Jim Costa: “The trade issue that has been discussed before is critical to American agriculture, as well as California agriculture.”

Right now, though, the CAP program is overextended and underfunded.

But let's be frank about it. Russia today is a syndicate, I think, that's masquerading as a nuclear--a nuclear syndicate masquerading as a country with a mob boss called Putin.

The goals of the program are to restore and maintain endangered fish populations on the San Joaquin River and to reduce the adverse water supply impact on the Friant Division contractors.

Food is a national security issue.