Articles Tagged with ''Jim Costa''

Legislators call for Biden to act on Mexico's noncompliance with biotech provisions

11/24/21 6:16 AM By Noah Wicks

Seventy lawmakers are calling for the Biden administration to force Mexico to abide by the biotech provisions laid out in the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement.

House Ag members, witnesses back acceleration of biotech advances in US

10/26/21 3:20 PM By Steve Davies

Streamlined regulations, enforcement of trade agreements, and increased funding for university research are all needed to advance innovation in biotechnology, witnesses and House Agriculture Committee members said at a hearing Tuesday.

House OKs $3.5T spending plan after moderates assured infrastructure vote

08/25/21 8:07 AM By Philip Brasher

House Democrats pushed through a $3.5 trillion budget resolution after moderates reached a deal promising them a vote by Sept. 27 on the Senate’s bipartisan infrastructure bill.

Water tops the list for federal legislative fixes

06/01/21 7:06 AM By Brad Hooker

Rep. Jim Costa of the San Joaquin Valley heard from several farm groups on ideas for climate-smart policies to frame up potential legislation in Congress.

Lawmaker pleads for state to fix canals and avoid a global food crisis

05/05/21 8:33 AM By Brad Hooker

A Central Valley legislator is collaborating with congress members and federal, state and local agencies to fix degraded water infrastructure in the valley.

Canal fix moves forward as lawmakers pitch more funding bills

04/16/21 7:53 AM By Brad Hooker

The Friant Water Authority has inked a deal with the Bureau of Reclamation to restore capacity that has been lost to subsidence for the Friant-Kern Canal.

Blue Dogs fight for congressional clout as numbers dwindle

04/07/21 5:50 AM By Ben Nuelle

House Democrats hold a fragile majority in Congress, and and party moderates, many in rural districts, say they hold the key to keeping that majority in 2022 because of their connection with Republican voters.

Daybreak April 7: Cabinet members trying to sell infrastructure plan

04/07/21 5:00 AM By Philip Brasher, Ben Nuelle, Bill Tomson, and Steve Davies

President Joe Biden’s $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan is vague about a lot of details, including how $17 billion for waterways would be spent. But Tracy Zea of the Waterways Council tells Agri-Pulse that he expects at least $3 billion to be available for inland waterway projects. That could pay for replacing two sets of aging locks and dams on the upper Mississippi River system, he said.

Daybreak April 5: Moderate rural Democrats not opposed to moving infrastructure bill through reconciliation

04/05/21 11:00 AM By Ben Nuelle, Bill Tomson, and Steve Davies

The top Democrat on the House Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee is not opposed to moving President Joe Biden’s $2 trillion infrastructure bill through the reconciliation budget process if Republicans don’t come to the table.

Daybreak March 31: Scott: Debt relief unrelated to reparations

03/31/21 11:00 AM By Bill Tomson, Ben Nuelle, and Steve Davies

Some advocates of the newly-enacted debt relief provisions for minority farmers have called it a form of reparations. But House Agriculture Committee Chairman David Scott, who is African American, strenuously objects to that characterization. He says the $4 billion just makes up for the fact that white farmers primarily benefitted from the billions of dollars in recent farm payments.

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04.19.2024

Agri-Pulse Newsmakers: April 19, 2024: Rep. Salud Carbajal, D-Calif., on farm bill, specialty crops

California Democrat Salud Carbajal sits on the House Ag Committee and is working on his first farm bill. He joins us to discuss the latest politics surrounding a farm bill timeline and whether or not the House Ag Committee can meet a Memorial Day deadline proposed by House Ag Chairman Glenn “GT” Thompson, R-Pa. He also discusses the challenges facing the specialty crop industry and how mechanization can be used to help workforce shortages.

Then, Dennis Nuxoll with the Western Growers Association and Tom Sell with Combest, Sell & Associates join to chat about the political environment facing a farm bill and challenges facing specialty crop producers.

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