Today, the House of Representatives voted on a drought and wildfire bill that Congressman Valadao made several attempts to amend to bring more water to the Central Valley. Congressman Valadao offered his bill, the RENEW WIIN Act, as a motion during House Floor debate to force its immediate consideration. Read more »

Congressman David G. Valadao (CA-21) voted in support of H.R. 4040, the Advancing Telehealth Beyond COVID–19 Act. This bill extends for two years some of the telehealth flexibilities put in place at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Rep. Valadao supported this bill, but believes it is in the best interest of rural communities to make these flexibilities permanent. Read more »

Congressman David G. Valadao (CA-21) offered a motion during floor debate to immediately consider legislation that would prohibit the sale of oil drawn from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to entities under the control of the Chinese Communist Party or for export to China. Read more »

Congressman David G. Valadao (CA-21) spoke on the House Floor during amendment debate on the Fiscal Year 2023 Appropriations Package. As a member of the Appropriations Committee, Rep. Valadao offered his three amendments during the committee’s markup of the Energy and Water Appropriations Bill, where the majority rejected all three. Read more »

Today, Congressman David G. Valadao (CA-21) joined Congresswoman Michelle Steel (CA-48) and members of the California Republican congressional delegation in a letter to Governor Newsom urging him to take immediate action to prevent Assembly Bill 5 (AB5) from devastating the California trucking industry and further crippling nationwide supply chains. Read more »

Today, the House of Representatives passed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2023 with Congressman Valadao’s support. The FY23 NDAA authorizes funding for all discretionary military programs and activities- including personnel, operations, maintenance, procurement, research, and development. Read more »

Today, Congressman David G. Valadao (CA-21) introduced three amendments to the FY23 Energy and Water Appropriations bill during the House Appropriations Committee markup of the legislation. Each of these amendments would help to alleviate the devastating drought in California Read more »

This week, the average price of a gallon of gas in California reached $6.38. Central Valley families are feeling the impacts of rising costs at the grocery store, on their monthly energy bills, and at the gas pump. With many here in the Valley packing their cars for summer road trips, the upcoming gas price hike is going to make that holiday road trip for the Fourth of July even more expensive. Read more »

Today, Congressman David G. Valadao (CA-21) and Congressman Jay Obernolte (CA-08) led the entire California Republican Congressional Delegation in a renewed call to Governor Gavin Newsom to suspend the state’s gas tax, which is currently scheduled to increase by 3 cents on July 1. Read more »

Today, Congressman David G. Valadao (CA-21) joined Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (CA-23), House Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (AR-4), and Congressman Scott Peters (CA-52) in introducing H.R. 8168, the Save our Sequoias (SOS) Act. Read more »