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From record-breaking rain and snow over the winter to days on end of triple digits this summer U.S. Representative Jim Costa says the time is now to plan and act on climate change in Central California and our country.
Friday, he and other area leaders announced a one million dollar grant from the federal government to plan for a cleaner future in our area.
A bipartisan group of lawmakers are introducing legislation to expand access to agriculture conservation programs. They say the Growing Access to Environmental Sustainability Act, or GATES Act, would reduce barriers producers face.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Jim Costa (CA-21) joined Rep. Jimmy Panetta (CA-19) and a bipartisan coalition in introducing the Growing Access to Environmental Sustainability (GATES) Act to reduce barriers that producers face in accessing agricultural conservation programs.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Jim Costa joined Representatives Mike Gallagher and Mike Thompson and a bipartisan coalition of members in introducing the Protecting U.S.
Undocumented farmworkers in the Central Valley may soon have an easier time obtaining legal resident status now that Congress members from both sides of the aisle have pitched in to resurrect a 2021 piece of legislation. If passed, the law could speed up the time it takes for undocumented farmworkers and their families to earn temporary or permanent resident status.
A bipartisan group in the U.S. House of Representatives has reintroduced the Farm Workforce Modernization Act for the third time, seeking a workforce solution to the labor-stressed specialty crop industry and other farm sectors.
The legislation passed in 2019 and 2021 but the Senate failed to advance a corresponding bill and the effort died. The Senate’s Affordable and Secure Food Act found no traction in late 2022 and the only possibility of the legislation’s passage, inclusion in an omnibus spending bill, did not happen.
The Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) is mobilizing on Capitol Hill and in Congressional districts across America to hold Azerbaijan accountable for its seven-month blockade of Artsakh and escalating anti-Armenian aggression – backing a series of targeted amendments to the Fiscal Year 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA – H.R.2670) to sanction Azerbaijan, support U.S. aid to Artsakh, and advance Artsakh self-determination.
Rep. Jim Costa announced this week a $2.16 million federal grant for the Fresno County Rural Transit Agency (FCRTA) to advance construction of a bus maintenance and operations facility in Selma.
“Fresno County residents, especially seniors and those with disabilities, depend on an effective transit service to meet their daily needs,” said Costa. “Thanks to the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, this investment will help establish a clean, modern transportation hub to expand transit service, while mitigating air quality impacts and creating good paying jobs in Selma.”