Press Releases
Funds will prevent spread of pest threatening Valley grape industry and jobs
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Jim Costa today announced $1.75 million in Farm Bill funding to prevent the spread of the European grapevine moth in California. The spread of the grapevine moth threatens the upcoming summer harvest and the Valley's grape industry.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Jim Costa today announced funding to benefit Kettleman City Elementary School. The Economic Impact Initiative Grant, awarded in the amount of $55,516, will be used to renovate the school's outdoor physical education equipment.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Jim Costa (D-Fresno) responded today to Judge Oliver Wanger's decision on threatened Delta smelt, calling the ruling a win for Valley farmers and the economy. Wanger ruled that the scientific opinions regarding smelt were flawed and that water regulations must consider human factors along with fish concerns.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressmen Jim Costa and Dennis Cardoza demanded answers from the National Academy of Sciences to explain why a scientist whose findings question the validity of federal water policy was removed from the panel examining the factors degrading the health ofthe Bay-Delta and solutions to the region's water challenges.
FRESNO,CA.– Congressman Jim Costa (D-Fresno) issued the following statement regardingtoday's groundbreaking ceremony for the Fresno Veterans Home.
"Todayis the culmination of efforts we started over ten years ago. Our work to locateand fund a Veterans home in the Valley has paid off. This home has been a laborof love and a personal mission for many years.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Jim Costa (D-Fresno) said he will use a new study to further his fight to change water regulations that punish the Valley for fish-killing pollutants dumped into the water system far to the north.
Costa has long contended that flawed water regulations are devastating the local economy by diverting water from the Valley in the name of saving fish while all but ignoring the effects of pollutants entering the Bay Delta from as far north as the Bay Area and Sacramento.
Bill will curb milk price volatility and promote industry growth
WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Jim Costa (D-Fresno) today introduced legislation to protect American jobs and strengthen our nation's dairy industry. The Dairy Price Stabilization Act promotes market stability and individual dairy farmers' ability to grow their own business.