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Washington, DC — Congressman Jim Costa (Fresno-D) released the following statement after the Pentagon announced that efforts to reduce the mission at Lajes Field would continue.

FRESNO, CA- Rep. Jim Costa (CA-16) announced that the Fresno Housing Authority has been awarded $121,319 and the County of Merced Housing Authority has been awarded $79,981 to provide case management and rental assistance to homeless veterans. The Housing and Urban Development-Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (HUD-VASH) program is jointly operated by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Since 2008, the HUD-VASH program has served nearly 75,000 veterans nationwide.

Washington, DC —Congressmen Jim Costa (D-CA) and Ted Poe (R-TX), along with U.S. Senators Pat Toomey (R-PA) and Chuck Schumer (D-NY) issued the following statement regarding enactment of a provision to increase disbursals from the Crime Victims Fund:

Washington, DC — Congressman Jim Costa (Fresno-D) released the following statement after the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 5781, the California Emergency Drought Relief Act of 2014, of which he is an original cosponsor.

Washington, DC — Today, Congressman Jim Costa (Fresno-D) spoke on the House Floor, stressing the importance of passing H.R. 5781, the California Emergency Drought Relief Act of 2014. Below is an excerpt from his speech.

"Thank you for the opportunity to speak on H.R. 5781, the California Emergency Drought Relief Act.

Washington, DC — Congressman Jim Costa (CA-D) released the following statement after voting against H.R. 5759, an anti-immigration bill introduced by Rep. Ted Yoho (R-FL).

"This bill would overturn the President's Executive Action which is intended to help fix our broken immigration system. It is estimated that some 4 million people who are undocumented, many of whom are living in our Valley, would benefit from the President's plan. I strongly oppose this bill and voted no.

Washington, DC — Congressman Jim Costa (Fresno-D) supported H.R. 5771, the Tax Increase Prevention Act of 2014, which would extend a number of tax relief provisions that had previously expired. These extensions would prevent tax increases for millions of families and businesses for the 2014 tax year.