Press Releases

(Washington, DC) – Congressman Doug LaMalfa (R-Richvale) supports President Trump’s call to “arrest anyone who vandalizes any monument, statue or other such federal property.” Violent demonstrators have been vandalizing and destroying statues and memorials of our Founders, former Presidents, and even war heroes across the nation. These events culminated with an attempt to remove a statue of Andrew Jackson that sits across from the White House on Monday evening.

(Washington, DC) – Congressman Doug LaMalfa (R-Richvale) issued the following statement after the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee passed the Majority’s partisan $494 billion INVEST in America Act out of committee without his support. This legislation would enact a 62% increase on funding levels for infrastructure but fails to include any “pay-fors” or address the Highway Trust Fund going dry. Additionally, the INVEST in America Act prioritizes extreme environmental policy priorities, while ignoring the infrastructure needs of rural America.

(Washington, DC) – Congressman Doug LaMalfa (R-Richvale) congratulated Forest Wong for winning this year’s Congressional Art Competition. Her piece, titled Liberty, will be displayed in the United States Capitol in Washington, DC for one year. Forest attends Oroville High School in Oroville, California.

(Modoc County, CA) – Congressman Doug LaMalfa (R-Richvale) released the following statement after today’s announcement from the Bureau of Reclamation that farmers in the Klamath Basin would receive the full 140,000-acre feet of water committed to them in April. In May, after locals spent more than $60 million to prepare for the growing season, their forecasted delivery was cut nearly in half to 80,000-acre feet. LaMalfa participated in the “Shut Down & Fed Up” rally with thousands of participants to spotlight the farmers’ need for their full water allocation, otherwise their already-planted crops would wither under the summer sun.

(Washington, DC) – Congressman Doug LaMalfa (R-Richvale) joined the Coronavirus County Relief and Stability Act as an original cosponsor to address the lack of COVID-19 relief funding for small and midsize counties. This bipartisan legislation is led by Rep. Paul Cook (R-Apple Valley), and co-sponsored by Representatives Salud Carbajal (D-Santa Barbara) and Jimmy Panetta (D-Carmel Valley).

(Redding, CA) – Congressman Doug LaMalfa (R-Richvale) announced that Shasta Community Health Center has been awarded a grant of $1,331,571 by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The funding was awarded through the Health Resource and Services Administration’s (HRSA) Health Center Cluster grant program. The purpose of these grants is to provide financial assistance to health centers to support the continuation of comprehensive primary health care services to under-served areas or populations.

(Washington, DC) – Congressman Doug LaMalfa (R-Richvale) announced the appointment of five students selected to attend one of America's military academies.

(Modoc County, CA) – Congressman Doug LaMalfa (R-Richvale) will take part in a tractor convoy, where hundreds of tractors and other farm vehicles drive a route from Merrill to Midland, OR to bring national attention to the most damaging water crisis ever in the long-troubled Klamath Basin.