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WASHINGTON, DC- Today, Congressman Jim Costa (D-Fresno) announced that a total of $2.1 million has been awarded to the City of San Joaquin to help upgrade and expand the city's wastewater treatment plant. Funding was released through the US Department of Commerce made available through the Economic Development Administration.

WASHINGTON, DC- Today, Congressman Jim Costa (D-Fresno) announced that a total of $1.7 million has been awarded to the Fresno Area Hispanic Foundation to help renovate and expand a commercial building to serve as a business incubator for Fresno's designated enterprise zone. Funding was released through the US Department of Commerce made available through the Economic Development Administration.

FRESNO, CA- Congressman Jim Costa (D-Fresno) is pleased to announce that a total of $600,000 is coming to the Fresno Community Development Financial Institution in downtown Fresno. These dollars are being awarded through the U.S. Department of the Treasury's CDFI Fund and were made available in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

WASHINGTON, D.C.— Congressman Jim Costa (D-Fresno) voted no today on HR 2454, the American Clean Energy and Security Act. Unfortunately, it passed by a slim vote of 219 to 212. Following this vote, Costa released the following statement.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, Congressman Jim Costa (D-Fresno) made the following statement at a full committee hearing of the House Committee on Financial Services. The hearing was on the Economic Disaster Area Act legislation written by Congressman Dennis Cardoza (D-Merced) and Costa.

Statement as prepared for delivery

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the House of Representatives failed pass a bipartisan amendment to the Commerce –Justice-Science Appropriations Act (the Act) which would have cut all funding to the misguided National Marine Fisheries Service biological opinion on the Delta by a narrow vote of 208 to 218. Congressman Jim Costa (D-Fresno) voted in favor of the amendment. If passed later this afternoon, the Act would move onto the Senate for consideration.