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David Valadao

David Goncalves Valadao is an American politician and dairy farmer serving as the U.S. representative for California’s 22nd congressional district since 2023. His district comprises part of the San Joaquin Valley.

Born: 1977 (age 47 years), Hanford, CA
Office: Representative (R-CA 22nd District) since 2023
Previous offices: Representative, CA 21st District (2021–2023), Representative, CA 21st District (2013–2019)
Education: College of the Sequoias (1996–1998), Hanford High School (1995)
Candidate for: 2024 United States House of Representatives elections in California
Previous campaigns: US House Elections in California, 2022, MORE
Nationality: American

Rudy Salas

Issues

David Valadao

Source: Campaign Site

AGRICULTURE
FIGHTING FOR CENTRAL VALLEY FARMERS
As a dairy farmer, David understands the challenges that our farmers and ranchers face as a part of California’s competitive agriculture industry. It is critical to ensure California remains an agricultural leader that provides good careers for the Central Valley and food for the world.

California’s diverse agricultural economy is a $35 billion-dollar industry that produces over 400 commodities and accounts for over a half of our nation’s fruits and vegetables. We need to ensure our farmers and ranchers have the tools they need to produce our food supply and that they continue to remain competitive internationally.

VETERANS
We owe a great debt of gratitude to those who fight to preserve our freedom. Whether it be ensuring they have the tools to stay safe in battle, access to high quality healthcare, or education and employment opportunities here at home, our men and women in uniform deserve our gratitude and our support.

WATER
In the Central Valley, life as we know it is dependent upon securing a reliable and clean supply of water. Farmers, families, and entire communities must receive the water they need to strengthen the economy and raise our families.

JOBS & ECONOMY
While the stock market is at an all-time high and the unemployment rate nationally continues to drop, too many people in the 21st Congressional District are out of work and aren’t feeling the positive effects of our growing economy. The unemployment rate in the San Joaquin Valley is nearly double the national average.

HEALTHCARE
David believes quality, affordable healthcare should be available to all Americans. It is important to enact reforms that lower the cost of healthcare while maintaining access to healthcare for America’s most vulnerable populations – like the elderly, poor and those with pre-existing conditions.

SENIORS
Our nation’s financial situation requires that we carefully examine the future of programs our seniors depend upon like Medicare and Social Security.

IMMIGRATION
As the son of immigrants, immigration reform is an issue close to David’s heart. David knows that our current system is broken and in need of comprehensive repair.

EDUCATION
As the father of three, David understands that every child learns differently and needs to have access to a quality, affordable education that works for them.

SPENDING
David believes that Washington should live by the same rules as every American family, which means they must balance the budget and spend no more than what they take in.

REFORM D.C.
David believes the role of government agencies is to serve the interest of every American, not what is best for bureaucrats in Washington.

ENERGY
Our nation, especially California, is blessed with an abundance of traditional and renewable energy resources. However, red tape and frivolous litigation is blocking the development of America’s energy resources, killing jobs and slamming families with sky-high energy costs.

Rudy Salas

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DRUG PRICES

Rudy Salas is committed to ensuring that Central Valley families have equitable access to necessary, life-saving prescriptions. The price of insulin for people with diabetes in the U.S. are up to ten times higher than in other developed nations. Rudy took action and voted to lower insulin prices in California – even voting to make California the first state to manufacture its own insulin to cut the drug companies’ stranglehold on prices. Rudy also worked to hold pharmaceutical companies accountable to prevent price gouging by expanding access to generic drugs at lower prices and increasing price transparency. And he’ll fight to let Medicare negotiate with Big Pharma for lower prices for California seniors.

David Valadao does not hold the same values. Instead, he puts Big Pharma first. He voted against capping insulin prices at $35 a month in the United States, and Valadao voted against negotiating with the drug companies for lower prices.

HEALTHCARE

In the legislature, Rudy has worked to expand access to mental health care in rural and underserved communities and secured funding to fight Valley Fever.

The University of California now estimates that in part because of Rudy’s votes. 93% of Californians now have access to healthcare.

In Congress, he’ll fight to defend the Affordable Care Act against attempts to gut its benefits or allow insurance companies to deny coverage to Californians with pre-existing conditions like asthma. And he’ll work to expand Medicare to cover dental, vision, and hearing care for seniors.

ECONOMY/JOBS

Rudy Salas’ record shows his commitment to the Central Valley’s economic development and job procurement. He has voted to raise the minimum wage, led the fight for farm workers to get overtime pay, and promoted economic growth and development throughout the Central Valley.

He’ll do the same in Congress. Rudy will fight to expand job training and apprenticeship programs to give everyone access to the skills needed to fill good jobs, further invest in our infrastructure to extend broadband access to all communities, and ensure good roads and bridges that can get crops and goods to market and work to level the playing field so that small businesses and entrepreneurs have equal access to the capital they need to grow.

Rudy will also work to fight inflation and reduce the cost of living by fixing our broken supply chain, ramping up domestic energy production to lower gas prices, and cracking down on corporations that rip off Californians by price gouging.

David Valadao voted to keep a $7.25 federal minimum wage and has put large corporations ahead of California small businesses at every turn. He even voted against the bipartisan infrastructure bill, opposing critical investments that will improve our supply chain, strengthen our water resources, and expand broadband access.

CLEAN WATER

Rudy Salas secured funding to construct new clean water wells across the Central Valley and fought for the historic $7.5 billion water bond that invested entirely in water infrastructure.

David Valadao may say he’s good on water, but he voted against bringing millions of dollars for clean water infrastructure to the Central Valley. Over 900,000 Californians don’t have access to clean drinking water.

PUBLIC SAFETY

Rudy Salas was awarded Legislator of the Year by the California 9-1-1 Emergency Dispatchers and California Police Chiefs Association for his work championing the public safety of Central Valley residents. He’s been proud to fight for strong funding for Central Valley law enforcement to keep our communities safe.

SENIORS

California seniors need Representatives in Congress who will fight to protect Social Security and Medicare. Rudy will stop any attempts to cut the guaranteed benefits seniors have earned, including turning Social Security over to Wall Street or raising the retirement age. And he will work to cut costs for seniors by lowering drug prices and expanding Medicare to cover dental, vision, and hearing care.

WOMEN’S HEALTH

Rudy Salas has always believed that the government shouldn’t interfere in a woman’s healthcare decisions. Rudy put Proposition 1 on the ballot to protect the rights of women to control their own bodies. These most personal decisions are to be decided by a woman, her doctor, and within her faith.

So far this year, over 14,000 women have been raped in California. David Valadao is co-sponsoring a bill criminalizing abortion for a woman who was raped.