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October 22, 2019

WASHINGTON- House Agriculture Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture Chairman Jim Costa of California delivered the following statement after hosting a roundtable today with USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection leaders:

Issues:Agriculture
October 22, 2019

WASHINGTON, DC—Congressmen Jim Costa (CA-16), John Garamendi (CA-03), Josh Harder (CA-10), and TJ Cox (CA-21) and U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein released the following statement on the updated biological opinions for federally protected fish species and coordinated operations of the Central Valley Project and State Water Project:

Issues:Water
October 21, 2019

(WASHINGTON, DC) – Congressman Jim Costa (CA-16) joined California Congressional colleagues Rep. Jimmy Panetta (CA-20) and Rep. Barbara Lee (CA-13) in sending a letter to U.S.

October 16, 2019

WASHINGTON- House Agriculture Livestock and Foreign Agriculture Subcommittee Chairman Jim Costa of California released the following statement after a briefing from Ambassador Gregg Doud of the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative:

Issues:Agriculture
October 16, 2019

(WASHINGTON) - Congressman Jim Costa (CA-16) released the following statement after the House voted to pass H.J. Res.

October 10, 2019

(FRESNO) Congressman Jim Costa released the following statement after working with Congressional colleagues TJ Cox (CA-10) and Josh Harder (CA-21) in sending a letter to EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler and Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao in response to the Trump Administration's proposal to implement the Safer Affordable Fuel-Efficient (SAFE) Vehicle Rule:

October 8, 2019

(FRESNO) Congressman Jim Costa (CA-16) released the following statement in response to President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw American troops from northern Syria:

"The President's decision to withdraw from Northern Syria and abandon our Kurdish allies is disgraceful and deeply harmful to our national security," said Costa.

September 25, 2019

WASHINGTON (September 25, 2019) – House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin C. Peterson of Minnesota and Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture Chairman Jim Costa of California issued the following statements Tuesday on the release of details contained in a tariff reduction agreement between the United States and Japan.

Issues:Agriculture
September 24, 2019

(WASHINGTON) – Congressman Jim Costa (CA-16) released the following statement:

"The allegations the President may have used his position to intimidate a foreign government for personal gain are alarming. As members of Congress, we took an oath to preserve and protect our democracy and Constitution. We cannot turn a blind eye to abuse of power.

September 19, 2019

WASHINGTON (September 19, 2019) - Congressman Jim Costa (CA-16) issued the following statement regarding the passage of a Continuing Resolution to fund the government through November 21: