Newhouse Reflects on a Strange, Momentous Two Weeks

As the House of Representatives debated, and eventually voted, on President Trump's impeachment, other legislation was making its way through the chamber.

Speaking on Thursday as the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement was in its final moments before approval in the House, 4th District Representative Dan Newhouse reflected on Congress' oscillation between division and cooperation.

"(Wednesday) we spent all day on the floor debating the whole question of impeachment." stated Newhouse, "Compare that to Tuesday and then today, you would think there was a whole different group of people making arguments in bipartisan fashion."

Other bipartisan legislation to pass the House recently include an agricultural labor reform bill last week and Tuesday's approval of spending legislation for 2020 that will avoid a government shutdown.

"I guess on one hand that's kind of a head-scratcher that it could be that way," Newhouse added, "but on the other hand it tells me that there is still some reason for hope and optimism that we can work together in a bipartisan way."