Blatant Land Grab
Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) introduced legislation to direct the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to withdraw the proposed rule titled “Conservation and Landscape Health.”
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Newhouse Announces Winners of the 2023 Congressional Art Competition
On May 16, 2023, Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) released the following statement announcing the winners of the 2023 Congressional Art Competition for high school students in Washington’s 4th Congressional District.
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Newhouse Announces 100 Members of Congressional Western Caucus
On May 12, 2023, Rep. Newhouse (R-WA), Chairman of the Congressional Western Caucus, announced the growth of the Western Caucus to 100 Members, making it now the second-largest caucus on Capitol Hill. Rep. Newhouse’s leadership of this caucus allows him to better advocate for the needs and priorities of Central Washington in Congress.
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Newhouse, Select Committee on the CCP Send Letter to TikTok CEO on Censorship and Monitoring
Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) and members of the Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) sent a letter to TikTok CEO Show Chew expressing grave concern about TikTok's ongoing censorship and monitoring individuals who view topics disfavored by the CCP—at what appears to be at the behest of its Chinese-based owner, ByteDance, and the CCP.
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Newhouse Urges Biden Administration to Stand Up for Potato Growers in Trade Dispute with Japan
Reps. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) and Dan Kildee (D-MI) and U.S. Sens. Jim Risch (R-ID) and Maria Cantwell (D-WA) led 31 of their colleagues to urge the Biden Administration to support American potato growers gain access to additional global markets.
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Newhouse Speaks to Majority Leader on House Floor, Votes Yes to Strengthen Border
On May 11, 2023, Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) spoke on the House floor prior to voting Yes for H.R. 2, the Secure Border Act of 2023 with House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) about the importance of strengthening the border while providing essential reforms to immigration, asylum, and workforce laws.
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Newhouse Reintroduces Bicameral Bill to Standardize Food Date Labels, Cut Food Waste
On May 9, 2023, Reps. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) and Chellie Pingree (D-ME) and Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) reintroduced the bicameral Food Date Labeling Act, a bill designed to end consumer confusion around food date labeling by standardizing date labels on food products to ensure usable food is not thrown away.
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Newhouse Leads Resolution to Designate National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
On May 5, 2023, Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) and Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ) led their House colleagues in introducing H. Res. 353, a resolution to designate May 5, 2023 as the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.
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Newhouse, McMorris Rodgers, Risch Press White House CEQ for Answers on Actions Related to Columbia-Snake River Mediation Process
On May 3, 2023, Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) joined Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Senator James Risch (R-ID) in pressing the White House Council on Environmental Quality for answers about the White House’s approach to public engagement during the confidential mediation process focused on restoring Columbia Basin salmon.
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Newhouse Introduces Legislation to Promote “All-of-the-Above” Energy, Secure American Energy Independence
On April 28, 2023, Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) introduced a resolution to promote an “all of the above” energy plan as the most viable approach to American energy independence.
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Newhouse Statement on VA Halting the Electronic Health Record System
On April 21, 2023, Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) issued the following statement in response to the announcement from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) that future deployments of the Oracle Cerner Electronic Health Record (EHR) will be halted while the Department of VA prioritizes improvements at the five sites that currently use the new EHR, as part of a larger program reset, and additional deployments will not be scheduled until VA is confident that the new EHR is highly functioning at current sites and ready to deliver for veterans and VA clinicians at future sites.
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Newhouse Introduces Legislation to Strengthen Agricultural Organic Research
On April 20, 2023, Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) introduced the Strengthening Organic Agricultural Research (SOAR) Act of 2023 alongside Reps. Chellie Pingree (D-ME) and Jimmy Panetta (D-CA).
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Newhouse Introduces Bipartisan, Bicameral Legislation to Support Farmers, Conservation
On April 19, 2023, Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) introduced the Conservation and Innovative Climate Partnership Act of 2023 alongside Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-ME).
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Newhouse Announces Submissions of Community Project Funding Requests
On April 17, 2023, Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) announced the Community Project Funding requests he has submitted to the House Committee on Appropriations for consideration.