Former Member, Aviation Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives
Former Member, Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives
Former Member, Natural Resources Committee, United States House of Representatives
Former Member, Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research, United States House of Representatives
Former Member, Subcommittee on Federal Lands, United States House of Representatives
Former Member, Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management, United States House of Representatives
Former Chair, Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs, United States House of Representatives
Former Member, Water, Power and Oceans Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives
Former Member, Aviation Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives
Former Member, Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives
Former Member, Natural Resources Committee, United States House of Representatives
Former Member, Subcommittee on Federal Lands, United States House of Representatives
Former Member, Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management, United States House of Representatives
Former Chair, Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs, United States House of Representatives
Former Member, Water, Power and Oceans Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives
Member, Agriculture Committee
Member, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
Member, Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit
Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry
Member, Subcommittee on Highways and Transit
Member, Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials
Member, Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment
— Awards:
Favorite Movie:
The Blues Brothers
Priority Issues:
A conservative leader, Doug LaMalfa has opposed increasing taxes and is a stalwart defender of Proposition 13. With a proven record of fighting on behalf of working families, Doug believes that taxpayers know better than bureaucrats and politicians how to spend and invest their own hard-earned money. He opposed the 2007 and 2008 budgets that have been proven shams that have resulted in California's current budget crisis.
Doug is a strong supporter of private property rights and the author of a Constitutional Amendment to protect Californians against eminent domain abuse.
Water is the North State's most precious natural resource and Doug LaMalfa believes in protecting our water rights and developing more water storage. He has continually advocated for increasing California's water supply, supporting planned projects such as Sites Reservoir and the Auburn Dam. Doug has been a leader in opposing burdensome environmental regulations that place fairy shrimp and fish ahead of human needs.
Agriculture and Forestry have been the backbone of northern California's economy for generations and Doug LaMalfa has made it a priority to educate his fellow legislators on the importance of resource industries and the beneficial stewardship they provide. Doug successfully authored and passed the Forest Fire Protection Act of 2004 to allow landowners to make their rural lands fire-safe.
Doug LaMalfa's firm beliefs are that government should do no harm and that limited government means government should do only what people cannot do for themselves, in the most efficient manner possible.
1. Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation?
- Pro-life
1. In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket?
- No
2. Do you support expanding federal funding to support entitlement programs such as Social Security and Medicare?
- Unknown Position
1. Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions?
- No
1. Do you support the protection of government officials, including law enforcement officers, from personal liability in civil lawsuits concerning alleged misconduct?
- Yes
Do you support increasing defense spending?
- Yes
1. Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth?
- No
2. Do you support lowering corporate taxes as a means of promoting economic growth?
- Yes
3. Do you support providing financial relief to businesses AND/OR corporations negatively impacted by the state of national emergency for COVID-19?
- Yes
1. Do you support requiring states to adopt federal education standards?
- No
1. Do you support government funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, geo-thermal)?
- Yes
2. Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions?
- No
1. Do you generally support gun-control legislation?
- No
1. Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")?
- Yes
2. Do you support requiring businesses to provide paid medical leave during public health crises, such as COVID-19?
- Yes
1. Do you support the construction of a wall along the Mexican border?
- Yes
2. Do you support requiring immigrants who are unlawfully present to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship?
- Yes
1. Should the United States use military force to prevent governments hostile to the U.S. from possessing a weapon of mass destruction (for example: nuclear, biological, chemical)?
- Unknown Position
2. Do you support reducing military intervention in Middle East conflicts?
- Unknown Position
Do you generally support removing barriers to international trade (for example: tariffs, quotas, etc.)?
- Yes
1. Abortions should always be illegal.
- X
2. Abortions should always be legally available.
- No Answer
3. Abortions should be legal only within the first trimester of pregnancy.
- No Answer
4. Abortions should be legal when the pregnancy resulted from incest or rape.
- No Answer
5. Abortions should be legal when the life of the woman is endangered.
- No Answer
6. Eliminate public funding for abortions and public funding of organizations that advocate or perform abortions.
- X
7. Prohibit the dilation and extraction procedure, also known as partial birth abortion.
- X
8. Support amending the California Civil Code to state that human life begins at conception.
- X
9. Other or expanded principles
- X
1. Education (Higher)
- Maintain Funding Status
2. Education (K-12)
- Maintain Funding Status
3. Environment
- Greatly Decrease Funding
4. Health care
- Maintain Funding Status
5. Law enforcement
- Slightly Increase Funding
6. Transportation and Highway infrastructure
- Greatly Increase Funding
7. Welfare
- Slightly Decrease Funding
8. Other or expanded categories
- No Answer
9. Alcohol taxes
- Maintain Status
10. Capital gains taxes
- Greatly Decrease
11. Cigarette taxes
- Slightly Decrease
12. Corporate taxes
- Greatly Decrease
13. Gasoline taxes
- Greatly Decrease
14. Income taxes (incomes below $75,000)
- Greatly Decrease
15. Income taxes (incomes above $75,000)
- Greatly Decrease
16. Inheritance taxes
- Eliminate
17. Property taxes
- Greatly Decrease
18. Sales taxes
- Greatly Decrease
19. Vehicle taxes
- Eliminate
20. Should Internet sales be taxed?
- No
21. Would you support placing any operating surplus into a "rainy day" fund?
- Undecided
22. Should California legalize gambling in specific cities in order to generate tax revenue?
- No
23. SURPLUSES BELONG TO THE PUBLIC LONG TERM SURPLUSES SHOULD BE RETURNED IN LOWER TAX RATES
- WATER STORAGE AND ENHANCEMENT OF SUPPLY FOR HUMAN USE
1. Do you support the current two term, eight year limit for California governors?
- Yes
2. Do you support the current two term, eight year limit for California state senators?
- Yes
3. Do you support the current three term, six year limit for California assembly members?
- Yes
4. Do you support amending the term limit law to allow voters to place a current legislator on the ballot who would otherwise be ineligible to run for re-election?
- No
5. Individual
- No
6. PAC
- No
7. Corporate
- No
8. Political Parties
- No
9. Do you support requiring full and timely disclosure of campaign finance information?
- Yes
10. Do you support imposing spending limits on state level political campaigns?
- No
11. Do you support partial funding from state taxes for state level political campaigns?
- No
12. Do you support voting on-line?
- Undecided
13. Do you support adopting statewide standards for counting, verifying and ensuring accuracy of votes?
- Yes
14. Do you support prohibiting media exit polling of voters until all polling locations in California are closed?
- No
15. Do you support allowing voter registration on Election day?
- No
16. Should California recognize civil unions between same-sex couples?
- No
17. Should California restrict marriage to a relationship only between a man and a woman?
- Yes
18. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer
1. Increase state funds for construction of state prisons and for hiring of additional prison staff.
- X
2. Increase state funds for the construction, renovation, and expansion of local jails and juvenile detention centers.
- X
3. Support contracting with private sector firms to build and/or manage state prisons.
- X
4. Support the use of the death penalty in California.
- X
5. Support placing a moratorium on the use of the death penalty in California.
- No Answer
6. Support programs to provide prison inmates with vocational and job-related skills and job-placement assistance when released.
- No Answer
7. End parole for repeat violent offenders.
- X
8. Implement penalties other than incarceration for certain non-violent offenders.
- X
9. Strengthen penalties and sentences for drug-related crimes.
- X
10. Support .08 blood-alcohol-content limit defining drunk driving.
- X
11. Prosecute as adults, youths accused of a felony.
- X
12. Support funding for alternative sentencing programs for juvenile offenders.
- No Answer
13. Require that crimes based on gender, sexual orientation, or disability be prosecuted as hate crimes.
- No Answer
14. Ban the use of racial profiling by law enforcement officers.
- No Answer
15. Increase state funding for community centers and other social agencies in areas with at-risk youth.
- No Answer
16. Increase state funding for additional security of critical infrastructure against terrorist attacks.
- No Answer
17. Amend the "three-strikes" law so that it is applied only when the third offense is a serious or violent felony.
- No Answer
18. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer
1. Support national standards and testing of public school students.
- No Answer
2. Provide parents with state-funded vouchers to send their children to any participating school (public, private, religious).
- X
3. Increase state funds for school capital improvements (e.g. buildings and infrastructure).
- No Answer
4. Increase state funds for hiring additional teachers.
- No Answer
5. Support teacher testing and reward teachers with merit pay.
- No Answer
6. Support posting the Ten Commandments in public schools.
- X
7. Endorse teacher-led voluntary prayer in public schools.
- No Answer
8. Support public schools administering high school exit exams.
- No Answer
9. Provide state funding to increase teacher salaries.
- No Answer
10. Increase state funding for Head Start programs.
- No Answer
11. Provide state funding for tax incentives and financial aid to help make college more affordable.
- No Answer
12. Support age-appropriate sexual education programs that teach about abstinence, contraceptives, and HIV/STD prevention methods.
- No Answer
13. Support abstinence-only sexual education programs.
- X
14. Increase the length of the public school year to provide additional hours of classroom instruction.
- No Answer
15. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer
1. Increase funding for state job-training programs that re-train displaced workers or teach skills needed in today's job market.
- No Answer
2. Reduce state government regulations on the private sector to encourage investment and economic expansion.
- X
3. Provide low interest loans and tax credits for starting, expanding, or relocating businesses.
- No Answer
4. Provide tax credits for businesses that provide child care for their employees.
- No Answer
5. Increase state funds to provide child care for children in low-income working families.
- No Answer
6. Include sexual orientation in California's anti-discrimination laws.
- No Answer
7. Create a state "living wage" standard.
- No Answer
8. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer
9. College and university admissions
- No
10. Public employment
- No
11. State contracting
- No
1. Promote increased use of alternative fuel technology.
- X
2. Use state funds to clean up former industrial and commercial sites that are contaminated, unused, or abandoned.
- No Answer
3. Support a bond for clean air, parks, and water conservation programs.
- No Answer
4. Do you support state funding for open space preservation?
- No
5. Should state environmental regulations be stricter than federal law?
- No
6. Should California purchase the utility lines of power companies?
- No
7. Should California sell state bonds to create an emergency fund for the purchase of energy?
- No
8. Other or expanded principles
- X
1. Ban the sale or transfer of semi-automatic guns, except those used for hunting.
- No Answer
2. Maintain and strengthen the enforcement of existing state restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns.
- No Answer
3. Ease state restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns.
- X
4. Repeal state restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns.
- X
5. Allow citizens to carry concealed guns.
- X
6. Require manufacturers to provide child-safety locks on guns.
- No Answer
7. Require background checks on gun sales between private citizens at gun shows.
- No Answer
8. Require a license for gun possession.
- No Answer
9. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer
1. Ensure that citizens have access to basic health care through managed care, insurance reforms, or state funded care where necessary.
- X
2. Transfer more existing Medicaid recipients into managed care programs.
- X
3. Limit the amount of damages that can be awarded in medical malpractice lawsuits.
- X
4. Support patients' right to sue their HMOs.
- No Answer
5. Support patients' right to appeal to an administrative board of specialists when services are denied.
- No Answer
6. Guaranteed medical care to all citizens is not a responsibility of state government.
- X
7. Legalize physician-assisted suicide in California.
- No Answer
8. Increase state funding for training health workers to recognize and respond to the release of biological agents.
- No Answer
9. Require labeling of foods that contain genetically engineered products.
- No Answer
10. Eliminate the requirement that health care facilities must provide non-emergency medical assistance to illegal immigrants.
- X
11. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer
1. Support current time limits on welfare benefits.
- X
2. Increase employment and job training programs for welfare recipients.
- No Answer
3. Provide tax incentives to businesses that hire welfare recipients.
- No Answer
4. Provide child care for welfare recipients who work.
- No Answer
5. Increase access to public transportation for welfare recipients who work.
- No Answer
6. Eliminate government-funded welfare programs.
- No Answer
7. Redirect welfare funding to faith-based and community-based private organizations.
- X
8. Use federal TANF (Temporary Assistance to Needy Families) funds to expand state services to include the working poor.
- No Answer
9. Support tax credits to developers for the construction of low income housing.
- No Answer
10. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer
On an attached page, in a total of seventy-five (75) words or less, please explain what your two main legislative priorities will be if elected. Please explain how you would obtain any additional government funding needed to implement these priorities.
- No Answer
1. Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation?
- Pro-life
1. In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket?
- No
2. In order to balance the budget, do you support reducing defense spending?
- Unknown Position
1. Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions?
- Unknown Position
1. Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth?
- No
2. Do you support lowering corporate taxes as a means of promoting economic growth?
- Yes
1. Do you support requiring states to adopt federal education standards?
- No
1. Do you support government funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, thermal)?
- Yes
2. Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions?
- No
1. Do you generally support gun-control legislation?
- No
1. Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")?
- Yes
1. Do you support the construction of a wall along the Mexican border?
- Unknown Position
2. Do you support requiring immigrants who are unlawfully present to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship?
- Yes
Do you support the legalization of marijuana for recreational purposes?
- Unknown Position
1. Should the United States use military force in order to prevent governments hostile to the U.S. from possessing a nuclear weapon?
- Unknown Position
2. Do you support increased American intervention in Middle Eastern conflicts beyond air support?
- No
Latest Action: House - 06/19/2019 Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Tracker:Latest Action: House - 06/18/2019 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
Tracker:Latest Action: House - 06/06/2019 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Tracker:Congress convened a joint session on January 6-7, 2021, to count electoral votes by state and confirm the results of the 2020 presidential election. LaMalfa voted against certifying the electoral votes from Arizona and Pennsylvania. The House rejected both objections by a vote of 121-303 for Arizona and 138-282 for Pennsylvania.