Dan Newhouse actually said...

"only Congress can authorize the breaching of federal dam, no governor can do that"

"Thank you to Washington's U.S. Reps. Cathy McMorris Rodgers and Dan Newhouse for their hard work on the legislation."

"We also support Representatives Newhouse and McMorris Rodgers' appropriations provision to stop the spill order."

"Along with my colleague, Representative McMorris Rodgers, and other Pacific Northwest bipartisan colleagues, I have been working on legislative efforts to protect this system and our hydroelectric dam..."