Dan Newhouse

Her leadership on this issue will not only help improve recreation access in her district, but in districts across America.

This is truly a win-win for rural communities with fire-prone, overgrown forests, as well as for local sawmills.

I respectfully request the committee support the authorization of new resources necessary for the development of this project to ensure central Washington has a reliable, long-term, clean water supply.

I staunchly oppose the inclusion of any language in WRDA which would operationally or physically breach the Lower Snake River Dams.

I urge the committee to include the language from this bill within WRDA.

The policies, studies, and projects authorized by WRDA and executed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers affect the daily life of my neighbors and constituents in central Washington.

If these dams were breached, either literally or functionally, those that would be negatively impacted would be electricity customers, transportation stakeholders, river-dependent ports, communities up and down the Pacific Northwest…

The Columbia River System, the operation of that system, including the lower Snake River dams, I can't think of anything more critical to central Washington and the rest of the Pacific Northwest.

The pursuit of a healthy farm economy must be a top priority, and it is crucial to protect those that keep food on our shelves.

My bill, the Agriculture Export Promotion Act of 2023, would expand extend MAP and FMD programs to ensure that American farmers and ranchers have the support they need to grow their businesses.

Trade continues to be critical for American farmers and ranchers, and our agricultural products are a key part of the global food supply.

The farm bill, as you know, impacts all Americans, and this legislation must be carefully crafted to promote American agriculture, preserve our premier research institutions, improve forest health to prevent catastrophic wildfires, and…

As Chairman of the Congressional Western Caucus, a Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, and maybe more importantly, as a third-generation farmer representing central Washington, it is certainly a privilege to…

Consumer trust in organics relies on strong and consistently updated voluntary standards that reflect the latest facts on environmental and ecological data, consumer demands, and innovative best practices.

Thank you, Chairwoman Hageman, as well as Ranking Member Leger Fernandez.

The Biden administration has failed to secure our border and has allowed historic levels of illegal migrant crossings. Now, they have decided to house migrants on America's public lands. This is simply unacceptable. Our national parks…

The Tribe fully supports the Parity for Tribal Law Enforcement Act, a bipartisan bill introduced by Congressman Dan Newhouse.

Thank you, Chairman Bentz and Ranking Member Huffman, for the opportunity to testify in support of my bill, H.R. 5504, which would repeal three Biden administration regulations from the Fish and Wildlife Service and NOAA.

We have to be able to act as fast as the fire.

I want to say too that many members on this Committee, many members of the Western Caucus have come forward with ideas to improve our response to wildfires and improve the situation as it relates to our management of our forests.

These fires are becoming all too frequent, becoming all too often, and all too catastrophic.

But hopefully, the majesty that we are witness to with the trees and the mountains and the waterfalls also gives us hope and inspiration to do the hard work and be persistent and to keep at our job so that we can make those improvements.

It is symbolic of sometimes the walls that we run into in Washington, DC when we try to make substantive changes and improvements.

I want to say thank you to all of our witnesses here today for coming and sharing with us your experiences and your perspectives.

Nobody in their right mind is going to build a new natural gas plant in Washington.