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Export supply chain challenges persisted as 2022 began, as did NMPF's work, together with the U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC), to spotlight the disruptions faced by dairy exporters to build momentum for government action.
NMPF's focus on the issue in January continued its two-track approach of pushing for both legislative reform and near-term steps by the administration to complement that.
The ailing Friant-Kern Canal is getting a facelift seven decades after the 151-mile federal water project was completed.
Local, state and federal officials broke ground Jan. 26 on a $187 million repair of a 10-mile stretch of the canal that will improve water flow after land subsidence reduced water delivery by up to 300,000 acre-feet.
"It hasn't been easy," said state Sen. Melissa Hurtado, D-Sanger, whose legislation to provide state funds for the repairs was watered down and then vetoed by Gov. Gavin Newsom who wanted the bill to include other water projects.
TERRA BELLA – Local and Federal water officials and lawmakers celebrated the groundbreaking of a massive project on the Friant-Kern Canal on Tuesday, marking the start of the canal's restoration.
Coming in at $187 million, the first portion of the massive effort will restore capacity within the canal in a 10-mile portion that has been affected by subsidence: the sinking of the canal's bottom from groundwater removal.
CENTRAL VALLEY, Calif. (KSEE) – Federal, state, and local officials broke ground for a $180 million restoration effort to the Friant-Kern Canal.
"Where water flows food grows," said U.S. Representative Jim Costa, who represents California's 16th District. The Central Valley of California, known as the breadbasket of the world, has three of the highest-ranked counties for food production in the United States.
TERRA BELLA – A "historic ceremony" is what was heard again and again Tuesday afternoon by numerous keynote speakers who gathered at the Friant-Kern Canal near the intersection of Avenue 96 and Road 208 in Terra Bella to celebrate the groundbreaking of a $187 million construction project to restore capacity in a 10-mile portion of the Friant-Kern Canal.
WASHINGTON - U.S. Congress members on Tuesday honored John Earl Madden, a former Oakland Raiders coaching great who went on to become the most famous sportscaster in history.
Congressman Eric Swalwell (D-California) led a Special Order Hour in memory of the 85-year-old Madden who died on Dec. 28 in Pleasanton, which falls in Swalwell's district.
Swalwell along with Congressman Rodney Davis (R-Illinois), Congressman Jim Costa, and Congressman Jerry McNerney (both D-California) each paid tribute to Madden on the Floor of the U.S. House of Representatives.
WASHINGTON — Developing continuity is important for U.S. trade policies with other countries.
"The trade policy that our country has been undergoing for the last two decades has been challenging regardless of which administration has been in office," said U.S. Rep. Jim Costa, D-Calif.
FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- A moment of reflection Thursday in the nation's Capitol and around the country as ceremonies were held marking one year since the deadly assault on the U.S. Capitol.
President Joe Biden delivered a forceful speech one year after a mob of Donald Trump supporters attempted to block the certification of his presidency.
"Those who stormed this Capitol, and those who instigated and incited, and those who called on them to do so, held a dagger at the throat of America," said President Joe Biden.
WASHINGTON (January 5, 2022) – House Agriculture Committee Chairman David Scott and Livestock and Foreign Agriculture Subcommittee Chair Jim Costa issued the following statement on yesterday's announcements regarding the USMCA Dispute on Canadian Dairy Restrictions.
When it comes to our infrastructure, I often say we're living off the investments our parents and grandparents made a generation ago. But right now, with the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, we're entering a new era. The new law will create 2 million jobs per year over the course of a decade, and addresses critical infrastructure needs.
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.