Jim Costa: “I call to the attention of the House of Representatives what we have achieved in the last 6 months, many of these pieces…”

“I call to the attention of the House of Representatives what we have achieved in the last 6 months, many of these pieces of legislation on a bipartisan basis. We have passed 10 bills to reduce the price of healthcare; lower prescription drugs costs, which our communities want us to do; and strengthen protections for people with preexisting conditions--reducing the cost of drugs and strengthening protections for preexisting conditions to protect those individuals. We passed the Equality Act to ensure that every American enjoys the same rights and is protected equally under the law. The Equality Act is so important. I fought to improve our water infrastructure, to address the strain on this precious resource brought by drought and climate change to ensure that we have clean, safe drinking water for all of our communities. In the San Joaquin Valley, sadly, we have many communities that don't enjoy clean, safe drinking water standards. {time} 1015 I have worked hard to implement the farm bill, to lead education and outreach programs for farm programs to help farmers improve not only their water sustainability, but their ability to market their crops.…”