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(Sacramento, CA) – Congressman Doug LaMalfa issued the following statement after California Governor Newsom issued an Executive Order that will ban the sale of new gas-powered vehicles sold in the state by 2035 in favor of zero-emissions electric vehicles (EV).

(Washington, DC) – Congressman Doug LaMalfa issued the following statement after voting in favor of H.R. 8319, the Continuing Appropriations Act, which funds the government through December 11th, 2020. This Appropriations package includes $30 billion to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC), which provides funding for agriculture programs, along with an $8 billion extension of Pandemic-EBT program (P-EBT), which reimburses families for meals they typically rely on schools to provide for their children.

(Washington, DC) – Congressman Doug LaMalfa issued the following statement after he, Senator Daines (R-MT), and other members of the Western Caucus sent a letter to congressional leadership urging for the immediate consideration of H.R. 7978, the Emergency Wildfire and Public Safety Act. H.R. 7978 would streamline forest management projects in the West, train a new generation of forestry professionals and firefighters, increase projects to clear California’s 150 million dead and dying trees, incentivize biomass collection, expedite permitting for the installation of wildfire detection equipment, expand the use of satellite data to assist wildfire response, and expand existing grants to allow for the retrofitting homes and buildings with wildfire resilient materials.

(Red Bluff, CA) – Congressman Doug LaMalfa (R-Richvale) issued the following statement after the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) committed to correcting the Virtual Incident Procurement (VIPR) contracting issues in USFS Region 5. The USFS uses the VIPR system to contract for all firefighting resources not associated with a fire department including water tenders and other heavy equipment. For the 2020 fire season, Region 5 failed to meet its contracting goals meaning there were insufficient resources to call upon when the number of fires exploded. After Congressman LaMalfa and local contractors met with U.S. Department of Agriculture Under Secretary Jim Hubbard earlier this month to discuss contracting issues, direct action was taken by the Trump Administration to begin to correct the problem for firefighting contractors in California.

(Chico, CA) – Congressman Doug LaMalfa issued the following statement after the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) issued a $3,441,268.50 grant to Butte County for an alternate project and to facilitate the deed transfer of the Honey Run Covered Bridge, per Board of Supervisors approval, to the Honey Run Covered Bridge Association (HRCBA). This deed transfer will allow HRCBA to use private funds to rebuild the bridge following its destruction in the 2018 Camp Fire.

(Washington, DC) – Congressman Doug LaMalfa issued the following statement after several cities and counties received grants through the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JGA) Program. The funding can be used to support activities to prevent and control crime through law enforcement, drug prevention and education, community corrections, drug treatment and enforcement, and mental health programs.

Oroville, CA) – Congressman Doug LaMalfa will host a fire information session with victims of the North Complex West Zone fire on Friday, September 18th, 2020 at 10:00 AM PST at the Oroville Municipal Auditorium. There will be limited space, and seating will be prioritized for fire victims. The state is requiring that this event comply with all COVID-19 requirements, including masks, social distancing, and temperature checks

(Butte County, CA) – Congressman Doug LaMalfa issued the following statement after the Butte Safe Fire Council reported that the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) had delayed fire mitigation projects in Berry Creek for eighteen months prior to the North Complex West Zone fire. In August 2018, the Council secured a $836,365 grant to create fuel breaks, reduce vegetation in the area, and clear fuels along evacuation routes but was never able to begin the process due to the lengthy CEQA delay.