I also remain steadfast in my commitment to ensure a stable, reliable, and legal agriculture workforce.
Ensure a stable, reliable, and legal agriculture workforce.
Occurrences
Visa processing instability and delays harm our country's agriculture sector and broader economy, and we encourage the Departments to act swiftly to resolve current challenges and prevent further interruptions to ensure an adequate workforce is in place for the agricultural season.
Evidence
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Newhouse's official agriculture issues page says he has 'sponsored legislation' that 'ensures a stable, reliable, and legal agriculture workforce.'
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GovInfo records that Newhouse cosponsored the Farm Workforce Modernization Act of 2025, introduced in the House on May 7, 2025, to provide terms for agricultural nonimmigrant workers and referred it to committee.
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Newhouse said reintroducing the bill was necessary to enact 'long-term, durable reforms' to agriculture guest worker programs and establish a 'strong, legal immigration workforce' for agricultural producers.
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The House passed the Farm Workforce Modernization Act on March 18, 2021 by a 247-174 vote.
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The House passed the Farm Workforce Modernization Act on December 11, 2019 by a 260-165 vote.
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I am proud to have sponsored legislation that puts farmers first, boosts our local economies, and ensures a stable, reliable, and legal agriculture workforce.
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The Farm Workforce Modernization Act puts farmers first, boosts our local economies, and ensures a stable, reliable, and legal agriculture workforce while helping secure our border.
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Ms. Lofgren (for herself, Mr. Newhouse, Mr. Simpson, Mr. Costa, Mr. Valadao, and Mr. Gray) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and Workforce, and Financial Services...
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The current press-release index shows recent posts dated May 21, 2026 and May 20, 2026, and the page contains no visible Farm Workforce Modernization Act or agriculture-workforce release in the current listing.
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The official accomplishments page says the Farm Workforce Modernization Act "puts farmers first, boosts our local economies, and ensures a stable, reliable, and legal agriculture workforce" and describes it as legislation Newhouse introduced.
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The currently indexed News page lists Newhouse's newest visible releases as September 1, 2026 items on health care and government funding, followed by the July 30, 2026 H-2A letter; it shows no visible September 7-9, 2026 agriculture-workforce enactment, vote, or agency-delivery announcement.
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GovInfo lists H.R. 9535, the Securing Agriculture's Workforce Act of 2026, as introduced on June 30, 2026 with Dan Newhouse among the named cosponsors; the action was referral to the House Committee on the Judiciary, and the bill's stated purpose is to modernize admission of H-2A workers.
Assessments
Newhouse has materially pursued the promise through the Farm Workforce Modernization Act in multiple Congresses, including House passage in 2019 and 2021, reintroduction in 2025, and cosponsorship of the Securing Agriculture's Workforce Act of 2026. However, the available federal record shows these agriculture-workforce reforms have not been enacted into law or otherwise delivered as a completed federal policy outcome. Because he remains in office and related legislation is still pending, this is unresolved rather than delivered.
Dan Newhouse materially advanced the goal through repeated sponsorship, reintroduction, and House passage of the Farm Workforce Modernization Act, but the evidence does not show enactment or an actual delivered legal agriculture workforce. The official pages still describe it as an ongoing legislative goal, so this is a serious but unsuccessful attempt rather than completed delivery.
Newhouse made repeated, material legislative efforts toward the promise, including sponsoring or cosponsoring Farm Workforce Modernization Act versions and helping advance House-passed bills in 2019 and 2021, plus a 2025 reintroduction. However, the evidence does not show enactment of a final federal legal framework that actually ensured a stable, reliable, and legal agricultural workforce. Because the promised policy outcome was not delivered despite serious legislative effort, this is best scored as never with an effort badge.
Newhouse repeatedly pursued legislation aimed at creating a stable, reliable, legal agricultural workforce, including sponsoring or cosponsoring Farm Workforce Modernization Act versions and helping advance House-passed bills in 2019 and 2021. However, the cited evidence shows these efforts were introduced, referred, or passed only by the House and did not become enacted law establishing the promised workforce framework. Because there was a serious legislative attempt but the promised policy outcome was not delivered, the appropriate outcome is never with an effort badge.