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Press Releases

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.


June 17, 2025

Washington, D.C.—Congressman Doug LaMalfa (R-Richvale) announced the appointment of five students selected to attend one of America’s military academies. The service academy appointees from California’s First District are as follows: 


June 13, 2025

Washington, D.C.—Today, Congressman Doug LaMalfa (R-Richvale) released the following statement after the Federal Aviation Administration awarded $24,393,884 to rehabilitate the runway at Redding Regional Airport.  


June 13, 2025

Washington, D.C.— Congressman Doug LaMalfa (R-Richvale) joined President Trump at the White House for the signing of a new Executive Order aimed at restoring commonsense to wildfire prevention and response.