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  • NEWHOUSE, DAN
Experience: House: District 4, 2015-Present
Home State: Washington
Running: President, United States, 2016
Total Raised: $848,753Coverage End: Thursday, June 30, 2016
Winning: Won with 0.00%
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    Full Name: Daniel 'Dan' Newhouse
    Gender: Male
    Family: Wife: Carol; 2 Children: Devon, Jensena
    Birth Place: Sunnyside, WA
    Home City: Yakima Valley, WA
    Religion: Presbyterian

Education

    BS, Agricultural Economics, Washington State University
    Graduated, Washington Agriculture and Forestry Leadership Program

Political Experience

    Representative, United States House of Representatives, 2014-present
    Director, Washington Department of Agriculture, 2009-2013
    Representative, Washington State House of Representatives, 2003-2009

Current Legislative Committees

    Agriculture, Member
    Science, Space, and Technology, Member
    Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research, Member
    Subcommittee on Energy, Member
    Subcommittee on Federal Lands, Member
    Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture, Member
    Subcommittee on Oversight (Science, Space, and Technology), Member
    Subcommittee on Water, Power, and Oceans, Member

Caucuses/Non-Legislative Committees

    Member, Columbia River Task Force

Professional Experience

    Farmer

Religious, Civic, and other Memberships

    Member, Daybreak Rotary
    Former President, Hop Growers of America
    Former President, Hop Growers of Washington
    Member, National Rifle Association (NRA)
    Elder, Sunnyside Presbyterian Church
    Member, Sunnyside Presbyterian Church
    Former County Board Member/County President,, Washington State Farm Bureau
    Former President, Yakima County Farm Bureau

Additional Information

Awards:

    National Federation of Independent Businesses (NFIB) Guardian of Small Business
General Survey
Issue Title Candidate's Answers
1. Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right
Strongly Oppose
2. Stricter punishment reduces crime
No Opinion
3. Marijuana is a gateway drug
4. Higher taxes on the wealthy
No Opinion
5. Stimulus better than market-led recovery
Strongly Oppose
6. Vouchers for school choice
Support
7. Make voter registration easier
Strongly Oppose
8. Prioritize green energy
No Opinion
9. Avoid foreign entanglements
10. Expand the military
Strongly Support
11. Support & expand free trade
No Opinion
12. Support American Exceptionalism
13. Absolute right to gun ownership
Strongly Support
14. Expand ObamaCare
Strongly Oppose
15. Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens
Oppose
16. EPA regulations are too restrictive
Strongly Support
17. Keep God in the public sphere
Strongly Support
18. Legally require hiring more women & minorities
No Opinion
19. Comfortable with same-sex marriage
Strongly Oppose
20. Privatize Social Security
No Opinion
Total: 32
Introduced Date Bill Number Bill Title Last Action
02/10/2016 H.R.4520 Justin Smith Morrill Congressional Gold Medal Act 02/10/2016 Referred to House Administration  (All Actions)
01/12/2016 H.Res.583 Providing for consideration of bill (H.R. 1644) to amend the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to ensure transparency in the development of environmental regulations, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the joint resolution (S.J. Res. 22) providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Corps of Engineers and the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the definition of "waters of the United States" under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3662) to enhance congressional oversight over the administration of sanctions against certain Iranian terrorism financiers, and for other purposes; and providing for proceedings during the period from January 14, 2016, through January 22, 2016. 01/12/2016 On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by recorded vote: 239 - 183 (Roll no. 37).  (All Actions)
12/09/2015 H.Res.556 Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2130) to provide legal certainty to property owners along the Red River in Texas, and for other purposes, and providing for consideration of motions to suspend the rules. 12/09/2015 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.  (All Actions)
10/21/2015 H.Res.481 Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1937) to require the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to more efficiently develop domestic sources of the minerals and mineral materials of strategic and critical importance to United States economic and national security and manufacturing competitiveness. 10/21/2015 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.  (All Actions)
07/15/2015 H.Res.362 Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2898) to provide drought relief in the State of California, and for other purposes, and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3038) to provide an extension of Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other programs funded out of the Highway Trust Fund, and for other purposes. 07/15/2015 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.  (All Actions)
07/08/2015 H.Res.347 Providing for further consideration of the bill (H.R. 5) to support State and local accountability for public education, protect State and local authority, inform parents of the performance of their children's schools, and for other purposes, and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2647) to expedite under the National Environmental Policy Act and improve forest management activities in units of the National Forest System derived from the public domain, on public lands under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management, and on tribal lands to return resilience to overgrown, fire-prone forested lands, and for other purposes. 07/08/2015 On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 242 - 185 (Roll no. 392).  (All Actions)
06/10/2015 H.Res.303 Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2685) making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes, and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2393) to amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to repeal country of origin labeling requirements with respect to beef, pork, and chicken, and for other purposes. 06/10/2015 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.  (All Actions)
06/03/2015 H.Res.288 Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2289) to reauthorize the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, to better protect futures customers, to provide end-users with market certainty, to make basic reforms to ensure transparency and accountability at the Commission, to help farmers, ranchers, and end-users manage risks, to help keep consumer costs low, and for other purposes. 06/03/2015 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.  (All Actions)
05/26/2015 H.R.2097 Bureau of Reclamation Surface Water Storage Streamlining Act 05/26/2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.  (All Actions)
05/19/2015 H.Res.271 Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1806) to provide for technological innovation through the prioritization of Federal investment in basic research, fundamental scientific discovery, and development to improve the competitiveness of the United States, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2250) making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes; and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2353) to provide an extension of Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other programs funded out of the Highway Trust Fund, and for other purposes. 05/19/2015 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.  (All Actions)
04/23/2015 H.R.1985 Pacific Northwest Gray Wolf Management Act of 2015 04/23/2015 Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.  (All Actions)
04/08/2015 H.R.1651 Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act Reauthorization of 2015 04/08/2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.  (All Actions)
Total: 342
Date Bill Number Bill Title Result Vote
06/08/2017 H.R.2862 To provide for wildfire suppression operations, and for other purposes.
06/08/2017 H.R.2853 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make qualified biogas property and qualified manure resource recovery property eligible for the energy credit and to permit new clean renewable energy bonds to finance qualified biogas property, and for other purposes.
06/08/2017 H.R.2613 FORESTS Act of 2017
06/08/2017 H.Res.346 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that specialty crops are a vital part of agriculture in the United States, and that Congress should fund programs that support specialty crops.
06/08/2017 H.R.2436 Organic Agriculture Research Act of 2017
06/08/2017 H.R.2083 Endangered Salmon and Fisheries Predation Prevention Act
05/22/2017 H.R.953 Reducing Regulatory Burdens Act of 2017
05/19/2017 H.R.2340 To extend the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000.
05/10/2017 H.J.Res.36 Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule of the Bureau of Land Management relating to "Waste Prevention, Production Subject to Royalties, and Resource Conservation". Passed Yea
05/02/2017 H.Con.Res.52 Expressing the sense of Congress that an appropriate site in the Memorial Amphitheater in Arlington National Cemetery should be provided for a memorial marker to honor the memory of those who have been awarded or are eligible for the Korean Defense Service Medal who are missing in action, are unaccounted for, or died in-theater.
05/02/2017 H.R.281 Family Farm Relief Act of 2017
04/27/2017 H.R.1967 Bureau of Reclamation Pumped Storage Hydropower Development Act
04/27/2017 H.R.660 Bureau of Reclamation Transparency Act
04/24/2017 H.R.1891 Safe Agriculture Production Act of 2017
04/13/2017 H.J.Res.43 Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule submitted by Secretary of Health and Human Services relating to compliance with title X requirements by project recipients in selecting subrecipients. Passed Aye
04/05/2017 H.R.299 Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2017
03/31/2017 H.R.1525 Stop Taxpayer Funded Settlements Act
03/27/2017 H.J.Res.44 Disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of the Interior relating to Bureau of Land Management regulations that establish the procedures used to prepare, revise, or amend land use plans pursuant to the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976. Passed Yea
03/29/2017 H.R.26 Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2017 Passed Aye
03/28/2017 H.R.24 Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2017
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