Congressional Western Caucus

On Tuesday, the House Ag Committee announced that Central Washington Representative Dan Newhouse will rejoin the committee in the 119th Congress.  Newhouse served on the committee in his first term in Congress.   "As a third-generation farmer, I am proud to rejoin my colleagues on the House Agriculture Committee. Central Washi...

Baring a complete change in the mentality in D.C., the passage of a new Farm Bill before the 118th Congress comes to an end looks very unlikely.  Dan Newhouse, Chair of the Congressional Western Caucus, said he is incredibly disappointed that despite having good legislation to vote on, lawmakers couldn’t get a new Farm Bill across the finish line this year.   “The a...

Congressman Tom Tiffany’s (WI-07) bill, H.R. 1567, the Accurately Counting Risk Elimination Solutions (ACRES) Act, passed out of the U.S. House of Representatives almost unanimously.

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 ...