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FRESNO, CA - Congressman Jim Costa, D-Fresno, will be traveling throughout the district tomorrow during the month long district work period. He will be available to the media following each of these events. Please call for more information or interviews.
Thursday August 9th, 2007
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Jim Costa (D-Fresno) announced today that $831,000 in federal funding was secured for California Agriculture Commissioners and Sealers Association's Pest Detection Augmentation Program in the Fiscal Year 2008 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Appropriations bill.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Jim Costa (D-Fresno) announced today that $2 million in federal funding was secured for Lemoore Naval Air Station's Local Situational Awareness Systems in the Fiscal Year 2008 Defense Appropriations bill. The bill will was passed on the House floor early Sunday morning by a vote of 395 to 13.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Jim Costa (D-Fresno) announced today that $400,000 in federal funding was secured for State Route 198 Expressway in Kings County in the Fiscal Year 2008 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations bill. The bill will was passed on the House floor Tuesday night by a vote of 268 to 153.
FRESNO, CA - On Friday, July 20th, Congressman Jim Costa, D-Fresno, will be available to the press to discuss recent Congressional action on the Farm Bill, as it was marked-up in the House Agriculture Committee this week, and will now proceed to the House floor for a vote.
WHO: Rep. Jim Costa, D-Fresno
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Jim Costa (D-Fresno) announced today that $1,500,000 in federal funding was secured for Semitropic Water Storage District in the Fiscal Year 2008 Energy and Water Appropriations bill, which the House of Representatives approved yesterday by a vote of 312 to 112.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today Congressman Jim Costa (D- Fresno) supported H.R. 2669, the College Cost Reduction Act of 2007. HR 2669 increases Pell Grants and cuts student interest rates which will make college more affordable for low and middle income students and families. The bill also increases scholarships and reduces loan costs at no new expense to U.S.
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congressman Jim Costa (D-Fresno) and Congressman Devin Nunes, (R-Visalia) introduced legislation to designate approximately 69,000 acres of land in the Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Park as the John Krebs Wilderness.