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September 18, 2024

WASHINGTON – Representatives Jim Costa (CA-21), John Garamendi (CA-08), Jared Huffman (CA-02), Ann M.

June 14, 2024
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A bipartisan group of lawmakers is pushing the Biden administration to open up hydrogen tax credits to biogas, Axios has learned. 

Why it matters: The question of what counts as "clean" hydrogen is a defining fight for the IRA. 

Issues:Infrastructure and TransportationEnergy & Environment
May 31, 2024

MARIPOSA COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- Traveling to Yosemite National Park as a group is now easier for people who live in Fresno, or visit the city.

Four brand new YARTS buses are now available, extending the Highway 41 corridor.

"There was absolutely no way, that we could pass up the opportunity to ensure that our residents here in Fresno, as well as those passing through our airport, and visiting would not have the ability to access the gem that we have in Yosemite," said Fresno Mayor Jerry Dyer.

May 30, 2024

FRESNO, Calif – Congressman Jim Costa (CA-21) announced $13 million in federal funding to purchase new clean school buses for School Districts across the Central Valley. Fresno and Selma Unified will receive a combined $8 million in federal funding. This funding was made possible through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, which Costa helped pass in Congress.

May 30, 2024

Millions in federal funding is coming to the Central Valley to purchase electric school buses.

Congressman Jim Costa (D-Fresno) announced $13 million in federal funding to purchase new electric for school districts across the Central Valley.

Fresno Unified and Selma Unified will receive a combined $8 million in federal funding. The funding comes through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, which Costa voted to pass through Congress.

May 23, 2024

WASHINGTON – Congressman Jim Costa (CA-21), Ranking Member of the House Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry, issued the following statement after the House Agriculture Committee marked up the 2024 Farm Bill.

March 22, 2024

WASHINGTON – U.S. Representatives Celeste Maloy (R-UT) and Mary Peltola (D-AK), John Curtis (R-UT), Blake Moore (R-UT), Russ Fulcher (R-ID), Susie Lee (D-NV), and Jim Costa (D-CA) reintroduced the bipartisan Good Samaritan Remediation of Abandoned Hardrock Mines Act.

March 6, 2024

WASHINGTON – Congressman Jim Costa (CA-21) secured $12,235,783 in Community Project Funding through the Fiscal Year 2024 budget. This funding will respond directly to some of the most pressing needs in Fresno and Tulare counties. The budget is expected to be signed into law by President Joe Biden later this week.

March 5, 2024

WASHINGTON - Congressman Jim Costa (CA-21) announced that Natalie Caples, co-CEO of Central California Food Bank will be his guest for the 2024 State of the Union Address.

January 24, 2024
Thirty-one lawmakers spend their time outside of the nation’s capital farming, ranching or running cattle operations, according to a new Congressional Research Service report. Twenty-three of these members hold spots on the House’s roster, while eight serve in the Senate, says the report, which is based on information compiled by Congressional Quarterly. When combined, they make up 5.7% of Congress’ overall membership.