Jim Costa

We just heard a few moments ago a colleague of ours, Congressman Charlie Dent, who has served with great distinction and honor, a classmate of mine. I simply want to say that he is a role model for all of us in terms of how to legislate in…

I thank the gentleman from California for yielding. I rise today in support of this amendment offered by Mr. Denham, Mr. Cuellar, and myself. Trucking companies and truck drivers are the backbone of our Nation in terms of transportation…

I thank the gentleman for yielding, and I join with Congressman Jeff Denham and Congressman Jimmy Panetta to celebrate a life well lived. Rick Antle was truly an icon in not only California agriculture but American agriculture. He was a…

The grazing allotments within six national forests I have in my district are pushed back farther and farther on the burner, and the costs keep going up because of NEPA.

I also rise today to speak about U.S. trade and the recently raised tariffs on steel and aluminum. We all want to secure American jobs and increase the opportunity in the U.S. economy, but raising far-reaching tariffs will do just the…

Those increases, I think, are very harmful to people who want to have access to the parks.

I find it somewhat saddening that some of our colleagues here on the Committee continue to think that growing food is of less importance.

I thank my friend, the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Hastings), for yielding me this time. Mr. Speaker, the United States, as we know, is a nation of immigrants, past and present. For hundreds of years, people have come to our shores in…

I have been one of those that has been critical of the Secretary's proposal to simply try to deal, at least with a part of this backlog, through increase in fees for parks across the country.

I think the oversight hearing exploring innovative solutions to reduce the Department of the Interior's maintenance backlog on our parks and our recreational facilities throughout the country is appropriate.

I include in the Record these excerpts from a series of articles entitled ``Slaves of the Sex Trade'' by Rory Appleton from the Fresno Bee: ``Don't kid yourself. Sex slaves are all around us--and you may know some of them'' (November 2…

As I had said, it is time to make these important changes, and this bipartisan legislation does that. It protects our children, providing them the ability to confront their abusers, including those who knowingly promote and advertise these…

I thank the gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. Jackson Lee) for her leadership on this important issue. Mr. Chair, as the co-chair of the Victims' Rights Caucus with my colleague Congressman Ted Poe, I am a proud cosponsor of this important…

Weaning them off of Russia, which obviously does not have any interest in supporting these democracies.

I think this Administration has had positive and negative effects on our European allies.

The geopolitics of natural gas and gas exports, obviously, are critical in terms of our relationships.

If you believe in federalism, and I do, and I like to try to be consistent, I mean, California, Florida, and other coastal states have made determinations on how they want to balance.

And my time has run out, Mr. Chairman, but it has been, I think, a fault in this effort by this Committee and Subcommittee to try to deal with what is one of the real important issues in America, and that is how we pursue a 21st century…

What we are talking about... is how we come together in a bipartisan fashion with a comprehensive energy policy.

I have always supported, in terms of an energy policy, the use of all our energy tools and our energy toolbox.

It seems like deja vu all over again.

The gentleman is absolutely correct. That is why this debate is so important and that is why we must come together not just on behalf of Bo and Pedro, as I cited their examples, but for the 800,000-plus DREAMers across this country and…

I thank the gentleman from Texas for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to stand with the DREAMers, both those living throughout the great San Joaquin Valley whom I have the honor and the privilege to represent, as well as those across…

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman and Ranking Member, for holding this hearing today, and having the opportunity to review how we might improve the National Environmental Policy Act.

I thank the gentleman from Illinois for yielding. Mr. Chair, I rise in support of H.R. 3043, the Hydropower Policy Modernization Act. Mr. Chair, I believe, and I think others do as well who have had experiences within their constituencies…