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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

Congressman LaMalfa Introduces Bill to Repeal California’s Clean Air Act Waiver

Sep 6, 2022 Press Release
(Washington, D.C.) – Today, Congressman Doug LaMalfa (R – Richvale) introduced new legislation, The Revoking Engine and Vehicle (REV) Requirements Act. This bill will repeal California’s Clean Air Act waiver and will terminate all existing waivers provided in the repealed sections.

LaMalfa and Pappas Introduce Bill to Repeal Federal Excise Tax on Heavy Trucks

Jun 16, 2022 Press Release
(Washington, D.C.) – Today, Congressman Doug LaMalfa (R – Calif.) and Congressman Chris Pappas (D – N.H.) introduced legislation repealing the twelve percent Federal excise tax on heavy trucks. The excise tax on heavy trucks is the highest excise tax levied by the Federal government, and could add more than $30,000 to the cost of new heavy trucks, trailers, semitrailer chassis, and tractors for highway use. Off-highway equipment such as agriculture, earthmoving, forestry, and mining machinery are exempt from the tax. This tax is paid at the time of sale and is not levied on used truck sales, consequentially encouraging the purchase of used vehicles.

Congressmen LaMalfa and Reschenthaler Lead Letter to TSA to Allow Mask Mandate to Expire

Mar 9, 2022 Press Release
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressmen Doug LaMalfa (R- Calif.) and Guy Reschenthaler (R – Pa.) led a group of 92 Republican Members of Congress in a letter to the Transportation Security Administration requesting that it allow the mask mandate for air travel, which is currently extended through March 18, 2022, to expire. Due to strong declines in COVID-19 cases and the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) latest guidance eliminating indoor mask requirements for much of the population. Advanced filtration on airplanes makes the risk of COVID-19 exposure on planes extremely low.

House Democrats Approve Another $10 billion for High Speed Rail over LaMalfa Objections

Sep 20, 2021 Press Release

(Washington, D.C.) Congressman Doug LaMalfa (R-Richvale) issued the following statement after Democrats on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee rejected his amendment to cut $10 billion of funding for high-speed rail programs, such as the California High Speed Rail Project.

Rep. LaMalfa Applauds Grant to Establish Air Service Between Redding and Denver

Jul 23, 2021 Press Release

(Washington, DC) Congressman Doug LaMalfa issued the following statement after the Department of Transportation announced a $750,000 grant to the City of Redding to support new air service between Redding Municipal Airport (RDD) and Denver International Airport (DEN) through the Small Community Air Service Development Program (SCASDP).

LaMalfa Transportation Reform Package Rejected in Partisan Vote

Jun 29, 2021 Press Release

(Washington, DC) – Congressman Doug LaMalfa (R-Richvale) presented amendments to the House Democrats Transportation package that would have significantly streamlined infrastructure projects, reducing costs and delivering projects with fewer delays. The reforms would have created a pilot program to eliminate duplicative environmental reports and allowed California projects to simply follow the CEQA process instead of doing both CEQA and NEPA.

LaMalfa: Democrats Refuse to Let Wasteful High Speed Rail Project Die

Jun 14, 2021 Press Release

(Washington, DC) – Congressman Doug LaMalfa (R-Rich vale) released the following statement after the Biden administration announced it will return nearly $1 billion in federal funds to the boondoggle California High-Speed Rail (CAHSR) project. This funding was cancelled in 2019 by the Trump Administration because it repeatedly failed to comply with its grant agreement and had failed to make reasonable progress on the project.
 

LaMalfa: Biden’s Bait-and-Switch “Infrastructure” Plan Contains Some Short-term Benefits But Permanent Pain

Mar 31, 2021 Press Release

Congressman Doug LaMalfa (R-Richvale), a member of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, issued the following statement after joining a White House briefing announcing details of the Biden Administration’s transportation proposal.

LaMalfa Announces Grants for Local Airport Improvement

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.

LaMalfa Opposes House Democrat $1.5 Trillion Partisan Infrastructure Plan

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.

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