Transportation
Transportation
Our nation’s transportation network underpins almost every economic interaction in the United States. President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s Interstate Highway System was visionary when it was built, but Congress has allowed it to dim in recent years.
As a member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, I am constantly looking at new solutions for funding our nation’s roads, bridges and highways – without regressive policies, like the gas tax, which hurt rural and poor Americans most.
In addition, I have consistently worked with my Republican and Democratic colleagues in the House of Representatives to reduce overregulation and red tape. In Northern California, rebuilding our roads will not just be focused on getting more dollars into our road system – it will be about making each and every dollar go further.
For more information concerning my work and views on Transportation issues, please contact me.
More on Transportation
Jul 29, 2020
Press Release
(Washington, DC) – Congressman Doug LaMalfa (R-Richvale) recently announced three grants totaling $3,538,721 from the Federal Aviation Administration for Dunsmuir Municipal-Mott, Red Bluff Municipal, and Rogers Field in Chester. These funds were made available by H.R. 748, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Support (CARES) Act which he supported earlier this year.
Jul 1, 2020
Press Release
(Washington, DC) – Congressman Doug LaMalfa (R-Richvale) issued the following statement after voting against final passage of H.R. 2, the House Democrats’ partisan $1.5 trillion Infrastructure plan. After passing a nearly $500 billion infrastructure bill out of committee in mid-June, House Democrats have tacked on over $1 trillion in additional spending with no plan to pay for it.
Jun 26, 2020
Press Release
(Placer County, CA) – Congressman Doug LaMalfa (R-Richvale) announced the Federal Transit Administration is awarding Placer County $6,342,693 in Urbanized Area Formula Funds. Funding will be provided at a 100 percent federal share, with no local match required, and will be available to support operating, capital, and other expenses incurred beginning January 20, 2020 as a result of COVID-19. This grant was issued after the House passed the CARES Act on March 27th, 2020 with Congressman LaMalfa’s support.
Jun 23, 2020
Press Release
(Washington, DC) Congressman Doug LaMalfa (R-CA) supports the trucking industry’s call to suspend the federal excise tax (FET). The FET was created in 1917 to help pay for World War I. When it was introduced, the FET was 3%, but has quadrupled to 12% today. Given the nature of recent economic hardships caused by the coronavirus, suspending the FET would stimulate heavy-duty truck and trailer sales.
Jun 18, 2020
Press Release
(Washington, DC) – Congressman Doug LaMalfa (R-Richvale) issued the following statement after the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee passed the Majority’s partisan $494 billion INVEST in America Act out of committee without his support. This legislation would enact a 62% increase on funding levels for infrastructure but fails to include any “pay-fors” or address the Highway Trust Fund going dry. Additionally, the INVEST in America Act prioritizes extreme environmental policy priorities, while ignoring the infrastructure needs of rural America.
Feb 19, 2020
Press Release
(Chico, CA) – Congressman Doug LaMalfa (R-Richvale) released the following statement after helping secure $500,000 for Chico from the Small Community Air Service Development Program (SCASDP), allowing for Chico Municipal Airport (CMA) to partner with an airline to create a route to Los Angeles (LAX). In 2018, LaMalfa sponsored and amendment to the FAA reauthorization removing a longstanding prohibition that kept Chico Airport from receiving commercial air grants. The work was part of a year’s long effort with Jet Chico to return commercial air service to the Chico Municipal Airport.
Jan 29, 2020
Press Release
(Washington, DC) – Congressman Doug LaMalfa (R-Richvale) issued the following statement after House Democrats outlined a $760 billion infrastructure plan.
Oct 9, 2019
Press Release
(Chico, CA) – Congressman Doug LaMalfa (R-Richvale) issued the following statement after U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Secretary Elaine Chao announced the Rural Opportunities to Use Transportation for Economic Success (ROUTES) initiative. This new initiative will help address infrastructure needs and improve economic competitiveness in rural America.
Sep 24, 2019
Press Release
(Washington, DC) – Congressman Doug LaMalfa (R-Richvale) issued the following statement after the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) awarded $882,356.00 in federal grant funding to two Northern California airports.
Sep 19, 2019
Press Release
(Washington, DC) – Congressman Doug LaMalfa (R-Richvale) issued the following statement after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Transportation’s (DOT) National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) revoked a waiver from the Clean Air Act of 1970, which allowed California to establish its own emissions standards.