Doug LaMalfa
Representative for California · Republican · United States
“What were we talking about with all of these data centers coming online using mass amounts of new electricity? When are we going to talk about that we can't produce power plants in this country? We can hardly get out of our tracks to build nuclear plants.”
House of Representatives30 April 2025Source ↗
“President Trump shut down the Biden-Harris migrant app which had served as a fast pass into the country. Why would we develop an app to make it easier to come into the country illegally? President Trump invoked the Alien Enemies Act to speed up deportation and dismantle criminal networks operating on U.S. soil.”
House of Representatives30 April 2025Source ↗
“This was done on the heels of the regular delta smelt, which for over 30 years has had tens of millions of acre-feet of water shoved out through the delta to supposedly sustain that delta smelt to no effect because they have been trawling the area, looking for the fish, trying to find the fish, and haven't found any since I believe 2017.”
House of Representatives30 April 2025Source ↗
“They may not renew the nuclear power plant in San Luis Obispo, also known as Diablo Canyon. They got a 5-year extension a couple of years ago. Is it going to go beyond that? That plant alone represents 9 percent of the power grid in California. They keep taking away the generation of power.”
House of Representatives30 April 2025Source ↗
“Madam Speaker, I am a California resident, and I am also a California businessman. We have a farm in northern California where we actually operate three highway trucks, and I would probably only have two except for State mandates make it to where one of my older trucks, which is a fine-running vehicle, is only allowed 1,000 miles per year…”
House of Representatives30 April 2025Source ↗
“No, it is legal immigration. Follow the legal process. What is so tough to grasp about that? It just amazes me how that isn't mentioned. It is the duplicitous of the media and sometimes the interviewers on that, they are just not able to quite connect those dots.”
House of Representatives30 April 2025Source ↗
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“Mr. Speaker, the important work we are doing right now on the budget resolution is going to set the course to bring really strong fiscal responsibility back to this Congress and for our Nation. It is important that we get on board and pursue this process so that we can do even better things later on this year. There is so much that needs to be done.”
House of Representatives25 February 2025Source ↗
“Mr. Speaker, once in a while we could cooperate with the President and those who are trying to do things to make our government run better ultimately for the benefit of the citizens of this country, the taxpayers.”
House of Representatives25 February 2025Source ↗
“Mr. Speaker, it has been over 500 days since Iranian- backed Hamas terrorists carried out the worst attack on Israel and the Jewish people since the Holocaust. Over 1,200 lives were taken, families were shattered, and 240 people were dragged into captivity. Many are still being held hostage. Hamas still poses an ongoing threat to Israel's security.”
House of Representatives24 February 2025Source ↗
“Madam Speaker, yesterday, I had a chance to participate in the Border Security Caucus discussion with Chief Mike Banks of U.S. Customs and Border Protection. With over 25 years of experience securing the border, he gave us a clear look at CBP's operations and challenges they face. One thing was very obvious, though.”
House of Representatives12 February 2025Source ↗
“Mr. Speaker, in this ongoing conversation about government overreach and last-minute regulations that have been so damaging, I want to bring up how that has affected the water supply for California and for the West. For everybody that enjoys American-grown food, it affects them.”
House of Representatives12 February 2025Source ↗
“Mr. Speaker, this week, we have a chance to send a clear message: Break the law, put Americans in danger, and there will be consequences. Congressman Ciscomani's Agent Raul Gonzalez Officer Safety Act holds traffickers and illegal immigrants accountable for reckless actions, especially those who flee from Border Patrol agents and create deadly high-speed chase incidents.”
House of Representatives11 February 2025Source ↗
“Mr. Speaker, what we are dealing with once again is a power grab tracing back to the last administration. President Biden's administration, before leaving office, put through a whole wave of last-minute regulations knowing they wouldn't have to deal with the consequences themselves.”
House of Representatives11 February 2025Source ↗
“Mr. Speaker, for years, America led the world in energy production, thanks in large part to the miracle of hydraulic fracturing. This innovation not only created jobs and boosted our economy but also made the U.S. the top producer of oil and gas. The last administration has given us dangerous policies that drive up these costs, threaten the jobs, and make us much more dependent on foreign adversaries for our energy.”
House of Representatives6 February 2025Source ↗
“Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the topic of this Special Order.”
House of Representatives5 February 2025Source ↗
“Mr. Speaker, the issue of fentanyl is not getting any better in this country. We hear more and more stories about yet another big cache of it being found, enough to kill millions of Americans. Thankfully, President Trump is doing what needs to be done to control our border and make sure that Mexico and Canada are stepping up to do their part.”
House of Representatives5 February 2025Source ↗
“Mr. Speaker, I rise to speak a little bit about the amazing asset we have available to us in this country of nuclear power and nuclear generation. We are not taking advantage of that technology as well as we should for how efficient it is and the multiplier effect it has. Right now, in this country, we do have 93 commercial nuclear reactors, and they generate approximately 20 percent of the Nation's electricity.”
House of Representatives5 February 2025Source ↗
“Mr. Speaker, America's energy independence is vital for our national security and economic prosperity. Hydroelectric power plays a crucial role in that energy grid. It provides nearly a third of our Nation's renewable electricity and is one of the cleanest, most reliable energy sources available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.”
House of Representatives4 February 2025Source ↗
“Mr. Speaker, the Birthright Citizenship Act is a necessary step to restore integrity to our immigration system. The 14th Amendment was never intended to grant citizenship to children of individuals who enter or remain in the country illegally. The purpose of the 14th Amendment was to guarantee full rights to freed slaves, not to fuel illegal immigration or exploit U.S. citizenship through birth tourism.”
House of Representatives23 January 2025Source ↗
“Mr. Speaker, today marks 52 years since that fateful Roe v. Wade decision, a decision that has tragically ended countless unborn lives. The Supreme Court, not too long ago, did find that it was unconstitutionally put in place, not legislated, but done by the stroke of a pen at a court.”
House of Representatives22 January 2025Source ↗
“Mr. Speaker, I just want to point out again, President Trump is leading the way to make America prosperous and even more free than what we have been the last 4 years. President Trump, as part of his package of executive orders, has withdrawn us, once again, from the calamity that is the Paris accords.”
House of Representatives22 January 2025Source ↗
“Mr. Speaker, on his first day in office, President Trump wasted no time in addressing California's water crisis by signing the memorandum titled ``Putting People Over Fish: Stopping Radical Environmentalism to Provide Water to Southern California.'' We are very pleased with the President's strong actions on that and many fronts yesterday. We look forward to working with his administration on that.”
House of Representatives21 January 2025Source ↗
“Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the topic of this Special Order.”
House of Representatives16 January 2025Source ↗
“Mr. Speaker, California had at least one piece of welcome news. The typically out-of-control California Air Resources Board has decided to pull back on some really overreaching truck and train regulations.”
House of Representatives16 January 2025Source ↗
“Mr. Speaker, Governor Gavin Newsom's High-Speed Rail project has been a symbol of fiscal mismanagement, and now the Department of Government Efficiency here in D.C., known as DOGE, is stepping in to examine the situation, as well. Originally projected to cost $33 billion back in 2008, the price tag has now ballooned closer to $130 billion.”
House of Representatives15 January 2025Source ↗
“Mr. Speaker, I rise today to talk about the Endangered Species Act. Indeed, it was designed back in the early seventies and passed with bipartisanship. It was signed by Richard Nixon to protect endangered species. What we see with its implementation in my home State of California and many other areas around this country, especially in the West, is significant misinterpretation of it.”
House of Representatives15 January 2025Source ↗
“Mr. Speaker, we are well aware that women's sports are under threat, and it is high time we actually finish the job and take a stand against the threat against them. I am very happy to partner with Mr.”
House of Representatives14 January 2025Source ↗
“Madam Speaker, this morning I highlight a piece of legislation I intend to cosponsor that is sponsored by the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Joyce), my good colleague. It is known as the Preserving Choice in Vehicle Purchases Act. The bill aims to prevent the U.S. EPA from issuing Clean Air Act waivers that would enable State-level bans or restrictions on gas and diesel vehicles.”
House of Representatives14 January 2025Source ↗
“Mr. Speaker, I am showing you what a managed forest looks like here and an unmanaged forest looks like here. In my district in northern California and much of the West, forests burn millions of acres year after year, such as a million-acre fire in my district a couple years ago, 600,000 acre, and on and on it goes. It occurs because the lands are not managed, not allowed to be managed by environmental lawsuits and such.”
House of Representatives13 January 2025Source ↗
“Mr. Speaker, well, it is everywhere. You can't avoid it in the news, and it shouldn't be avoided. It is so horrible. The fires we have now in southern California are devastating so much there, so much value, so much loss, and up to 24 lives lost now. It is an incredibly unnecessary happening that has been raging in L.A. It happens every year with the Santa Ana winds.”
House of Representatives13 January 2025Source ↗
“Mr. Speaker, California is on fire once again. Only now, instead of burning up the red counties and the forested areas to the north, it is devastating portions of Los Angeles. Everybody is seeing it on the news. Every year, we know the Santa Ana winds are going to blow. Every year, we know that there is going to be risk. What is our Governor doing to help stop the risk?”
House of Representatives9 January 2025Source ↗
“Madam Speaker, in another one of the eleventh-hour, thumb-the-nose-at-the-American-people moves, the Biden administration has decided to transfer 11 Guantanamo detainees from the war on terror back to Oman, which is a reckless move that puts American lives at risk and is an insult and a slap in the face to those who have fought for freedom in that area and who have tried to stop the likes of al-Qaida.”
House of Representatives7 January 2025Source ↗