Jim Costa actually said...

I hope that in spite of the rush to spend taxpayer dollars USDA can demonstrate that the benefits to rural communities have exceeded the cost.

Jim Costa emphasizes the need for USDA to show benefits from stimulus spending.

06/23/2011

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I appreciate the importance of this hearing today and to have the Secretary of the Interior here.

We are going to need all of the flexibility and the attention of the Department of the Interior to help us if, in fact, that occurs.

We are talking about using those revenues from oil and gas, both onshore and offshore, over a programmatic period of time to finance that ro...

It is a constant concern of the devastation of the impacts, economic impacts to the people in my communities of this drought.