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May 15, 2015

Washington, D.C. – Rep. Jim Costa (D-CA) was joined by Vietnam veteran Rep. Paul Cook (R-CA) in reintroducing the Hmong Veterans' Service Recognition Act. The legislation would extend burial benefits in national cemeteries to Hmong and Lao Americans who served beside U.S. Armed Forces during the Vietnam War.

May 3, 2015

New York Mills truck driver Bill Brady feels like he's making a difference through his work with the not-for-profit group Truckers Against Trafficking.

May 1, 2015

The House on Friday passed a big energy and water spending bill that showcases the continuing federal discord over how to handle California's drought.

May 1, 2015

Washington, DC - Rep. Costa released the following statement after the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 2028, the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Bill.

April 28, 2015

Washington, D.C. - Congressman Jim Costa joined Congressman Doug LaMalfa to introduce H.R. 2041, the "Public Power Risk Management Act (PPRMA)," bipartisan legislation would provide stability in energy prices for consumers.

April 28, 2015

Today U.S. Sens. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) and Joe Donnelly (D-Ind.) reintroduced S. 1111, the Public Power Risk Management Act, bipartisan legislation that would clarify provisions of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act in order to provide permanent relief to public power utilities and keep energy affordable for Americans.

April 28, 2015

Parlier government leaders returned from Washington, D.C. on April 16 after delivering a message to the White House: The California drought affects every resident in the state.

April 28, 2015

Again this April 24th the Armenian National Committee of America Central California with the support of the City of Fresno raised both the United States and Armenian flags in front of City Hall to commemorate the Armenian Genocide.

April 27, 2015

Democrats in competitive districts formed largest bloc of 'no' voters in last month's House budget debate

California's No. 1 — in House members who voted no on every budget bill

Most Congress members have little mandate to compromise, putting those from swing districts in a tough spot

April 24, 2015

Ghostly Armenian remembrances haunt the nation's capital, heartbreaking, but often incomplete.

An abandoned bank building stands empty downtown, the site of a long-planned Armenian Genocide Museum and Memorial that's buried beneath spectacularly acrimonious litigation. It's near the White House, whose centennial commemorative statement Friday will omit the word "genocide."