Jim Costa

House lawmakers will nominate the next House Agriculture Committee Chair Thursday. The two candidates being considered are David Scott, a Democrat from Georgia, and Jim Costa, a Democrat from California. Scott is next in line, seniority wise, and endorsed by outgoing chairman Collin Peterson ...

Farm County lost decades of experience in D.C. this week, when House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson lost his local race. The Minnesota Democrat fell to Republican Challenger Michelle Fischbach. Peterson has led Democrats on the committee for the last three Farm Bills ...

House Agriculture Committee members want questions answered regarding the Department of Agriculture’s Families Food Box Program. Led by Democrat Marcia Fudge of Ohio, the group sent a letter to Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue. They said the letter comes amid reports of contracts under the program awarded to companies with little to no experience in agriculture and food distribution, and may have little

On Tuesday, Central Washington’s Dan Newhouse and Central California’s Jim Costa penned a letter to congressional leadership urging the inclusion of critical water infrastructure in the upcoming COVID-19 stimulus package. The bipartisan letter was signed by 24 members of Congress. The lette ...

Roughly one-thousand farm and food groups have written Congressional leaders to ratify the USMCA in a clear move to step up pressure to get the deal done.  The letter to the top leaders of the House and Senate urging approval of the tri-lateral deal probably has more signatories than any letter of its kind in recent memory.  It...

This House Ag Committee approval this week of its 2018 Farm Bill measure is just the first step in a legislative process leading to the final reauthorization that is signed into law.  That point was reiterated by two longtime committee members.  ...