Press Releases
FRESNO, Calif. – Today, Congressman Jim Costa (CA-16) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Under Secretary for Rural Development Xochitl Torres Small announced nearly $1 million in emergency rural health care grants for the Central California Food Bank to tackle food insecurity and support healthy outcomes in communities across the San Joaquin Valley.
FRESNO, Calif. - Congressman Jim Costa (CA-16), a member of the House Natural Resources Committee, hosted United States Department of the Interior Secretary Deb Haaland on a tour of Fresno and Madera counties, where they met and spoke with Valley water leaders and farmers about the impact of the drought crisis in the San Joaquin Valley and across California.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Jim Costa (CA-16) announced a $23 million American Rescue Plan Good Jobs Challenge grant for the Fresno County Economic Development Corporation (EDC) to develop and spur the Central Valley's economy and create new, good-paying jobs in industries of high-demand.
WASHINGTON - Today, Reps. Jim Costa (CA-16), Mike Thompson (CA-05), Dan Newhouse (WA-04), Jimmy Panetta (CA-20), Cindy Axne (IA-03) and 17 members introduced legislation to reauthorize the Emergency Relief Program (formerly known as WHIP+) for natural disasters that occurred in 2022. The ERP offers critical assistance to agricultural producers, including grapegrowers, whose crops were impacted by smoke taint.
WASHINGTON — Today, Chair of the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture Jim Costa (D-CA), Chair of the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Donald M. Payne, Jr. (D-NJ), Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR), and Chair of the House Committee on Agriculture David Scott (D-GA) introduced the Freight Rail Shipping Fair Market Act.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Jim Costa (CA-16), a member of the Natural Resources Committee, released the following statement after the House passed