Jim Costa: “Constructing a productive agricultural trade agenda is important for many reasons.”

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

The challenges of coming together with local, state, and Federal policy to ensure that agriculture remains what it is, which is a national security issue.

We must begin a new feasibility study so the Corps of Engineers can investigate flood risk management needs as well as potential modifications to improve the dam's safety.

Frankly, you know, that trend with Russia in the lead. And I begin referring to my colleagues and to my friends in Europe as Russia today being a syndicate masquerading as a country with a mob boss called Putin, because he is a war…