Jim Costa: “We ought to be working together for these Americans sooner, rather than later.”

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.

I think that farmers, ranchers, dairymen and -women are critical in so many different ways, but they are also stewards of the environment.

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

I rise today sadly to pay tribute to John Harris, a good friend and a giant of California agriculture and the San Joaquin Valley. Born on July 14, 1943, in Fresno County, John was a proud graduate of the University of California-Davis and…