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Washington, D.C. – Congressman Jim Costa released the following statement in response to both the Republican and Democratic budgets proposed.
"At a time when our national economy is finally beginning to stabilize it is critical that Congress move forward with a budget that is fiscally responsible while investing in our nation's future. It is of no benefit to continue proposing budgets that are based solely on party lines and do not provide common sense, realistic solutions for the issues facing our nation.
Washington, D.C.- Below is an excerpt of Congressman Jim Costa's opening statement at the Livestock and Foreign Agriculture Subcommittee's hearing on County-of-Origin-Labeling (COOL) that was held earlier today.
"It does not surprise many in this room that I believe mandatory, government-run Country-of-Origin-Labeling (COOL) is a failed experiment. Unfortunately, this issue has persisted for several years with the same flawed arguments being used time and again.
ESSEX JUNCTION – U.S. Rep. Peter Welch visited a family owned motorcycle shop in Essex Junction on Monday and announced he has reintroduced bipartisan legislation that would abolish a federal mandate to add biofuels, such as corn ethanol, to gasoline.
"Current law requires that corn-based ethanol be a part of all of our fuel," Welch said. "The corn-based ethanol has been a well-intentioned flop. It just has not achieved the goals it was set out to do."
A who's who of Madera County politicians debated in Madera South High School's inaugural civic symposium on Friday.
Congressman Jim Costa, Sen. Anthony Cannella, Assembly Member Frank Bigelow, County Supervisor Brett Frazier and Madera Mayor Robert Poythress answered questions from students ranging from President Barack Obama's executive order on immigration to high speed rail.
The symposium was limited to students in the school's senior class, who had to apply to attend the event.
Fresno, CA – Congressman Costa, who was instrumental in both drafting the language for the Supplemental Nutrition and Assistance Program (SNAP) Employment and Training Pilot Projects and including it in the 2014 Farm Bill received good news for his district. As a result of his tireless efforts, Fresno County Department of Social Services will receive $12.3 million as part of the SNAP Employment and Training Pilot Projects to build on the existing efforts of Fresno Bridge Academy.
Washington, D.C. - Today, Congressman Jim Costa released the following statement after California Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr., Senate President pro Tempore Kevin de León, Assembly Speaker Toni Atkins, and Republican Leaders Senator Bob Huff and Assemblymember Kristin Olsen announced legislation that would assist communities struggling to cope with the historic drought. The $1 billion package would expedite bond funding and help ensure that Californians have access to water.
Thumbs up to the California lawmakers for helping to relaunch a bid to put the House of Representatives on record as recognizing the Armenian genocide. The resolution was introduced this week with more than 40 co-sponsors. Noting the upcoming 100th anniversary, Rep. Jim Costa, D-Fresno, said, "Our detractors will always say, ‘Now is not the right time.' I say, The time is now." A century is long enough to wait.
WASHINGTON — California lawmakers on Wednesday helped relaunch the latest, long-shot bid to put the House of Representatives on record as recognizing the Armenian genocide.
A perennial effort that always faces stiff political and diplomatic headwinds, the familiar resolution was introduced Wednesday with more than 40 co-sponsors, some of them House freshmen. The intention, though, remains the same as it has been for several decades.
Some of this area's top government leaders gathered recently to discuss the future of the Castle Aviation and Commerce Center.
If you are not aware of the issues in Castle's decades-old redevelopment saga, here are some of the key topics discussed: the current infrastructure, the cost of doing business in the park that businesses must take on, needed demolitions of buildings on the property, the current lack of easy access to Highway 99, and the lack of skilled workers staying in the region.
Given that old adage, "You can't tell where you're going unless you know where you've been," casting a close eye over last year's congressional voting patterns is in order.
Sure, that was an election year for a divided Capitol, while Republicans now run the whole show and their performance isn't subject to formal assessment by the voters until next year. But still, members behaved in the second half of the 113th Congress in ways distinctive enough to create several storylines to watch throughout the 114th.