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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. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) has introduced similar bipartisan legislation in the Senate.
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.
Brady, who drives for Lodestar and grew up in Wadena, has been working with the organization for roughly three years. Truckers Against Trafficking is a not-for-profit group that works to educate, raise awareness and combat trafficking in the trucking and travel plaza industries.
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.
The $35 billion bill includes money for the California status quo, ranging from Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta restoration to operations of the sprawling Central Valley Project. It also includes drought-related language, with directives to speed completion of water storage project studies.
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.
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. This bill would remove barriers placed on municipal utilities that prevent them from taking actions to hedge against price volatility in the energy market and to protect consumers from a spike in utility fees.
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.
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.
Mayor Alma Beltran, Mayor Pro Tem Raul Villanueva and City Manager Israel Lara joined Fresno Council of Governments (COG) members in asking federal legislators for support on regional priorities – especially water policy focused on drought relief. The event, called "One Voice," lasted five days and included more than 20 Valley representatives.
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. This year, prompted by the Centennial, a march was organized that lead hundreds of demonstrators from the Holy Trinity Armenian Apostolic church, a distance of approximately 1.5 miles, to Fresno City Hall.
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
As a parade of budget proposals whizzed through Congress this year, Rep. Ami Bera and 30 other lawmakers voted, at the very least, consistently.
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."