On Tuesday, the Seattle Times reported that Dan Newhouse, the U.S. congressman representing Douglas, Grant, Adams, Okanogan and Franklin counties, has refunded some unwanted financial contributions from a small group of foreign supporters. The newspaper wrote that Newhouse returned $17,500 in political donations to PAC’s associated with two Chinse-controlled agribusiness conglomerates. Newhouse reportedly returned the funds last month. Seeking his fifth term, the Republican from Sunnyside has publicly decried China’s mounting influence on American agriculture.
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