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(WASHINGTON) – Congressman Jim Costa (CA-16) released the following statement on House passage of the Advancing Mutual Interests and Growing our Success (AMIGOS) Act during Portuguese American Heritage Month:
WASHINGTON - Congressman Jim Costa (CA-16), who helped create the San Joaquin River Conservancy while serving as a California State Legislator, released the following statement stressing the need for cooperation in planning the parkway's future as an accessible river parkway for valley residents:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Jim Costa (CA-16) released the following statement after the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure selected four of his Member Designated Projects for inclusion in the 2021
WASHINGTON – Congressman Jim Costa (CA-16) is encouraging nearly 60,000 hardworking families in his district to be on the lookout for advance monthly payments of the Child Tax Credit, coming next month. Nearly 95% of all children (215,000) in Rep. Costa's district are eligible:
Congressman Jim Costa's (D–Fresno) push to have a public medical school open in the Central Valley picked up momentum Monday with a key endorsement.
Costa announced that the Congressional Hispanic Caucus fully endorsed his bill, the Expanding Medical Education Act, which would provide $1 billion for medical school construction, expansion and training in underserved communities.
"Access to quality healthcare for underserved communities where there is an acute shortage of doctors needs immediate attention," Costa said in a statement.
FRESNO – Congressman Jim Costa's (CA-16) legislation to help curb the shortfall of physicians in rural communities is gaining momentum for inclusion in the President Biden's infrastructure package following a full endorsement from the Congressio
FRESNO – In an effort to ensure socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers have equal access to federal resources, Congressman Jim Costa (CA-16), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture, held a virtual event for African American, Hispanic, Indian and other disadvantaged farming communities from the San Joaquin Valley to meet with officials about how to take advantage of federal programs:
For the first time in more than a decade, Merced College will have a new building.
Construction of the new 29,000-square-foot Raj Kahlon Agriculture and Industrial Technology Complex kicked off Wednesday morning with a formal groundbreaking ceremony.
The complex will serve as the main building for agricultural-related instruction at the college.