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FRESNO, CA - Congressman Jim Costa, D-Fresno, will be traveling throughout the district during this week's district work period. He will be available to the media following each of these events. Please call for more information or interviews.

Wednesday May 30^th, 2007

From 12:00pm to 1:30pm, the Congressman will attend the KSEE 24 Asian Pacific Islander Americans 2007 Portraits of Success Awards luncheon at the United Japanese Christian Church.

WASHINGTON,D.C. - The continuingfederal budget resolution passed by the House Wednesday contains money thatcould be used to complete construction of the Mendota Federal Prison, accordingto Congressman Jim Costa, D-Fresno.

Included in the Bureau of Prisons portion of the continuingresolution is more than $432 million in prison construction funds.

FRESNO,CA - OnFriday, March 2, Congressman Jim Costa, D-Fresno, will be joined by CongressmanDevin Nunes, R-Tulare, along with California Department of Agriculture A.G.Kawamura at a Listening Session regarding the 2007 Farm Bill. The ListeningSession will provide an overview of the Bush Administration's proposals for theFarm Bill and industry stakeholders with the opportunity to discuss issuesrelated to the Farm Bill and its impact on the CentralValley.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Jim Costa, D-Fresno,will participate in a joint news conference to discuss bipartisan legislationwhich will provide emergency disaster assistance related to the recentfreeze. The bills will be introduced Wednesday in both the House andSenate.

At the Washingtonnews conference Costa will join Senator Barbara Boxer and Congressman DevinNunes, R-Tulare, to discuss the legislation. Senator Boxer will introducethe emergency legislation in the Senate and Costa and Nunes will co-sponsor theHouse bill.

WASHINGTON,D.C. - Legislation toaid Valley farmers and workers, H.R. 925 was introduced today in the U.S. Houseof Representatives by a bipartisan coalition of 26 California House members ledby Congressmen Jim Costa, D-Fresno, and Devin Nunes, R-Tulare.

Senator Barbara Boxer introduced a bill in the U.S. Senatetoday containing the same provisions.

CongressmanJim Costa, D- Fresno, will speak on the House floor this afternoon between 4:30p.m. and 4:45 p.m. regarding HR 109.

HR109 is a resolution recognizing the historical significance of the Pinedale AssemblyCenter in Fresno Countywhere Japanese Americans were interned during World War II.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Jim Costa, D-Fresno, and 48Members of the bipartisan California Congressional Delegation, includingSenators Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer, have sent a letter to PresidentBush, calling on him to immediately issue a Presidential disaster declarationfor the 31 counties of Californiathat sustained damage to the state's multi-billion dollar agricultural industrycaused by extreme low temperatures.

CongressmanJim Costa, D- Fresno, will speak on the House floor this afternoon between 5:00p.m. and 6:00 p.m. PST.

Costawill join other Members of the fiscally conservative Blue Dog Coalitionparticipating in the debate on the Iraq Resolution now before the House ofRepresentatives.

Formedin l995, the Blue Dog Coalition recently succeeded in winning House approval ofHR 97, calling for increased fiscal accountability infunding the Iraqwar.

Costa'sspeech can be recorded off the C-SPAN coverage of the House of Representatives.

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