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February 19, 2020
(Chico, CA) – Congressman Doug LaMalfa (R-Richvale) released the following statement after helping secure $500,000 for Chico from the Small Community Air Service Development Program (SCASDP), allowing for Chico Municipal Airport (CMA) to partner with an airline to create a route to Los Angeles (LAX). In 2018, LaMalfa sponsored and amendment to the FAA reauthorization removing a longstanding prohibition that kept Chico Airport from receiving commercial air grants. The work was part of a year’s long effort with Jet Chico to return commercial air service to the Chico Municipal Airport.
Issues:Transportation
February 17, 2020
(Richvale, CA) — Congressman Doug LaMalfa (R-Richvale) released the following statement after sending a letter to the Director of the Centers for Disease Control calling for a halt to needle distribution programs in light of damage done to communities. The prohibition on funding needle programs was removed in a 2016 omnibus spending bill that LaMalfa opposed.
Issues:Health Care
February 13, 2020
(Washington, DC) – Congressman Doug LaMalfa (R-Richvale) released the following statement after the House passed H.J.Res 79 which would retroactively remove the deadline for the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment.
Issues:Congressional Issues
February 12, 2020
(Washington, DC) – Congressman Doug LaMalfa (R-Richvale) issued the following statement after the House passed H.R. 2546, the Colorado Wilderness Package.
Issues:Forestry
February 6, 2020
(Washington, DC) – Congressman Doug LaMalfa (R-Richvale) released the following statement after the House passed the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act.
Issues:Economy and Jobs
February 5, 2020
(Washington, DC) – Congressman Doug LaMalfa (R-Richvale) issued the following statement after President Donald Trump issued the State of the Union Address in the House Chamber at the Capitol.
Issues:Congressional Issues
February 5, 2020
(Washington, DC) – Congressman Doug LaMalfa (R-Richvale) issued the following statement after the Senate voted to acquit President Trump.
Issues:Congressional Issues
February 4, 2020
(Washington, DC) – Congressman Doug LaMalfa (R-Richvale) issued the following statement after introducing H.R. 5774, the Clearing Lines along Electrical At-Risk Zones (CLEAR Zones) Act. H.R. 5744 builds off current law resulting from the passage of Congressman LaMalfa’s Electricity Reliability and Forest Protection Act, which provided a process through the Departments of the Interior and Agriculture to remove trees that posed a hazard to nearby power lines. The CLEAR Zones Act extends the area around utility rights-of-way that must be kept safe from hazard trees, accelerates the review process by providing for a categorical exemption from environmental assessments, and ensures plans will be approved within 60 days.
Issues:AgricultureForestry
January 30, 2020
(Washington, DC) – Congressman Doug LaMalfa (R-Richvale) issued the following statement after the House passed H.R. 5543, the ‘No War Against Iran Act’, as an amendment to H.R. 550.
January 29, 2020
(Washington, DC) – Congressman Doug LaMalfa (R-Richvale) issued the following statement after House Democrats outlined a $760 billion infrastructure plan.
Issues:InfrastructureTransportation