Press Releases
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.
WASHINGTON - Congressman Jim Costa (CA-21), senior member of the House Agriculture Committee, released the following statement regarding President Trump’s recent social media post suggesting he would not comply with the orders of two U.S. District Courts to fund Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits in November.
WASHINGTON - U.S. Representative Jim Costa (CA-21), Rep. Zoe Lofgren (CA-18), Rep. Derek Tran (CA-45), and U.S. Senators Alex Padilla (D-CA) and Adam Schiff (D-CA) led the California Democratic Congressional Delegation in a letter strongly opposing the Department of Education’s decision to rescind $350 million in funding from Minority-Serving Institutions (MSIs).
FRESNO, Calif. - Representative Jim Costa (CA-21), member of the House Agriculture Committee, joined Central California Food Bank to unite local Valley leaders and community organizations to sound the alarm on the devastating impacts of the Trump Administration and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s decision to withhold November SNAP funding during the ongoing government shutdown – despite having the authority to use $5 billion from the contingency fund.
WASHINGTON - U.S. Representatives Jim Costa (CA-21) and Juan Ciscomani (AZ-06), Co-Chairs of the Crime Survivors and Justice Caucus, today introduced a bipartisan resolution to designate October as National Crime Prevention Month, a nationwide effort to put prevention at the forefront of public safety.
FRESNO, Calif. - Congressman Jim Costa, a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement regarding the release of hostages held by Hamas.