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WASHINGTON – House Agriculture Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Produce Subcommittee Ranking Member Jim Costa delivered the following statement at today's hearing entitled “A Review of USDA Animal Disease Prevention and Response Efforts.”

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WASHINGTON – Congressman Jim Costa (CA-21) joined the House Natural Resources Committee legislative field hearing on water issues in the Central Valley. During the hearing, Costa highlighted the importance of his legislation, H.R.

FRESNO, Calif. – After powerful storms battered California with heavy rainfall and flash flooding, Congressman Jim Costa (CA-21) hosted Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works Michael Connor to survey storm damage and water infrastructure projects in the San Joaquin Valley, helping with flood reduction and water conservation.

WASHINGTON – Congressman Jim Costa (CA-21) introduced the 

WASHINGTON – U.S. Representatives Jim Costa (CA-21), Zoe Lofgren (CA-18), Ken Calvert (CA-41), and David Valadao (CA-22), along with U.S. Senators Alex Padilla and Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) led a bipartisan, bicameral letter to President Joe Biden urging him to issue a major disaster declaration for the State of California in response to recent winter storms beginning February 21, 2023.

WASHINGTON – Congressman Jim Costa (CA-21), alongside Representatives Mike Gallagher (WI-08), Bryan Steil (WI-01), Angie Craig (MN-02), Glenn Grothman (WI-06), Jimmy Panetta (CA-19), and Scott Fitzgerald (WI-05), introduced the bipartisan CURD (Codifying Useful Regulatory Definitions) Act to help better inform consumers’ cheese purchasing decisions. This bill would codify a formal definition of “natural cheese,” a term commonly used on food packaging that currently has no official definition.  

WASHINGTON – U.S.

WASHINGTON – U.S. Representatives Jim Costa (CA-21) and Anthony D'Esposito (NY-04) announced the launch of the bipartisan Crime Survivors and Justice Caucus in the 118th Congress.