Congressman David G. Valadao (CA-22) sent a letter to the IRS Commissioner requesting answers on processing delays impacting small businesses in California. The Employee Retention Tax Credit (ERTC) was enacted during the COVID-19 pandemic to help businesses keep people employed during the pandemic. Read more »

Today, the House of Representatives passed the Fiscal Year 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) with Congressman Valadao’s support. The NDAA authorizes funding for all discretionary military programs and activities – including personnel, operations, maintenance, procurement, research, and development. Read more »

Congressman David G. Valadao (CA-22) joined Congressman David Schweikert (AZ-01) and Speaker Emeritus Kevin McCarthy (CA-20) to introduce the Finding Orphan-disease Remedies with Antifungal Research and Development (FORWARD) Act. This legislation supports various research and development programs with the goal of developing new drugs, treatments, and vaccines to combat Valley Fever Read more »

Congressman David G. Valadao (CA-22) released the following statement after the House passed H.R. 4531, the Support for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act. Among other provisions intended to combat the opioid crisis in America, the bill includes Rep. Valadao’s Combatting Substance Use Disorder Act. Read more »

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 »