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The Farm Bill conference committee announced last week it had agreed in principle setting up for passage of the pivotal legislation by year’s end.  Andrew Walmsley, American Farm Bureau Federation congressional relations director, says the hope is lawmakers will address the bill during this the final week of 2018.   “...

The Washington Farm Bureau is out with its recipients of this year’s Friends of Farm Bureau awards.  The four winners include Dan Newhouse, Dave Reichert, Cathy McMorris Rodgers and Jaime Herrera Beutler.  The four Republicans were honored for their work "fighting for the farm community in D.C."   On ...

On Wednesday, President Trump and Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced they will enter bilateral trade negotiations between the two countries.  Several northwest lawmakers welcomed the announcement, including Representative Dave Reichert:   “With the close ties between Washington State and Japan, I welcome the news that the United States and Japan intend to enter into bilateral negotiations.

Late last week, the USDA announced it would include sweet cherries in the Market Facilitation Program.  That means cherry growers impacted by retaliatory tariffs from China can apply for the USDA’s trade relieve plan, starting Monday September 24th.  The move...

On Friday, members of Washington’s congressional delegation called on the USDA to provide sweet cherries equal access to relief measures being developed.  Senator Maria Cantwell and Patty Murray, and Representatives Dave Reichert and Dan Newhouse called on the USDA to help local growers negatively impacted by retaliatory tariffs.   E...

On Tuesday, Representative Dan Newhouse led 43 members in a bipartisan request that market development programs be reauthorized.  The Bipartisan request was sent to House Ag Committee Chairman Mike Conaway and Ranking Member Collin Peterson.  Th...

Last week, Representative Dan Newhouse went before a House Natural Resources Subcommittee to discuss the importance of legislation he says would be an important next step in the Yakima Basin Integrated Plan.  Newhouse said H.R. 4419 will help both the Bureau of Reclamation and Bureau of Indian Affairs.  ...

Representatives Dan Newhouse and Martha McSally and others are urging House Speaker Paul Ryan to act on the DACA program.   The two Republicans joined other House members, sending a letter late last week, urging for a legislative solution to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program.  ...

8th District Representative Dave Reichert was in Wenatchee recently to meet with farmers markets vendors, the farmers market association and many others.   He said that he use to grow his own food on an 80x80 foot garden and donate some of his food to food banks, and he sees much of that same great work through markets thanks to various programs.  ...

Renegotiations on the North American Free Trade Agreement, NAFTA, are underway.   Representative Dave Reichert said while there are a lot of problems with the 1994 agreement, some of it still works.   “We have some issues with Canada as it relates to dairies and also in the wood industry, but in ag in general I think NAFTA, and from what I’m hearing from the ag community, is that it’s been a very