Congressman David G. Valadao (CA-22) joined Congresswoman Yadira Caraveo, M.D. (CO-08) to introduce the Supporting Rural Cooperatives and Communities Act. The legislation reauthorizes and makes improvements to the Rural Cooperative Development Grant Program (RCDG), which helps individuals and businesses start, expand, or improve rural cooperatives or other mutually owned businesses through Cooperative Development Centers. Read more »

Congressman David G. Valadao (CA-22) introduced the Emergency Assistance for Dairy Producers Act. This legislation aims to ensure dairy producers impacted by California’s historic storms this year can qualify for Commodity Credit Corporation emergency assistance funds. Read more »

Today, Congressman David G. Valadao (CA-22) released the following statement after Speaker Emeritus Kevin McCarthy (CA-20) announced today that he will leave Congress at the end of the year. Read more »

Congressman David G. Valadao (CA-22) released the following statement denouncing the recent ruling by a U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) dispute panel which allows Canadian restrictions on U.S. dairy farmer’s market access to continue. This follows the ongoing efforts of Rep. Valadao and his colleagues to ensure fair treatment of the U.S. dairy industry. Read more »

Congressman David G. Valadao (CA-22) recently joined Reps. Teresa Leger Fernández (NM-03) and Chellie Pingree (ME-01) to introduce H.R. 5764, the Support Water-Efficient Strategies and Technologies (WEST) Act to support agriculture practices more commonly used in Western climates. Read more »

Reps. David G. Valadao (CA-22), Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01), and Elissa Slotkin (MI-07) introduced the Specialty Crops Reporting on Opportunities and Promotion Act (Specialty CROP Act). The bill makes key improvements to the annual U.S. Specialty Crops Trade Issues Report to identify and combat unreasonable trade barriers more effectively. Read more »

Congressman David G. Valadao (CA-22) spoke on the House Floor to highlight that California is drought-free for the first time in over three years, but missed another critical opportunity to capture and store this water for periods of drought. Read more »

The House Energy and Commerce Committee advanced H.R. 6125, the Online Dating Safety Act, out of an Innovation, Data, and Commerce Subcommittee Markup. The Online Dating Safety Act is a bipartisan bill introduced by Reps. David G. Valadao (CA-22) and Brittany Pettersen (CO-07). The bill would require dating apps and services to issue fraud ban notifications to users who have interacted with a person removed from the app. Read more »

WASHINGTON – This week, the House of Representatives voted on a supplemental appropriations bill for Israel, as well as several pieces of legislation to condemn terrorism and Anti-Semitism. Congressman David G. Valadao (CA-22) released the following statement: “I stand with our key ally in the Middle East, Israel, as they continue to defend themselves against the barbaric attacks carried… Read more »

Congressman David G. Valadao (CA-22) recently introduced H.R. 6011, the Right of Way Application and Transparency Accountability Act. This legislation addresses a significant bottleneck in the permitting process for energy projects on federal lands by requiring that federal agencies notify right-of-way applicants if their application is complete within 60 days. Currently, there is no timetable for responding to right-of-way applications. Read more »