Press Releases

(Washington, DC) – Congressman Doug LaMalfa (R-Richvale) issued the following statement after the House passed H.R. 849, the Protecting Seniors’ Access to Medicare Act. This legislation repeals Obamacare’s Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB), an unelected panel of bureaucrats tasked with cutting Medicare spending without any Congressional oversight and no obligation to engage in public notice or comment.

(Washington, DC) – Congressman Doug LaMalfa (R-Richvale) issued the following statement after the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced it will be investing $14,261,000 in Plumas-Sierra Rural Electric Cooperative for rural electric infrastructure improvements. The funding will be used to build 1 mile of new electrical line, improve 44 miles of existing line, as well as other system improvements.

(Washington, DC) – Congressman Doug LaMalfa (R-Richvale) issued the following statement after the House Ways and Means Committee released the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. The legislation will first go before the Ways and Means Committee, with a vote on the House floor expected in the following weeks.

(Washington, DC) – Congressman Doug LaMalfa (R-Richvale) issued the following statement after the House passed H.R. 2936, the Resilient Federal Forests Act. This bill reduces the risk of catastrophic wildfire and dramatically improves the health and resiliency of federal forests.

(Washington, DC) – Congressman Doug LaMalfa (R-Richvale) issued the following statement after the House passed H.R. 469, Sunshine for Regulations and Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act. This legislation ends the practice of “sue and settle” used by federal agencies and special interest groups to create new regulations outside of the normal rule-making process. H.R. 469 will instead allow greater transparency and public input by mandating that agencies publish the original complaint online within 15 days.

(Washington, DC) – Congressman Doug LaMalfa (R-Richvale) issued the following statement after the House passed three bills and a resolution that impose new sanctions on Iran and Hezbollah for their support for terrorism and pursuit of ballistic missiles, as well as urging the European Union to join the United States and other countries in officially designating Hezbollah in its entirety as a terrorist organization.

(Washington, DC) – Congressman Doug LaMalfa (R-Richvale) issued the following statement after the House voted to concur with the Senate amendments to H.Con.Res. 71, which establishes a national budget and paves the way for tax reform.

(Washington, DC) – Congressman Doug LaMalfa (R-Richvale) issued the following statement after the House passed H.R. 732, the Stop Settlement Slush Funds Act. This bill permanently ends the practice used by the Department of Justice (DOJ) to incentivize and sometimes require defendants to pay outside groups as part of their settlement agreements, rather than compensating actual victims.