Jim Costa: “on rollcall No. 171, had I been present, I would have voted ``yea.'' ____________________”

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…

Millions of families continue to struggle to put dinner on their table every night, and that is why I will speak about the American safety net known as SNAP, which is providing food for people who are insecure, 41 million Americans. Fresno…

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

Our own very security is being undermined because of our inability to come together on what seems to me common sense.