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June 25, 2020

The House Agriculture Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture Chairman Jim Costa (CA-16) hosted a roundtable, in which USDA Under Secretary for Food Safety Dr. Mindy M. Brashears and Food Safety and Inspection Service Administrator Paul Kiecker answered questions about the impact of COVID-19 on food supply chains.

Issues:Agriculture
June 22, 2020

To see local CARES act funding at work, Congressman Jim Costa toured a Fresno business that switched out operations due to the pandemic.

Total Concept Enterprises in southeast Fresno switched from manufacturing fasteners and metal fabrications to developing plastic safety partitions.

June 19, 2020

(FRESNO, CA) – Congressman Jim Costa (CA-16) released the following statement in recognition of the 155th Anniversary of "Juneteenth" commemorating the end of slavery in the United States:

June 18, 2020

(WASHINGTON) – Congressman Jim Costa (CA-16) released the following statement after the United States Supreme Court ruled the Trump Administration's decision to terminate the Deferred Actions on Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program is unlawful:

Issues:Immigration
June 16, 2020

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congressman Jim Costa (CA-16) and over 120 Members of the House Democratic Caucus are calling on Congressional leadership to include protection and financial assistance for farmworkers in future legislation to slow the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. In a letter led by Costa and Rep.

June 9, 2020

WASHINGTON (June 9, 2020) – In a letter to Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue Tuesday, House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin C. Peterson of Minnesota, and Subcommittee Chairs Jim Costa of California, Stacey E. Plaskett of the Virgin Islands and Filemon Vela of Texas relayed concerns with the implementation of the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP) by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Issues:Agriculture
June 3, 2020

(FRESNO) – Congressman Jim Costa (CA-16) released the following statement after the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee announced their plan to introduce the Investing in a New Vision for the Environment and Surface Transportation (INVEST) in America Act – a bill to invest $494 billion in improving America's transportation infrastructure, including high-speed

June 1, 2020

Four hundred years after America committed its original sin, slavery, we once again witness the racial fault lines that still exist in our country. We've made progress to bridge the gaps. We ended slavery and expanded rights after the Civil War. We stopped segregation and watched the Civil Rights Movement move us toward greater justice and equality.

Even with those advances, profound social, economic and racial divisions persist today. They stain the fabric of American society, as we have witnessed this past week in Minnesota and throughout our country.

May 26, 2020

[WASHINGTON] – Congressman Jim Costa (CA-16) led a letter with 10 other members of Congress calling on Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to coordinate with the European Union and our European allies in response to the COVID-19 pandemic: