Rep. Dan Newhouse, who represents Washington’s 4th district in the U.S. Congress, announced his support for H.R. 7006, the National Security and Department of State, and Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act of 2026. The House passed the funding package on January 14.
“This government funding package invests in some of our most important national security interests while cutting overall spending by over nine billion dollars,” said Rep. Newhouse. “In this legislation, we refocused tax dollars on our domestic security, prioritizing threats by Communist China, the illegal flow of fentanyl from South America, and terror groups who look to do us harm. In the Financial Services funding bill, we fully funded the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States as we work to expand its authority to protect American farmland and our natural resources.”
“I thank Chairman Cole, and Subcommittee Chairs Diaz-Balart and Joyce, for their hard work in getting these funding bills through committee, to the floor, and now on the way to the Senate.”
The appropriations act allocates $50.014 billion in discretionary funds for national security and related programs—a reduction of nearly $9.3 billion or 16 percent compared to fiscal year 2025 levels. Despite these cuts, funding remains strong for U.S. allies such as Israel, Jordan, Egypt, and Taiwan while maintaining efforts against adversaries including China, Iran, Cuba, and drug cartels.
The legislation includes several measures intended to bolster U.S. national security: it creates an America First Opportunity Fund for rapid response by the Secretary of State; increases focus on combating fentanyl trafficking; requires consideration of United Nations voting records when allocating assistance; and imposes additional oversight requirements for use of taxpayer funds.
Support is also increased for religious freedom programs and protections for faith-based organizations abroad. Funding is maintained or increased for military financing—$3.3 billion is allocated to Israel and $300 million to Taiwan—and assistance continues for Egypt and Jordan.
Other highlights include $16.6 billion for Department of State operations; $23.35 billion for global health initiatives and humanitarian programs; $8.9 billion for international security assistance; $1.4 billion dedicated to narcotics control with a focus on fentanyl; $870 million supporting nonproliferation and anti-terrorism efforts; and a total increase in foreign military financing.
The Financial Services portion provides a discretionary allocation of $26.5 billion—$45 million designated as defense spending—with investments targeting economic growth, modernization of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), small business development support, cybersecurity upgrades across government agencies, preparations for hosting the G-20 Summit in the United States, scrutiny of foreign investment especially from China through full funding of CFIUS ($21 billion), enhanced resources for Treasury’s Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence ($238 million), support for community financial institutions ($324 million), high intensity drug trafficking area interdiction ($299 million), Office of Management and Budget operations ($129 million), and Small Business Administration activities ($1 billion).
Dan Newhouse has served as a member of Congress since 2015 after replacing Doc Hastings as representative from Washington’s 4th district (https://newhouse.house.gov/about). He previously served in the Washington House of Representatives between 2003–2009 (https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/N000189). Born in Sunnyside in 1955 where he currently resides (https://www.washington.edu/alumni/columns/sept06/profile_newhouse.html), Newhouse graduated from Washington State University with a Bachelor’s degree in 1977.
