WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressional Western Caucus Chairman Doug LaMalfa (CA-01) released the following statement in support of H.R. 4776, the Standardizing Permitting and Expediting Economic Development (SPEED) Act, which is expected to be considered by the U.S. House of Representatives later this week.
"Every year there are thousands of projects and more than a… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressional Western Caucus Chairman Doug LaMalfa (CA-01) released the following statement after the House of Representatives passed three separate bills to improve the reliability of the nation's energy generation system, H.R. 3628, the State Planning for Reliability and Affordability Act, H.R. 3638, the Electric Supply Chain Act, and H.R.… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Earlier today, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 3898, the Promoting Efficient Review for Modern Infrastructure Today (PERMIT) Act on a vote of 221-205. Included in this measure were individual provisions from Congressional Western Caucus Chairman Doug LaMalfa (CA-01), Vice Chair Jeff Hurd (CO-03), Vice Chair Pete Stauber (MN-08), Congressman Rick Crawford… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressional Western Caucus Chairman Doug LaMalfa (CA-01), Executive Vice Chair Celeste Maloy (UT-02), Vice Chair Cliff Bentz (OR-02), Vice Chair Jeff Hurd (CO-03), Congressman Nick Begich (AK-AL), and Representative Dusty Johnson (SD-AL) released the following statements after the House of Representatives unanimously passed H.R. 4285, the… Read more »
Washington, D.C.—Today, Congressional Western Caucus Chairman Doug LaMalfa (CA-01) led the effort in the House of Representatives to pass the Secure Rural Schools Reauthorization Act of 2025, which reauthorizes Secure Rural Schools (SRS) payments to rural counties in Northern California and across the country. This legislation passed by a vote of 399 to 5 and is the first time in… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressional Western Caucus Chairman Doug LaMalfa (CA-01) and House Agriculture Committee Chairman Glenn Thompson (PA-15) released the following statements after President Donald Trump announced an economic assistance package for American farm producers.
“I appreciate the Trump Administration for taking important action to protect farm country,” said… Read more »
Congressional Western Caucus Chairman Doug LaMalfa (CA-01) released the following statement after the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration published its "Freedom Means Affordable Cars" proposal, a significant reset to the agency's corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards.
“For years our national fuel economy standards have done nothing more than fail… Read more »
Congressional Western Caucus Chairman Doug LaMalfa (CA-01) released the following statement in support of the revisions to the Endangered Species Act proposed by the Department of the Interior earlier this week.
“Since its inception, the Endangered Species Act has been misinterpreted and abused as a means to stop development of public and private land. An ESA determination is an… Read more »
Today, Congressional Western Caucus Chairman Doug LaMalfa (CA-01) and House Natural Resources Chairman Bruce Westerman (AR-04) released the following statements after H.R. 4776, the Standardizing Permitting and Expediting Economic Development (SPEED) Act was favorably reported by the House Natural Resources Committee.
“Streamlining and modernizing the NEPA process is a… Read more »
Congressional Western Caucus Chairman Doug LaMalfa (CA-01) and Representative August Pfluger (TX11) released the following statements after H.R. 1949, the Unlocking Our Domestic LNG Potential Act passed the House of Representatives on a vote of 217-188.
"Today, the House took a major step to unleash America’s LNG potential,” said Chairman LaMalfa. "For too long,… Read more »
