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Funding will Help Producers with Air and Water Quality and Water Conservation Practices

Washington, D.C. - Congressmen Jim Costa (D-CA) and Dennis Cardoza (D-CA) today announced $9.5 million in additional funding assistance for California farmers seeking to make farm improvements that will help to improve air quality, water quality or conserve water. These funds will be provided through USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS).

Washington, D.C. - Congressman Jim Costa (D-CA) released the following statement regarding his vote in favor of the bipartisan debt limit compromise. The compromise extends the debt limit of the United States through the beginning of 2013, reduces the national deficit by $1.2 trillion over ten years, establishes a 12 member bipartisan congressional committee to develop a long-term deficit reduction plan, and allows for a vote on a balanced budget amendment.

Washington, D.C. – Congressman Jim Costa (D-CA) released the following statement regarding the U.S. courthouse currently under construction in Bakersfield, California:

Costa: "It's time for cooler heads to prevail."

Washington, D.C. – CongressmanJim Costa (D-Fresno) released the following statement regarding today's vote on S. 627, legislation sponsored by Speaker of the House John Boehner to provide a short-term increase in the nation's debt limit. The bill passed the House by a vote of 218-210, and awaits consideration by the Senate where passage is considered unlikely.

Washington, D.C. – Congressman Jim Costa (D-Fresno) applauded the announcement from the U.S. Department of Labor that the Kern County Employers' Training Resource (ETR) will receive a $2,107,959 grant from the National Farmworker Jobs Program (NFJP). The grant will enable the ETR to continue providing a full array of services for migrant and seasonal farmworkers including vocational education, on-the-job training, work experience, case management, and job search assistance in both English and Spanish.

Washington, D.C. – Congressman Jim Costa (D-Fresno) released the following statement regarding President Obama's televised address on the status of the war in Afghanistan.

Washington, D.C. – Congressman Jim Costa (D-Fresno) continued his fight against wasteful taxpayer subsidies for corn ethanol by joining his colleagues in introducing the Ethanol Subsidy Repeal Act, bipartisan legislation that would fully eliminate the Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit (VEETC) and repeal the import tariff on foreign ethanol. The bill would save taxpayers $2.7 billion this year and $6 billion in each subsequent years.

Site selected one of America's 11 Most Endangered Historic Places

Washington, D.C. – Congressman Jim Costa (D-Fresno) congratulated Hanford's China Alley for being named one of America's 11 Most Endangered Historic Places by the National Trust for Historic Preservation (NTHP). Costa supported this designation for China Alley in a letter to the NTHP in January.