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Fresno, CA – Yesterday, Congressman Jim Costa (CA-16) was joined by Special Guerrilla Unit (SGU) veterans and veterans organization leaders to announce and celebrate the enactment of the Hmong Veterans' Service Recognition Act as incorporated into last week's appropriations law.
Washington, D.C. – In a letter released late last week, Congressman Jim Costa (CA-16) led his fellow Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) members in calling on Acting Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Thomas Homan to redirect ICE's limited resources from the recently increasing number of I-9 work site audits to more strategic and effective vehicles for law enforcement and ensuring community safety.
Last week, as I walked through the rows of almond trees on my ranch outside of Fresno, I thought of my father and grandfather, who farmed this same land. I thought about the opportunity land presents to each generation, and the challenges we all face as San Joaquin Valley farmers.
Farmers in our Valley always face three major challenges among many others: Water, labor, and trade.
Washington, D.C. – Wednesday, Rep. Ted Poe (TX-2) and Rep. Jim Costa (CA-16), co-chairmen of the bipartisan Congressional Victims' Rights Caucus (VRC), introduced H.R. 5363 to protect the Crime Victims Fund from both budget sequestration or being redirected to other uses.
Washington, D.C. – Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed an amended version of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2018, more commonly referred to as "the Omnibus," by a vote of 256 to 167. The legislation is a government spending bill, in that it funds federal government programs through September 2018 at the new levels established in last month's budget agreement.
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Jim Costa (CA-16) continued his efforts to strengthen the relationship between the United States and Portugal by advocating for the Advancing Mutual Interests and Growing Our Success Act, or the AMIGOS Act (H.R. 5173).
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Jim Costa (CA-16), a senior member on the House Natural Resources Committee, urged U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke to increase pumping during the storms falling in the San Joaquin Valley and across Central and Northern California, consistent with provisions Costa secured in the Water Infrastructure for Improvements to the Nation (WIIN) Act in 2016.
By: Mackenzie Mays
Fresno congressman Jim Costa is urging federal immigration agents to cut back on workplace audits, saying they will have a "severe and disproportionate" impact on agricultural communities in the Valley.
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressmen Billy Long (R-MO-7) and Jim Costa (D-CA-16) introduced H.R. 5275, the Agricultural Certainty for Reporting Emissions Act, or ACRE Act, in the U.S. House of Representatives with strong bipartisan support. The legislation aims to rectify a widely-understood shortcoming with the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), a law which has provided for the clean-up of severe industrial chemical toxic waste for over 30 years.
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Jim Costa (CA-16) released the following statement after President Trump signed new steel and aluminum tariffs which impose a 10 percent tariff on aluminum imports and a 25 percent tariff on steel imports:
"California agriculture will likely feel the most intense and direct pain from these tariffs. California farmers and ranchers earned about $21 billion from trade in 2016, which was roughly 44 percent of their total revenue.