Press Releases
WASHINGTON - This week, Congressman Jim Costa (CA-21) joined a bipartisan coalition of 35 House Members, co-led by Reps. Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) and Jen Kiggans (VA-2), to announce CommonGround 2025, a new framework aimed at lowering health care costs and protecting access to affordable coverage for American families.
WASHINGTON - In a bipartisan vote this week, the House passed legislation containing Congressman Jim Costa’s (CA-21) Permanent OPTN Fee Authority Act, a key reform designed to improve safety, transparency, and reliability for patients waiting for organ tra
FRESNO, Calif. - U.S. Congressman Jim Costa (CA-21) invites all community members of California’s 21st Congressional District to participate in “Holiday Cards for Vets” program. During these challenging times, everyone can use some love and kindness, through heartfelt and homemade cards; especially our Veterans.
Residents are encouraged to participate by dropping off or mailing homemade cards to Costa’s offices in Fresno and Visalia. Deadline for submission is Wednesday, December 10th, 2025, at 5:00 P.M.
WASHINGTON - Today, Congressman Jim Costa (CA-21), Ranking Member of the Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Subcommittee, Co-Chair of the Bipartisan Congressional Chicken Caucus, and senior member of the House Agriculture Committee, and Congresswoman Sarah McBride (D-DE) led dozens of Members of Congress in a letter calling on the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to immediately restore full avian influenza surveillance and coordination amid renewed outbreaks across the country.
WASHINGTON - Congressional Agriculture Trade Caucus Co-Chairs Reps. Jim Costa (D-CA), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Adrian Smith (R-NE), and Dusty Johnson (R-SD) led 109 of their colleagues in sending a letter to Ambassador Jamieson Greer, the U.S. Trade Representative, highlighting how the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) delivers for American agriculture.
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Representatives Jim Costa (CA-21), Kim Schrier (WA-08), Dan Newhouse (WA-04), John Garamendi (CA-03), Vince Fong (CA-20), Doug LaMalfa (CA-01), and Sharice Davids (KS-03) introduced the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) Amendments of 2025, a bipartisan bill to update and improve a loan program that funds critical water and wastewater infrastructure projects through modernized water systems in the San Joaquin Valley and California.
WASHINGTON - Tonight, Congressman Jim Costa (CA-21) released the following statement after voting on the FY26 continuing resolution.
FRESNO, Calif. - Congressman Jim Costa (CA-21), senior member of the House Agriculture Committee, released the following statement in response to a federal appeals court denying President Trump's bid to halt SNAP funding.
FRESNO, Calif. - Congressman Jim Costa (CA-21), senior member of the House Agriculture Committee, released the following statement in response to the recent order by Judge John McConnell of the District of Rhode Island to the Trump Administration to fully fund and issue SNAP benefits by Friday, November 7, 2025.