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(Washington, DC) – Congressman Doug LaMalfa (R-Richvale) issued the following statement after the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced $1,008,694.28 in grant funding to be awarded to the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) for repair of roads damaged as a result of the Oroville Dam spillway incident in February of 2017.

(Washington, DC) – Congressman Doug LaMalfa (R-CA) and Congressman Collin Peterson (D-MN) issued the following statement after introducing H.R. 2381, the Modern, Clean, and Safe Trucks Act of 2019. This bill repeals the federal excise tax (FET) on heavy trucks that was created in 1917 to help pay for World War I. When it was introduced, the FET was 3%, but has increased to 12% today. The revenue generated through the FET tax goes into the Highway Trust Fund but is unreliable since truck sales are inconsistent year-to-year.

(Richvale, CA) – Congressman Doug LaMalfa (R-Richvale) issued the following statement after the Department of Justice released a redacted version of the Mueller Report to the public.

(Washington, DC) – Congressman Doug LaMalfa (R-Richvale) issued the following statement after voting against H.R. 1644, the Save the Internet Act. House Democrats passed the legislation with mostly partisan support. This legislation would allow the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to have unprecedented control over the internet, including content moderation, new taxes and fees, and other new regulations which would stifle job growth and innovation.

(Washington, DC) – Congressman Doug LaMalfa (R-Richvale) issued the following statement after voting against the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act. House Democrat leadership allowed the law to expire earlier this year when they elected not to include a clean reauthorization in the final spending bill to reopen the federal government.

(Washington, DC) – Congressman Doug LaMalfa (R-Richvale) issued the following statement after signing a discharge petition to force a vote on the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act.

(Washington, DC) – Congressman Doug LaMalfa (R-Richvale) issued the following statement after voting against H.R. 7, which would provide nearly unlimited paydays for trial lawyers under the guise of paycheck fairness for women. H.R. 7 does not make any improvements upon existing pay discrimination laws, instead, it provides more opportunities for trial lawyers to cash in while tying up job creators with frivolous lawsuits.

(Washington, DC) – Congressman Doug LaMalfa (R-Richvale) issued the following statement after the House failed to pass a veto message on H.J. Res. 46, which would override the President’s veto of a resolution to overturn the President’s declaration of a national emergency at the southern border. A two-thirds majority vote in Congress is required to override a Presidential veto. The measure failed by a margin of 248-181. Congressman LaMalfa voted in opposition to overriding the President’s veto.