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SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Recent events have focused attention again on the safety of our elected officials in the face of increasing violence against them. Three members of Congress spoke to ABC7 News about their thoughts and their fears on the state of our democracy.
"The incidents of hate has increased 900% in threats to lives of members of Congress in the last four years. Think about that," Congressman Jim Costa said.
Congressman Costa was part of a panel meeting in Oakland on supply chain issues. But also on everyone's mind - their safety.
WASHINGTON—Just hours after the Azerbaijani government launched a heavy artillery attack on Armenian military and civilian sites, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chair Bob Menendez (D-NJ) and leaders of the Congressional Armenian Caucus issued powerful rebukes against President Aliyev’s aggression and demanded an end to U.S. military aid to the brutal dictator, reported the Armenian National Committee of America.
Fresno State opened in 1911 as what was then called Fresno State Normal School. Today it is officially called California State University, Fresno.
Regardless of the name, there is no question of the huge role the university has had over its 111-year-history in the educational advancement of the San Joaquin Valley.
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced the Department's Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $23 million American Rescue Plan Good Jobs Challenge grant to the Fresno County Economic Development Corporation, Fresno, California, to develop and launch a program that aims to bolster and diversify the regional economy by placing thousands of workers into good-paying jobs.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Tom Carper (D-DE), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, and U.S.
FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Fresno City College is celebrating $475,000 in federal funding that will be used to bolster the school's nursing program.
Congressman Jim Costa helped secure the funds to address a significant need in the Valley.
"We have a shortage of nurses, we have a shortage of physicians and this is an opportunity to do something about that," Costa said.
Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chair Bob Menendez and House Foreign Affairs Committee members Brad Sherman (D-CA) and Jim Costa (D-CA) pressed Secretary of State Antony Blinken last week to enforce Section 907 restrictions on U.S. military aid to Azerbaijan and expand U.S. aid to Artsakh, reported the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA). The exchanges with the Secretary of State took place during Senate and House committee hearings reviewing the Biden Administration's Fiscal Year 2023 foreign aid priorities.
NMPF soundly rejected a Canadian proposal to "modify" its dairy tariff rate quota (TRQ) administration process in joint commentswith USDEC to the Canadian government on April 19.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Thursday that the United States would "strongly support" Sweden and Finland should they decide to pursue membership in NATO.
"We, of course, look to them to make that decision. If that's what they decide, we will strongly support it," he told Rep. Jim Costa (D-Calif.) during a House hearing.
Blinken told Costa he could not provide a timeline but noted it is "under very active consideration by both countries."
WASHINGTON, DC – Representatives Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) and Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) were joined by close to 50 US Representatives in introducing the Armenian Genocide Education Act, an ANCA-backed bipartisan measure that would fund Library of Congress educational programs about the history, lessons, consequences and ongoing costs of the Armenian Genocide.
REEDLEY – A federal budget allocation has put Reedley College $2 million closer to being able to build a center where business, technology and agriculture can intersect through innovation.
Tariffs are a dirty word for many people in agriculture. As the American Farm Bureau Federation has pointed out, trade disruptions have created additional hardships for farmers who entered 2025 already dealing with crippling inflation and declining farm prices.
CENTRAL VALLEY, Calif. (KFSN) -- The first State of the Union address of President Trump's second term promised affordability going forward.
The president hopes to change Americans' minds about his economic agenda.
WASHINGTON, DC. (KSEE/KGPE) – In what was the longest State of the Union address in modern history, President Donald Trump began by focusing on immigration.
“When I last spoke in this chamber 12 months ago, I had just inherited a nation in crisis, with a stagnant economy, inflation at record levels, a wide-open border,” Trump said.
FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – The Supreme Court ruled that President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs are illegal in a 6-3 vote.
“Today’s a good day for the rule of law. Today is a good day for affordability, something that Americans and Californians have been screaming for,” California Attorney General Rob Bonta said.