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Fresno, CA – Today, Rep. Jim Costa (D-CA) announced $50,938 in funding assistance for the California National Hmong American Farmers, Inc. The funding, which comes from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), will provide interpretation services to Southeast Asian farmers throughout the Central Valley. The funds were made available through the Rural Business Enterprise Grant (RBEG) program.

Fresno – Today,Rep. Jim Costa (CA-16) announced that the City of Chowchilla has been awarded $1,000,000 by the Department of Housing and Community Development to further economic, community and housing advancements being made throughout the city. The funds were made available through the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program.

Washington, D.C. – Today, Representatives Jim Costa (D-CA) and Rick Crawford (R-AR), Ranking Member and Chairman of the Subcommittee on Livestock, Rural Development, and Credit respectively, issued the following statement regarding the World Trade Organization (WTO) ruling against the United States and its mandatory Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) requirements set forth by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA):

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Jim Costa (D-Fresno) and Dr. Raul Ruiz (D-Palm Desert) led 24 members of the California Delegation in a letter to the California Hospital Association President and CEO, C. Duane Dauner, and the California Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems President and CEO, Erica Murray, to help ensure that hospitals across California are taking all appropriate measures to train and prepare their staff to screen, diagnose, and treat potential Ebola patients.

Washington, DC – Today, Co-Chairs of the Victims' Rights Caucus, Representatives Jim Costa (D-CA) and Ted Poe (R-TX), along with Representatives Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), and Vicky Hartzler (R-MO), led a bipartisan effort to urge the major U.S. sports leagues to review and strengthen their policies regarding domestic violence, sexual assault, and child abuse.

Merced, CA – Today, Congressman Jim Costa (D-Merced) and Merced City Councilman Josh Pedrozo hailed a decision by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to maintain Essential Air Service at the Merced Regional Airport. Rep. Costa, along with other local officials, led the effort to save Essential Air Service when the federal transportation agency threatened to end the program in Merced earlier this year.

Fresno, CA— Congressman Jim Costa (Fresno-D) released the following statement after the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) approved a rule that would exempt producers, utility companies, and other non-financial entities from being required to register as swap dealers when they enter into energy contracts with government-owned utilities.

The rule, in many ways, reflects the intent of bipartisan H.R. 1038, the Public Power Risk Management Act of 2013, which was co-sponsored by Rep. Jim Costa and introduced in March of 2013.

Fresno, CA — Congressman Jim Costa (Fresno-D) released the following statement after the Bureau of Reclamation released the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the Upper San Joaquin River Basin Storage Investigation. The DEIS describes possible benefits and impacts of increasing water storage through a proposed dam and reservoir about 25 miles northeast of Fresno in California's Central Valley.