Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Jim Costa (D-Fresno) announced today that $831,000 in federal funding was secured for California Agriculture Commissioners and Sealers Association's Pest Detection Augmentation Program in the Fiscal Year 2008 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Appropriations bill.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Jim Costa (D-Fresno) announced today that $2 million in federal funding was secured for Lemoore Naval Air Station's Local Situational Awareness Systems in the Fiscal Year 2008 Defense Appropriations bill. The bill will was passed on the House floor early Sunday morning by a vote of 395 to 13.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Jim Costa (D-Fresno) announced today that $400,000 in federal funding was secured for State Route 198 Expressway in Kings County in the Fiscal Year 2008 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations bill. The bill will was passed on the House floor Tuesday night by a vote of 268 to 153.
FRESNO, CA - On Friday, July 20th, Congressman Jim Costa, D-Fresno, will be available to the press to discuss recent Congressional action on the Farm Bill, as it was marked-up in the House Agriculture Committee this week, and will now proceed to the House floor for a vote.
WHO: Rep. Jim Costa, D-Fresno
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Jim Costa (D-Fresno) announced today that $1,500,000 in federal funding was secured for Semitropic Water Storage District in the Fiscal Year 2008 Energy and Water Appropriations bill, which the House of Representatives approved yesterday by a vote of 312 to 112.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today Congressman Jim Costa (D- Fresno) supported H.R. 2669, the College Cost Reduction Act of 2007. HR 2669 increases Pell Grants and cuts student interest rates which will make college more affordable for low and middle income students and families. The bill also increases scholarships and reduces loan costs at no new expense to U.S.
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congressman Jim Costa (D-Fresno) and Congressman Devin Nunes, (R-Visalia) introduced legislation to designate approximately 69,000 acres of land in the Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Park as the John Krebs Wilderness.
FRESNO, CA - Today, Friday June 29th, Congressman Jim Costa, D-Fresno, will be available to the press to discuss recent Congressional action on the recently passed appropriations bills, immigration, and the upcoming Farm Bill.
WHO: Rep. Jim Costa, D-Fresno
WHAT: Media Availability
FRESNO, CA - Tomorrow, Tuesday July 3rd, Congressman Jim Costa, D-Fresno, and Congresswoman Grace Napolitano, D-CA, will be available to the press to discuss today's field hearing of the Subcommittee on Water and Power regarding the health of the Delta.
WHO: Rep. Jim Costa, D-Fresno and Rep. Grace Napolitano, D-CA
WASHINGTON, DC- Today, Congressman Jim Costa (D-Fresno) announced that a grant of $3,373,245 has been awarded to the Kings Community Action Organization in Hanford, CA their for Head Start and Early Head Start program.