Press Releases

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 »

Congressional Western Caucus Chairman Doug LaMalfa (CA-01), Vice Chair Harriet Hageman (WY-AL) and Representative Nick Begich (AK-AL) released statements celebrating House passage of resolutions to disapprove and rollback three Biden-era energy policies that served as roadblocks to American energy production.  “This week the House voted to roll back three more Biden-era roadblocks… Read more »

Congressional Western Caucus Chairman Doug LaMalfa (CA-01) released the following statement after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced their proposed rule to define waters of the United States (WOTUS) under the Clean Water Act. The proposed rule will fully implement the direction provided by the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2023 decision in… Read more »

Congressional Western Caucus Chairman Doug LaMalfa (CA-01) released the following statement following passage of H.R. 5371, the Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026. The legislation passed the House by a vote of 222-209. “After forty-three days we can finally end this unnecessary government… Read more »

Today, Representative Julie Fedorchak (ND-AL) and Congressional Western Caucus Chairman Doug LaMalfa (CA-01) released the following statements following passage of H.R. 3062, the Promoting Cross-border Energy Infrastructure Act. The bill, sponsored by Rep. Fedorchak, passed the House by a bipartisan vote of 224-203.   “The Keystone XL pipeline should have never been cancelled.… Read more »

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 »