Jim Costa: “I think that it is important that we consider, Mr. Chairman, as we look at the 2012 Farm Bill the definitions of rural…”

I also rise today to honor the life of Kathy Bonilla. Kathy was a stellar educator who represented Fresno City College and the State Center Community College System, again, in the San Joaquin Valley. She understood the importance of the…

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

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…

The House has lost a giant and a trailblazer for justice and a good friend for so many of us, Sheila Jackson Lee, whom we honor here today and remember. Born in Queens, New York, she was among the first women to graduate from Yale, and she…