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November 16, 2023
WASHINGTON (KFSN) -- Valley Congressman Jim Costa, along with the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, has unveiled a report on their investigation into the illegal Reedley lab. Costa was joined by Congressman Mike Gallagher, former Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, city officials from Reedley, and more in a news conference from the U.S. Capitol Wednesday afternoon.
November 12, 2023
FIRST ON FOX: Congress is taking steps to address the rural mental health crisis in the U.S. with new legislation aimed at expanding the mental health resources available to farmers and ranchers.
October 26, 2023
President Joe Biden sent a request to Congress that includes $2.8 billion in disaster aid for farmers and livestock producers affected by natural disasters. The overall request the White House has put together is $56 billion.
October 25, 2023
Five Democratic U.S. representatives from California are calling on the White House to include disaster relief funds for their state’s farmers and growers in their forthcoming supplemental request for domestic priorities. The lawmakers — Jim Costa, Salud Carbajal, Zoe Lofgren, Jimmy Panetta, and Julia Brownley — represent a region of California that was battered by storms and flooding in the early months of 2023, causing an estimated $1.4 billion in damages to its agricultural operations.
October 10, 2023
On the ninth annual National Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Day, U.S. Representatives Jim Costa (CA-21), David Valadao (CA-22), John Larson (CT-01), Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01), and Paul Tonko (NY-20) introduced a bipartisan resolution designating October 8, 2023, as “National Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Day”.
Issues:Energy & EnvironmentEconomy
October 6, 2023
WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. Brad Sherman (D-CA) and a bi-partisan group of U.S. Representatives, including Chris Smith (R-NJ), Frank Pallone (D-NJ), Jim Costa (D-CA), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Lou Correa (D-CA), and Haley Stevens (D-MI), as well as former Rep. Frank Wolfe condemned the ethnic cleansing of Artsakh’s 120,000 Armenian Christians and demanded the Biden Administration hold Azerbaijan accountable, reported the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA).
September 29, 2023
FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- On Friday, the U.S. House of Representatives voted on a short-term bill that would have kept the government open for another month. But the last-ditch effort by Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy failed.
Issues:Economy
September 29, 2023
FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – Support and heartfelt messages continue to pour in for the longest-serving woman senator in American history, Dianne Feinstein, after her passing Thursday evening, including a reflection from Fresno-area Congressman Jim Costa.
September 26, 2023
The federal government is sending hundreds of millions of dollars to assist the construction of California’s high-speed rail project. Federal officials announced that the California High-Speed Rail Authority received nearly $202 million in grant funding that will be utilized in Shafter.
September 21, 2023
Azerbaijan has ramped up attacks on a disputed area with Armenia one year after deadly clashes at their border. In light of recent attacks from Azerbaijan in the contested Nagorno-Karabakh region, Rep. Jim Costa (D–Fresno) is calling for a Congressional delegation to visit the region.
July 16, 2026
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.
Issues:
Immigration