Jim Costa: “At a time when there are many voices that are calling to increase the production of American products, we have before us…”

food is a national security issue.

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…

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

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