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(WASHINGTON, DC) – Congressman Jim Costa (CA-16) joined California Congressional colleagues Rep. Jimmy Panetta (CA-20) and Rep. Barbara Lee (CA-13) in sending a letter to U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue, opposing the Trump Administration's recent proposal to restrict states' ability to set their own standards of eligibility for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).
We are called, during trying times, to focus on those things we have in common. As members of Congress on this World Food Day, we hope that the universality of food—and the knowledge that too many around us don't have enough to eat—is a reality that can unite us.
WASHINGTON- House Agriculture Livestock and Foreign Agriculture Subcommittee Chairman Jim Costa of California released the following statement after a briefing from Ambassador Gregg Doud of the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative: |
(WASHINGTON) - Congressman Jim Costa (CA-16) released the following statement after the House voted to pass H.J. Res. 77, Opposing the decision to end certain United States efforts to prevent Turkish military operations against Syrian Kurdish forces in Northeast Syria:
WASHINGTON, DC – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Eliot Engel (D-NY), House Intelligence Committee Chair Adam Schiff (D-CA), and House Rules Committee Chair James McGovern (D-MA) were joined by leading members of the Congressional Armenian Caucus in saluting Artsakh's democratic development and highlighting the importance of U.S.-Artsakh relations in powerful statements shared with participants of the Pro Artsakh Forum held in the Republic's capital, Stepanakert, from October 11 to 12, reported the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA).
(FRESNO) Congressman Jim Costa released the following statement after working with Congressional colleagues TJ Cox (CA-10) and Josh Harder (CA-21) in sending a letter to EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler and Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao in response to the Trump Administration's proposal to implement the Safer Affordable Fuel-Efficient (SAFE) Vehicle Rule:
(FRESNO) Congressman Jim Costa (CA-16) released the following statement in response to President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw American troops from northern Syria:
"The President's decision to withdraw from Northern Syria and abandon our Kurdish allies is disgraceful and deeply harmful to our national security," said Costa.
WASHINGTON (September 25, 2019) – House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin C. Peterson of Minnesota and Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture Chairman Jim Costa of California issued the following statements Tuesday on the release of details contained in a tariff reduction agreement between the United States and Japan. |
(WASHINGTON) – Congressman Jim Costa (CA-16) released the following statement:
"The allegations the President may have used his position to intimidate a foreign government for personal gain are alarming. As members of Congress, we took an oath to preserve and protect our democracy and Constitution. We cannot turn a blind eye to abuse of power.
WASHINGTON (September 19, 2019) - Congressman Jim Costa (CA-16) issued the following statement regarding the passage of a Continuing Resolution to fund the government through November 21: