Jim Costa

What is important, though, is that we act, and that we act now, so that the flexibility can be in place...

We have a broken water system in California, and we have had this for years, a water system designed for 18, 20 million people.

I want to express Westlands' support for the efforts of Representative Costa, as well as Representatives Devin Nunes, Kevin McCarthy, Jeff Denham, David Valadao and other members, to provide important congressional direction concerning…

If Congress does not concur with the consequences imposed on California, indeed the Nation, as a result of the application of the ESA to the CVP and SWP, it is up to Congress to change those consequences.

The legislation authored by Representative Jim Costa, H.R. 1927, addresses one of the root causes of water supply shortages.

First of all, I would like to submit a list of resolutions from counties of Fresno, Tulare, Kings, Madera, Merced, and others that believe that modification needs to be made in the Endangered Species Act specifically related to my…

Oh, that is not true. How do you make that statement?

Earlier this week, I spoke on the connection between comprehensive immigration reform and the crisis that we have at our border. And I said then--and I will say it again--that it is the height of hypocrisy to be talking about trying to do…

I would like to thank my colleague for giving me time to speak on this important legislation. The Endangered Species Act is a fundamental environmental law, one that was enacted because we, as a society, decided that we have a…

What steps is DOL taking to determine who is the actual 'employer' before extracting these payments from growers or packers?

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. I appreciate you holding this hearing as it relates to the impact of enforcement activities on specialty crops of which we grow 300 in California.

It is with a heavy heart that I rise today to pay tribute to the life of Eli Setencich, a captain in the American Army Air Corps during World War II, a journalist, and a friend to so many of us. Eli was an unsung American hero, a veteran…

It is with a heavy heart that I rise today in honor of the life of Terry J. Hurne, United States Army Specialist, who died on June 9, 2014. Terry made the ultimate sacrifice while serving the United States in the Logar province of…

So if the Senate is not going to take up this bill and our constituents are counting on us to create legislation that, in fact, will solve problems and, therefore, truly make a positive impact in their lives, then we cannot continue to…

As a Nation, we must work together if we are ever going to get a realistic energy policy that will provide clean, reliable energy for all America, that will reduce our dependence on foreign energy sources and preserve the beauty of our…

This year marks the 150th anniversary of the Yosemite Grant Act that was signed into law in 1864 by then-President Abraham Lincoln and the creation of Yosemite National Park, one of our Nation's greatest treasures. Yosemite receives over 4…

We have to ensure that credit is available to our producers, both large and small and in between

Farmers, ranchers and dairy producers face so many different variables as they grow the food that we put on our dinner table each day that sadly, in my view, it is too often taken for granted by the consumers

The certainty provided by availability of credit for our producers is a critical link for their continued prosperity

We appreciate you being here and having the opportunity to hear from the witnesses on what we can do to ensure that farmers, ranchers and dairy producers across this great nation of ours have the necessary financial resources

So you don't see any different application between those dairies that belong to co-ops and those that have a different process in which they sell their milk?

I think it ought to be under consideration for a potential subcommittee hearing to allow those in California to testify on this proposed rule

The potential implications of this rulemaking is far and wide, and I for one am very fearful of the law of unintended consequences

I think this subcommittee's focus today on this area is important, and I think that the questions and the comments by my colleagues really point out the frustration and the concern as these proposed regulations are being considered.

We are again, I think, missing an opportunity with regard to the country of origin labeling, otherwise referred to as COOL. COOL has proven, as Mr. Crawford has stated, to be a failed experiment. We are seeing an increased cost to ranchers…