Jim Costa

Are we looking to address that in the second round?

Without the workers, we can't provide food on America's dinner table, and we must be mindful of that.

In H.R. 6800, HEROES Act we do have an additional $16½ billion to provide support.

I think that we have the potential of widespread bankruptcies among the American farmers over the next several months if something is not done in the next coronavirus package.

The American farmer gets about 10 on the dollar of what we spend on our groceries.

When we advocate our role in these institutions, whether it be the Paris climate accord or whether it be today the World Health Organization, we create a vacuum in which our adversaries quickly take that space.

I think is a very good subcommittee hearing that we are holding with these experts who I think we all have a great deal of respect for.

We need to move slowly, and we have to be very cautious

Hargrove, he's a hero. He brought the transportation workers on the front in this pandemic to light about how our government failed us.

I hope our Representatives and our Congress and Senate does the right thing for the American jobs that are here

I think it was shameful that our government dropped the ball and did not--this President did not enact the Defense Production Act for all in this country that went on the front lines.

We had some of our maintenance members pass away also, contracting the virus just by cleaning the buses.

We need to look at that, especially on the reopening because the air flow comes from the back.

This region is the most public transportation-dependent region in the country.

Some do and some don't.

I urge you to pass this bill, not just for us, the Becote family, but for the tens of thousands of other families like us...

The HEROES Act legislation is vital to the health of the San Joaquin Valley and throughout the country by providing funding for much-needed medical education. It provides funding to protect farmers and farmworkers and our food supply chain…

Every March, we honor the extraordinary contributions of women who have shaped our Nation's history and those who continue to pave the way for the next generation. This year also marks the 100th year since the 19th Amendment granted women…

I thank Congresswoman Wild and Congressman Sensenbrenner for introducing House Res. 723, a resolution encouraging all nations to end sexual violence against girls through data-driven reforms.

I think it is our moral duty as a Nation to continue to lead this humanitarian effort.

It is not only our moral obligation to provide humanitarian assistance.

It focuses on programs that are related to the appropriations you are considering.

I think it is critically important that we, in fact, show leadership around the world.

I strongly urge this committee to robustly fund the nutritional assistance programs in the fiscal year 2021.

I thank the gentlewoman from California for the good work that she does on behalf of her constituents, and I appreciate the opportunity to make comments that are important investments that we should be making in our infrastructure for all…