4th District Congressman Dan Newhouse

A proposal to introduce grizzly bears to the North Cascades is bringing listening sessions to Okanogan County, Washington.

Commissioner Shon Smith says they've expressed continued opposition to the reintroduction, and he questions the reasoning behind it.

The organic agriculture sector has been a growing segment for over 100 years but was really spurred in the 1990s. Now, Washington's Congressman from the 4th District, Dan Newhouse, has introduced legislation to help continue building on the organic agriculture front.

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.

An amendment to prohibit funds from being used to finalize the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) proposed “Landscape and Conservation Health” rule was adopted in the Interior and Environment Appropriations.

The Working Group will seek to examine how the Endangered Species Act (ESA) is being implemented by federal agencies, the practical impacts on the American people, how litigation is driving ESA decision-making, and how success is defined under the ESA.

Congressman Dan Newhouse introduced legislation to prevent foreign adversaries from exploiting U.S. land near national security sites by giving the CFIUS jurisdiction over any potential land purchases by foreign adversaries.

In the world of agriculture there are plenty of hurdles that slow down the process of getting food to the farm to the table. In recent years, labor has come to the top of that list.

The House of Representatives have reintroduced the Farm Workforce Modernization Act

Legislators reiterated the importance of the dams on river commerce, agriculture and energy production.