Press Releases

Today, Representative Troy Balderson (OH-12) and Congressional Western Caucus Chairman Doug LaMalfa (CA-01) released the following statements following passage of H.R. 1047, the Guaranteeing Reliability through the Interconnection of Dispatchable (GRID) Power Act. The bill, sponsored by Rep. Balderson, passed the House by a bipartisan vote of 216-206.   “With American power demand… Read more »

Today, Congressional Western Caucus Chairman Doug LaMalfa (CA-01) released the following statement supporting the secretarial memorandums from U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins and U.S. Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum outlining reforms to the National Wildland Fire System to improve wildfire response efforts across the United States.   “Today’s orders by Secretary… Read more »

Today, Congressional Western Caucus Chairman Doug LaMalfa (CA-01) released the following statement supporting the U.S. Department of the Interior’s proposal to overturn the Biden Administration’s onerous conservation and landscape health rule.   “The Biden Administration’s conservation and landscape health rule was a disaster for rural economies across Western America,” said… Read more »

Congressional Western Caucus Chairman Doug LaMalfa (CA-01) and Representatives Nick Begich (AK-AL), Troy Downing (MT-02) and Julie Fedorchak (ND-AL) released statements celebrating House votes to nullify three Biden-era Resource Management Plans (RMP) that restrict resource development on federal lands.   “This week, the House supported Western Caucus-led efforts to restore… Read more »

Congressional Western Caucus Chairman Doug LaMalfa (CA-01) and Representative Chuck Fleischmann (TN-03), Chairman of the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Subcommittee, released statements following passage of H.R. 4553, the FY25 Energy and Water Appropriations Act. The bill passed by a vote of 214-213.   “American energy dominance is all about utilizing the resources we… Read more »

Today, Congressional Western Caucus Chairman Doug LaMalfa (CA-01) released the following statement supporting the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) decision to revisit the “endangerment finding.”   “This is long overdue. CO₂ is not a pollutant, it’s a basic building block of life. Plants can’t survive without it, and the 0.04% we are currently at is nowhere near a threat to… Read more »

Today, Congressional Western Caucus Chairman Doug LaMalfa (CA-01) released the following statement following House passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill.   “Today, we delivered on an America First legislative agenda which includes major wins for rural America and the West. Importantly, this bill keeps taxes in check while maintaining deductions for farms and other businesses that… Read more »

On Friday, Representative Vince Fong (CA-20) led a letter with Congressional Western Caucus Chairman Doug LaMalfa (CA-01), Representatives Tom McClintock (CA-05) and David Valadao (CA-22) to applaud the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) decision to rescind the 2012 Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the California Geologic Energy Management Division (CalGEM) and BLM.   “It… Read more »

Seven Members of the Congressional Western Caucus led key provisions featured in the Clean Water Act reform package advanced by the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee yesterday.   Chairman Doug LaMalfa (CA-01) led the Forest Protection and Wildland Firefighter Safety Act which ensures that aerial fire retardant remains available for wildfire suppression efforts… Read more »

Congressional Western Caucus Chairman Doug LaMalfa (CA-01) and Vice Chair Ryan Zinke (MT-01) released the following statements supporting the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) action to rescind the Roadless Rule. This rule prevented road construction, reconstruction, and timber harvesting on almost 59 million acres of the National Forest System.   “I want to thank Secretary… Read more »