Jim Costa

I have raised a number of concerns pertaining to how the Endangered Species Act is implemented.

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Fixing California's broken water system, as we all know, involves multiple strategies. Recycled water, on-farm recharge, and other innovative methods of increasing water supply, we have found, improves…

This is a commonsense amendment that has bipartisan support. Frankly, I think as we learned so much more about how the hydrology of California's water systems develop, we need to take advantage of that knowledge. And this amendment will…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of title II, add the following: SEC. 204. HEADWATER-RESTORATION SCOPING STUDY. The Bureau of…

I would like to first thank the Rules Committee chairman, and the ranking member, Ms. Slaughter, for making my amendment in order. Mr. Chair, groundwater storage is a central element of drought resilience in the San Joaquin Valley and…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of title II, add the following: SEC. 204. GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY. The Bureau of Reclamation, in…

I thank the gentleman for yielding me this time. This amendment is about rescheduled water, and this is a technical term that, for people who aren't familiar with water use in California and other parts of the country, it allows people…

I thank the gentleman for yielding to me. We, in the San Joaquin Valley, know that where food grows, water flows. That is not just a saying; that is the truth. It takes water to grow the food that we rely on to sustain ourselves. Luckily…

Today, I rise to speak also about Executive Order 9066, which was issued 75 years ago--75 years ago--by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. The order authorized the evacuation and relocation of all persons deemed to be a threat to…

I thank the gentleman from Marin for yielding me 2 minutes. Mr. Chairman, I rise today to support this amendment offered by my colleague, Congressman LaMalfa. As I said earlier, we need to fix the broken water system in California because…

This is an issue that is, I think, one of most important long-term issues that we deal with not only in California and Western States but, really, in the world, because the fact is that water is a crucial element of the sustainability of…

I thank the gentleman from Arizona for yielding me time. Mr. Chairman, I rise today to commend my colleagues for this commonsense legislation. As a result of drought and the bark beetle, there are an estimated over 107 million dead trees…

I look forward to working with you, and this will be part of a longer conversation that we will continue to have.

We had such a broad-based bipartisan support.

The fact that you have taken the time to come out there in your early months, not only to visit our parks but to meet and talk with other folks, I think is a significant good step, first step forward.

70 years ago this week, Secretary of State George Marshall proposed an ambitious plan to rebuild Europe following the devastation of World War II. Out of the Marshall Plan's transatlantic spirit of shared interests and economic…

Let me also give a shout-out to Ananya Vinay, the 2017 National Spelling Bee champion, from Fresno, California. We are all proud of her accomplishments. Obviously, this young lady has a great future ahead of her. Congratulations, once…

As a co-chair of the Victims' Rights Caucus, along with Congressman Ted Poe, we have over 70 members, bipartisan, to focus on protecting victims of crime. We also try to ensure that we protect the VOCA funding that goes for very worthwhile…

I thank the gentleman from Virginia. In addition, it also takes steps to ensure that, if inclusion is necessary, the number is not visible from the outside of a mailing. I think, probably, many of us have received mail that, in fact, had…

I thank the gentleman from Virginia for yielding, and I also want to take this time to thank the gentleman from Florida and my colleague and good friend, Congressman Valadao, for the introduction of this legislation, H.R. 624, which I…

I thank the gentleman from California (Mr. Garamendi) very much not only for the focus and the passion that he shows for this very important issue of trying to ensure that we have health care for all Americans, but also for the leadership…

It is insulting that the agency continues to attempt to accomplish this by rulemaking in what proponents of this rule have failed to do legislatively.

I respectfully request that you retain the bipartisan language provision, known as GIPSA rule, that was included in the Committee-passed fiscal year 2017 ag appropriations bill.

Without holistic, comprehensive, long-term case management we don't really stand a chance as a country of moving families forward.

If the goal is to help SNAP participants no longer need nutrition assistance, what kind of investments do we need to make?