Welcome to the dispatch podcast.

I'm your host Sarah Isger joined by Steve Hayes.

And this week we are talking to Congressman Dan Newhouse.

He represents Washington State's fourth district, kind of in the middle there, not Seattle,

not the eastern side.

And he has been one of the Republicans to vote for the article of impeachment after January

6th.

He has put out a pretty stark statement against the Biden administration's voting rights

legislation.

And we wanted to talk about some of that.

Let's dive right in.

Congressman, thank you so much for joining us today.

Thank you very much.

And let me just say it's not only a pleasure to be with you, but I very much appreciate

the distinction you make whenever I introduce myself and say I'm from Washington, of course,

Washington State.

You usually follow that up by saying not Seattle.

So thanks for making that one.

I think I've known enough people from Washington, not from Seattle that they really like to

Heisman that part of the state sometimes.

Right away about the voting rights legislation that's being proposed.

And why, I mean, let's talk big picture.

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