Washington, Feb. 9 -- Rep. Dan Newhouse issued the following press release:
Today, Rep. Dan Newhouse (WA-04), alongside Rep. Michael Baumgartner (WA-05), sent a letter (https://newhouse.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/newhouse.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/newhouse-baumgartner-letter-re-press-passes_final.pdf) to Washington State House of Representatives Speaker Laurie Jinkins urging the reversal of her decision to deny press passes for independent journalists Ari Hoffman, Brandi Kruse, and Jonathan Choe.
"Our Founding Fathers designed a system of governance that allowed any citizen to publicly question our government. The First Amendment exists to prevent discrimination and punishment of the press for the views, thoughts, or words in ...