Jim Costa: “The 117th Congress, I believe, will go down as one of the most successful Congresses in modern history. We have passed…”

“The 117th Congress, I believe, will go down as one of the most successful Congresses in modern history. We have passed over 200 bipartisan bills, provided funding for vaccine relief, the American Rescue Plan, $1.2 trillion bipartisan investment in infrastructure, efforts to deal with our veterans, focusing on reform on the Postal Service, the Inflation Reduction Act, and the list goes on and on. We have not passed such successful legislation since perhaps the Great Society in the 1960s. As we reflect upon that and the historic Speakership of Nancy Pelosi, we reflect upon the success of the last 2 years with a 4-vote majority and a 50-50 tie in the Senate. Certainly her Speakership is historic in so many different ways. Madam Speaker, I look on to the next Congress, the 118th. Hopefully, notwithstanding our divisions, we can find ways to work together on infrastructure as we continue to invest in America, in water, extreme drought conditions facing the West and California, much necessary for the long-term future because where water flows, food grows; investing in transportation to compete around the world; broadband; I want to get a medical school in the San Joaquin Valley. We have a shortage of physicians, and we need to increase the number of nurses to improve better healthcare for all Americans. We need to focus on rural America. I represent a great deal of it.…”