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(Washington, DC) – Congressman Doug LaMalfa (R-Richvale) issued the following statement after the House passed H.J. Res. 31, the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2019, which will keep the government funded through September 30th. The legislation will provide funding for 55 new miles of physical barrier along the southern border, significantly increase funding for the U.S. Forest Service to manage our federal lands, and provide $3.7 billion for rural development programs. The measure also increases the Federal Government’s cost share for 2018 wildfires in California to 90%.

(Washington, DC) – Congressman Doug LaMalfa (R-Richvale) issued the following statement after the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) announced $2,774,912.00 in grant funding to be awarded to the California Department of Transportation for repair of roads damaged as a result of the Oroville Dam spillway incident.

(Washington, DC) – Congressman Doug LaMalfa (CA-01) and Congressman Jimmy Panetta (CA-20) issued the following statement after introducing the Honoring Veterans’ Families Act, to allow the spouse of a veteran to be included on the veteran’s grave marker upon their death. Due to a flaw in current law, the Department of Veterans Affairs cannot include almost any information about the spouse of a veteran on a VA-provided tombstone at a non-VA cemetery.

(Washington, DC) – Congressman Doug LaMalfa (R-Richvale) issued the following statement after the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) awarded $1,375,597.87 in grant funding to the Paradise Irrigation District as a result of damage incurred due to the Camp Fire.

(Washington, DC) – Congressman Doug LaMalfa (R-Richvale) issued the following statement after The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development awarded a $788,000 grant to the Shasta Community Services District under the Emergency Community Water Assistance Grant program. These funds are a direct result of damage incurred by the Carr Fire last summer.

(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 Nation’s Capital.

(Washington, DC) – Congressman Doug LaMalfa (R-Richvale) issued the following statement after being appointed Ranking Member of the House Agriculture Committee’s Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.

(Washington, DC) – Congressman Doug LaMalfa (R-Richvale) issued the following statement after reintroducing legislation to provide farmers access to discounted rates under the National Flood Insurance Program. The Congressmen’s bipartisan Flood Insurance for Farmers Act of 2019 (H.R.830) would also lift the de facto federal prohibition on construction and repair of agricultural structures in high flood-risk areas designated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).