This month, the United States Bureau of Land Management indefinitely canceled all oil and natural gas leases in California. This includes 1,278 acres of prime oil and natural gas land in Kern and Fresno Counties located in my…

I would urge you to ensure an expedient and reasonable review of the petition and be mindful that neural tube defects continue to occur while the FDA deliberates.

Hispanic women are 20 percent more likely to have a child with neural tube defect, a devastating birth defect that can be permanently disabling or deadly.

In addition to our rich agricultural land, California's San Joaquin Valley is also blessed with an abundance of oil, natural gas, and renewable energy sources. These resources should be utilized to create jobs, lower energy costs for…

the budget proposes a substantial reduction in the Self-Help Housing Program.

If we continue to grow the supply of legal temporary workers past the 156,000 number to match closer to that actual demand for all agriculture workers, would we continue to see these increases in agricultural output?

Did you plan for this? Did you budget for this accordingly, or did you wait for the last minute and kind of take a wait-and-see approach?

I am sorry, I don't fully understand the reasoning behind the WIC program using an outdated set of dietary guidelines.

I agree, Congress needs to get serious about our Nation's irresponsible spending; however, broad-based, automatic spending cuts and tax increases are not the way to get our fiscal House in order. This week, the administration warned of the…

On page eight, you mention an opportunity to reduce cost if we take congressional action.

Not only do we need to eliminate duplication within each office and departments, we also need to eliminate duplicative efforts across different legislative branch offices.

We have to minimize the loss of personnel at all costs, but I cannot give you a candidate for a service to eliminate.