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Press Releases

July 22, 2025

Washington, D.C.—Today, Congressman Doug LaMalfa (R-Richvale) along with members of the California Republican delegation sent a letter to U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy urging that the $4 billion recently recovered from the failed California High-Speed Rail project be redirected to long-overdue highway improvements across the state.


July 18, 2025

Washington, D.C.—Congressman Doug LaMalfa (R-Richvale) released the following statement after the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced that the U.S. Forest Service is awarding $80 million in Wood Innovation Grants to promote wood products manufacturing, expand forest management, and fuel economic growth across America’s timber producing regions.


July 17, 2025

Washington, D.C.—Congressman Doug LaMalfa (R-Richvale) released the following statement addressing police activity at his district office in Chico this afternoon:


July 17, 2025

Washington, D.C. — Congressman Doug LaMalfa (R-Richvale) issued the following statement after the U.S. Department of Transportation officially revoked $4 billion in federal funding for California’s long-troubled high-speed rail project. The project, first approved by voters in 2008, has faced repeated delays, skyrocketing costs, and has yet to deliver.


July 15, 2025

Washington, D.C.—Congressman Doug LaMalfa (R-Richvale) issued the following statement after the Army awarded a $10.2 million contract for updates to the Aircrew Readiness Facility at Beale Air Force Base.


July 3, 2025

Washington, D.C.—Today, Congressman Doug LaMalfa (R-Richvale) released the following statement after the House passed the budget reconciliation package, sending it to President Trump’s desk for final approval:


June 27, 2025

Washington, D.C.—Congressman Doug LaMalfa (R-Richvale) released the following statement after the House passed H.Res.516, a resolution that condemns the violent riots in Los Angeles.


June 25, 2025

Washington, D.C.—Today, the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee passed Congressman LaMalfa’s bill, H.R. 3300, the Forest Protection and Wildland Firefighter Safety Act, out of markup as part of a larger package.


June 24, 2025

Washington, D.C.—Congressman Doug LaMalfa (R-Richvale) joined the entire California Republican congressional delegation in sending a letter to Governor Gavin Newsom urging him to immediately suspend a scheduled increase to the state’s gasoline excise tax and pause the implementation of new California Air Resources Board (CARB) regulations projected to significantly raise


June 24, 2025

Washington, D.C.—Today, Congressman Doug LaMalfa (R-Richvale) and Congressman Ryan Zinke (R-MT) released the following statement applauding the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s decision to rescind the Roadless Rule. This rule prevented road construction, reconstruction, and timber harvesting on almost 59 million acres of the National Forest System.