WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressional Western Caucus Chairman Doug LaMalfa (CA-01) and Natural Resources Committee Chairman Westerman (AR-04) released the following statements after today's 221-196 vote in the House of Representatives to pass H.R. 4776, the Standardizing Permitting and Expediting Economic Development (SPEED) Act.
"Every year there are… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressional Western Caucus Chairman Doug LaMalfa (CA-01) and Congressman Morgan Griffith (VA-09) released the following statements after H.R. 3632, the Power Plant Reliability Act passed the House by a vote of 222-202.
"Under the previous Administration, cheap and reliable baseload power like natural gas and hydropower was rushed off the grid.… 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 »
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) 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 »
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 »
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 »
