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Congressional App Challenge 2025 Winner
December 30, 2025

FRESNO, Calif. — Congressman Jim Costa (CA-21) today announced Natalie Bonilla as the winner of the 2025 Congressional App Challenge for California’s 21st Congressional District. 

Issues:Education
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Press Release Jim Costa
December 18, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Specialty Crop Caucus Co-Chairs Rep. Jim Costa (CA-21), Rep. David Rouzer (NC-07), Rep. Sanford Bishop (GA-02), and Rep. David Valadao (CA-22), joined by 103 Members of Congress, sent a bipartisan letter to the House and Senate Agriculture Committees urging immediate and equitable relief for specialty crop producers. 

Issues:Agriculture
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Press Release Jim Costa
December 17, 2025

FRESNO, Calif. - Congressman Jim Costa (CA-21) today celebrated the official completion and opening of the expanded terminal at Fresno Yosemite International Airport (FYI), marking a major milestone in the airport’s modernization and growth.   

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Press Release Jim Costa
December 12, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Jim Costa (CA-21), senior member of the House Agriculture Committee, joined by 74 bipartisan Members of Congress, is calling on U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer to hold Canada accountable for failing to meet its dairy commitments under the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). The letter urges strong enforcement actions ahead of the 2026 review to protect American dairy producers and ensure both fairness and market access for U.S. exporters. 

Issues:Agriculture
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Press Release Jim Costa
December 11, 2025

WASHINGTON, DC – Representatives Jim Costa (CA-21) and Adam Gray (CA-13) introduced their End California Water Crisis Package today, a suite of bills that would authorize additional California water storage projects, ease permitting restrictions, and create enforceable timelines for environmental review processes. The bills aim to expand California’s water storage capacity by providing funding and technical support to both develop and maintain water infrastructure projects.
 

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Press Release Jim Costa
December 5, 2025

WASHINGTON - This week, Congressman Jim Costa (CA-21) joined a bipartisan coalition of 35 House Members, co-led by Reps. Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) and Jen Kiggans (VA-2), to announce CommonGround 2025, a new framework aimed at lowering health care costs and protecting access to affordable coverage for American families. 

Issues:Healthcare
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Press Release Jim Costa
December 3, 2025

WASHINGTON - In a bipartisan vote this week, the House passed legislation containing Congressman Jim Costa’s (CA-21) Permanent OPTN Fee Authority Act, a key reform designed to improve safety, transparency, and reliability for patients waiting for organ tra

Issues:Healthcare
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Press Release Jim Costa
December 1, 2025

FRESNO, Calif. - U.S. Congressman Jim Costa (CA-21) invites all community members of California’s 21st Congressional District to participate in “Holiday Cards for Vets” program. During these challenging times, everyone can use some love and kindness, through heartfelt and homemade cards; especially our Veterans. 

Residents are encouraged to participate by dropping off or mailing homemade cards to Costa’s offices in Fresno and Visalia. Deadline for submission is Wednesday, December 10th, 2025, at 5:00 P.M. 

Issues:Veterans
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Press Release Jim Costa
November 24, 2025

WASHINGTON - Today, Congressman Jim Costa (CA-21), Ranking Member of the Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Subcommittee, Co-Chair of the Bipartisan Congressional Chicken Caucus, and senior member of the House Agriculture Committee, and Congresswoman Sarah McBride (D-DE) led dozens of Members of Congress in a letter calling on the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to immediately restore full avian influenza surveillance and coordination amid renewed outbreaks across the country.

Issues:Agriculture