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YEREVAN, March 11, /ARKA/. On March 10, the U.S. House of Representatives passed an Omnibus Appropriations Bill wrapping up the Fiscal Year 2022 spending that calls for "not less than" $45 million for Armenia and $2 million for humanitarian demining in Artsakh, reported the Armenian Assembly of America.
Congresswoman Anna Eshoo and Congressman Jim Costa for joining Congressional Armenian Caucus leaders in calling for $50 million US aid to Artsakh as part of the FY2022 Foreign AId Bill.
In letters to Senate and House Appropriations leaders, Rep. Costa and Eshoo explained:
Lawmakers are weighing options for cracking down on the concentration of market power in the shipping industry, which President Joe Biden targeted in his State of the Union Address Tuesday.
Ocean carriers are in the crosshairs of President Joe Biden, and he isn't the only one targeting the carriers for anti-competitive behavior.
In his March 1 State of the Union address, Biden said, "When corporations don't have to compete, their profits go up, your prices go up, and small businesses and family farmers and ranchers go under."
Biden highlighted ocean carriers moving goods in and out of America.
A dairy trade policy specialist says President Biden outlining plans to crack down on shipping issues in his State of the Union address will greatly benefit the flow of ag exports.
Shawna Morris with the U.S. Dairy Export Federation and National Milk Producers Federation tells Brownfield there have long been antitrust exemptions for shipping carrier companies and Biden's support will hopefully encourage legislative reform.
Rep. Jim Costa, D-Fresno, used an announcement about a $26 million project replacing Highway 99 bridges over Cottonwood Creek in Madera County to deliver even bigger news Friday.
Joined by state Transportation Commission Chair Lee Ann Eager, Costa said that future funding from the $1.2 trillion federal infrastructure bill will widen Highway to six lanes from Avenue 12 to the San Joaquin River.
FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Local leaders are taking action by investing in the community's future to better prepare police officers, firefighters and EMTs.
Construction is underway at the site of Fresno City College's new multi-million dollar First Responders Training Center.
The site will bring together a number of programs and academies into one 40-acre campus location.
FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - It's a project that's been decades in the making, and now local officials say it will be completed by the end of next year.
It's called Veterans Boulevard, which officials say will be completed before the end of 2023. The two-and-a-half-mile, $140 million project will connect Herndon, on the east side of Highway 99, to Shaw Avenue, on the west side of the 99.
"This is an exciting day in the city and county of Fresno," said Mayor Jerry Dyer at a groundbreaking ceremony for the final phase of the project on Thursday.
FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE) – Exactly one year ago rioters stormed the US Capitol as members of congress sheltered in place.
Since then, two Central Valley residents have been charged with allegedly taking part in the break-in.
"A year ago today, of the 18 years I have had the honor and privilege to serve the people of our Valley and our nation, was the saddest day," US Congressman Jim Costa, who was in the Capitol when the riot happened.
FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- More than $19 million is being dedicated to improving transit in the San Joaquin Valley.
Those funds are coming from the $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill signed late last year.
This first round of funding will focus on improving transit systems, including purchasing new bus and rail car units.
The City of Fresno will receive $4.3 million. More than $2 million will go to Visalia, and $1.4 million will go to Hanford.
Porterville will receive $1.2 million, and Merced will get $1.3 million.
Nearly every member of the House Democratic Caucus signed onto a letter demanding an independent investigation into two fatal shootings carried out in the span of a week by officers at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
“We are calling for immediate independent investigations into both of these deaths, without interference,” the lawmakers wrote, referring to the killings of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston and Joan Guerrero in Maine.