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More than $69 million in direct funding is headed to the Central Valley and Northern California for federal projects approved by the Appropriations Committee, including a multi-million dollar water project in Gustine.
The City of Gustine will get $3 million to install a 1-million-gallon water tank storage system and booster pump station to replace the current 75,000-gallon tank. The City also will get $950,000 to complete the Water Loop Line Project to build out a safe water distribution system.
A bipartisan group of lawmakers is pressing Meta on its policy toward paid advertisements from Chinese state-sponsored media as the war in Ukraine continues and false Russian narratives proliferate, per a letter sent to CEO Mark Zuckerberg Tuesday.
WASHINGTON – Representative Jim Costa (CA-16) released the following statement after President Biden signed into law the Fiscal Year 2022 government funding package. Costa secured $11,004,664 in Community Project Funding for 10 local projects that respond directly to some of the most pressing needs in Fresno, Madera, and Merced Counties.
WASHINGTON - Rep. Jim Costa is seeking information from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on an apparent spike in disability cuts for veterans. Costa led a letter to Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough asking for more clarity on the process that determines disability cuts. This comes after Costa's office has seen an increase in veterans reaching out over concerns about these reductions.
YEREVAN, March 11, /ARKA/. On March 10, the U.S. House of Representatives passed an Omnibus Appropriations Bill wrapping up the Fiscal Year 2022 spending that calls for "not less than" $45 million for Armenia and $2 million for humanitarian demining in Artsakh, reported the Armenian Assembly of America.
WASHINGTON – Rep. Jim Costa voted to fund $11,004,664 in Community Project Funding for 10 local projects that he previously secured for CA-16.
Congresswoman Anna Eshoo and Congressman Jim Costa for joining Congressional Armenian Caucus leaders in calling for $50 million US aid to Artsakh as part of the FY2022 Foreign AId Bill.
In letters to Senate and House Appropriations leaders, Rep. Costa and Eshoo explained:
A dairy trade policy specialist says President Biden outlining plans to crack down on shipping issues in his State of the Union address will greatly benefit the flow of ag exports.
Shawna Morris with the U.S. Dairy Export Federation and National Milk Producers Federation tells Brownfield there have long been antitrust exemptions for shipping carrier companies and Biden's support will hopefully encourage legislative reform.
Lawmakers are weighing options for cracking down on the concentration of market power in the shipping industry, which President Joe Biden targeted in his State of the Union Address Tuesday.