Media
Latest News
WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. Jim Costa announced that an investment of $600,000 is headed to the Valley to expand business opportunities for low- to moderate-income entrepreneurs. The grant to Fresno Community Development Financial Institution was awarded through the U.S. Department of Treasury's CDFI fund for lending and operations.
WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. Jim Costa announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded California more than $18.2 million to improve competitiveness and strengthen the market for specialty crops. The funds were provided by the Specialty Crop Block Grant program, which Costa fought hard to expand in the 2008 Farm Bill and was a key advocate for the additional investment of $375 million provided in the 2013 House version of the Farm Bill that is pending a conference committee with the Senate.
WASHINGTON, DC. – Rep. Jim Costa announced that the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) has released more than $820,000 for the hire of four additional law enforcement officers. The funds are sent directly to law enforcement agencies to help hire or rehire law enforcement officials to improve local safety efforts. In the 16th Congressional District, Atwater, Dos Palos, Gustine, and Madera all received funds to hire an additional officer.
WASHINGTON, DC. – Rep. Jim Costa announced the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded $300,000 to the Livingston Community Health Services and the Central Valley Collaborative to train students for high-skill, good-paying jobs in health information technology. This innovative program will help meet the growing need for qualified health information technology technicians in the Valley. The grant is part of a three year program to create a curriculum and implement the training program.
FRESNO, CA – As a long time advocate for downtown Fresno, Rep. Jim Costa cheered the U.S. Department of Transportation's decision to invest $16 million in the Fulton Mall project that will improve economic opportunities and create jobs in the heart of Fresno. Joining U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx in Fresno for the official announcement, Costa called the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) discretionary grant a "game changer" for downtown.
Fresno, CA – Rep. Jim Costa announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation has awarded $3.6 million to Fresno Yosemite International Airport and more than $660,000 to Merced's Castle Airport. The grant to Fresno will fund completion of the final phase of runway safety improvements and extension at the airport. Merced County will use the funds for construction of a new taxiway that will enable aircraft to exit the runway more efficiently and improve safety at Castle.
FRESNO, CA – At the invitation of Congressman Jim Costa, India's Ambassador Nirupama Rao visited Fresno from August 29-30 and met with a wide cross-section of the Indian-American community, academia and civil society in the San Joaquin Valley.
Fresno, CA – Rep. Jim Costa released the following statement in honor of the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, where Dr. Martin Luther King delivered his historic "I Have a Dream Speech".
Fresno, CA – Rep. Jim Costa pointed to a California Natural Resources Agency report released today as another sign that the Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP) is the best path forward to meet the needs of California's growing population. The report stated that completion of the BDCP would lead to net benefits of between $4.8 billion to $5.4 billion statewide and more than 500,000 jobs due to enhanced water reliability.
Washington, DC-Rep. Jim Costa applauded the U.S. Department of Justice's decision to add Sikh to the categories they track for hate crime offenses in the United States. For more than a year, Costa has been calling for the Department to include these crimes in their annual Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) program. The announcement coincides with the one year anniversary of the tragedy at a Sikh Temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, on Monday, August 5th.