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Gov. Gavin Newsom took considerable political heat over the weekend from a pair of unlikely sources — the environmental community and Democratic lawmakers.
Both were angered over his pledge Saturday to veto Senate Bill 1, a proposal that they say would have protected California's waterways and fish against the Trump administration.
The 99-year-old World War II veteran and Pearl Harbor survivor used a walker as he made his way slowly to the front of the room, amid hugs and kisses. The look on his face was one of awe, wonder and tearful happiness.
Family members, friends and fellow veterans gathered for the surprise ceremony to honor Paredes and present him with a series of medals he earned in wartime overseas but never received during in his long life back in America.
The Atwater resident served in the Unites States Army from 1941 to 1945.
Congressman Jim Costa (CA-16), has introduced H.R. 4204, The Special Guerrilla Units (SGU) Service Recognition Expansion Act, bipartisan legislation that expands eligibility for interment in national cemeteries to all Hmong and Lao citizens who fought in support of the United States during the Vietnam War. Currently, only Hmong and Lao SGU Veterans who became naturalized citizens after the Hmong Veterans Naturalization Act of 2000 are eligible to receive burial benefits.
WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Jahana Hayes (CT-05), Jim Costa (CA-16), Senator Kamala Harris (CA), and Congressmembers Julia Brownley (CA-26), Jesús "Chuy" García (IL-04), Ann Kirkpatrick (AZ-02), Mike Levin (CA-49), Jim Himes (CT-04), and John Larson (CT-01) introduced H.R. 3973, the Clean School Bus Act. This legislation would provide $1 billion to help school districts across the country replace traditional school buses with electric ones.
FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- For Parvin Malek, and many of the thousands of Iranian Americans living in the Fresno area, the threat of war between the United States and Iran has become a constant worry.
"I am very scared. I am very worried about my people," Malek said. "I think that if this tension if the war starts nothing good will come of this war."
Many members of Congress, including Jim Costa (D-Fresno) are relieved the President called off a supposed military attack on Iran Thursday night.
Rep. Jim Costa, D-Fresno, Friday joined members of the House Hispanic Caucus to denounce plans by the Trump administration to conduct weekend sweeps that caucus members say will divide families and spread fear through communities.
Supporters of the American Dream and Promise Act in the visitor galleries roared "Yes We Can" as House Democrats muscled through legislation bestowing a chance for citizenship on an estimated 2 million-plus migrants.
But Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell delivered a "No You Can't" the next day.
Combined with President Donald Trump's veto threat, it appears the "Dreamers" will have to wait for protection from deportation and a pathway toward citizenship.
Several central San Joaquin Valley leaders gathered Tuesday to proclaim their opposition to the reinstatement of the United States Social Security Administration's "no-match" letters program, which the elected officials say targets the area's many undocumented workers and will have a devastating effect on the local agricultural economy.
November 24, 2018 - Washington, D.C. – Valley Congressman Jim Costa (CA-16) was elected Vice Chairperson of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly's Economic Security Committee last week during the Assembly's 64th annual session in Halifax, Canada.
Rep. Jim Costa is a talker. He will be the first to admit it.
"You ask what time it is, and I'll tell you how to make a watch," the Democrat said as he drove through his central Fresno neighborhood on Aug. 28.
California lawmakers met Monday with Central Valley immigration advocates and community organizations to discuss concerns about immigration enforcement, detention facility conditions and access to legal services following an unannounced visit to an ICE detention facility in Kern County.
U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla and U.S. Rep. Jim Costa made an unannounced visit Monday to Golden State Annex in McFarland, saying they wanted to inspect conditions inside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility amid what they described as a surge in immigration enforcement across California.
FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Rep. Jim Costa and several California lawmakers have sent a letter to Acting ICE Director David Venturella seeking greater transparency about ongoing immigration enforcement operations they say have been carried out across the state.