Press Releases
Washington, D.C. – At an event celebrating the 65th anniversary of Food for Peace, a program that uses American resources to help prevent and respond to chronic and acute hunger overseas, Congressman Jim Costa (CA-16) spoke about the importance of food security and the need to help the world's most vulnerable populations, a major priority he fought for in the past three farm bills:
[Washington, D.C.] – Congressman Jim Costa (CA-16) voted to pass H.R. 2722, the Securing America's Federal Elections (SAFE) Act, to guard against foreign interference in our democracy by providing funding to states to update and secure their state's voting systems.
Washington, D.C. - Congressman Jim Costa voted to pass H.R. 3401, a $4.5 billion emergency border supplemental appropriations bill to address the urgent humanitarian situation at our Southern border.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Jim Costa (CA-16) and Congressman TJ Cox (CA-21) joined together to introduce a bipartisan resolutioncelebrating the historic, cultural, and significant contributions Portuguese Americans have made to the United States.
(Washington, D.C.) – Congressman Jim Costa (CA-16) along with Rep. TJ Cox (CA-21), and Rep. Josh Harder (CA-10), recently signed and delivered a letter to California Governor Gavin Newsom and other state legislators stating their support for State Senate Bill 559 (SB-559), a critical piece of legislation that would provide funding towards improving the Friant-Kern Canal.
WASHINGTON (June 14, 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 in response to today's announcement of open signup for the 2018 Farm Bill's Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) program.
(Washington, D.C.) - Congressman Jim Costa (CA-16) released the following statement today after Congress voted to pass H.R. 6, The American Dream and Promise Act:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Reps.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Jim Costa (CA-16), the House Agriculture Livestock and Foreign Agriculture Subcommittee Chairman, issued the following statement this afternoon in response to USDA's second round of assistance to farmers impacted by the Administration's trade war:
"This rushed and poorly-planned bailout raises the troubling possibility that some of the nation's most valuable agricultural products, like the fruit and vegetable crops produced in Central California, will receive a different and possibly reduced level of aid," said Costa.