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: Experience: House: District 16, 2005-Present; Home State: California; Running: President, United States, 2016; Total Raised: $1,273,988Coverage End: Thursday, June 30, 2016; Winning: Won with 0.00%; Write a Review

Personal

Full Name: Jim Costa

Gender: Male

Birth Date: 04/13/1952

Birth Place: Fresno, CA

Home City: Fresno, CA

Religion: Catholic

Education

BA, Political Science, California State University, Fresno, 1974

Political Experience

Representative, United States House of Representatives, 2004-present

Senator, California State Senate, 1994-2002

Assembly Member, California State Assembly, 1978-1994

Current Legislative Committees

Natural Resources, Member

Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, Member

Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management, Member

Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture, Ranking Member

Subcommittee on Water, Power, and Oceans, Member

Caucuses/Non-Legislative Committees

Member, Armenian Caucus

Member, Arts Caucus

Member, Awareness Caucus

Member, Beef Caucus Specialty

Member, Bi-Partisan Refugee Caucus

Member, Blue Dog Coalition

Member, Boating Caucus

Member, Center Aisle Caucus

Member, Community College Caucus

Member, Congressional Hispanic Caucus

Member, Congressional Organ and Tissue Donation

Member, Congressional Soils Caucus

Co-Chair, Congressional Victims' Rights Caucus

Co-Founder, Congressional Victims' Rights Caucus

Co-Founder, Congressional Water Caucus

Member, Crop Caucus

Member, Frozen Food Caucus

Co-Chair, House Victims Rights Caucus

Member, Human Rights Caucus

Member, Methamphetamine Caucus

Member, Rail Caucus

Member, Rural Cooperative Caucus

Member, Water Caucus

Member, Wine Caucus

Professional Experience

Professor, Kenneth L. Maddy Institute, Fresno State University

Chief Executive Officer, Costa Group, 2002-2004

Administrative Assistant, Assembly Member Richard Lehman, California State Assembly, 1976-1978

Special Assistant, Representative John Krebs, United States House of Representatives, 1975-1976

Farmer, Costa Brothers Dairy, 1959-1974

Religious, Civic, and other Memberships

Board Member, Fresno Historical Society

Board Member, Fresno-Madera Agency on Aging

Former President, National Conference of State Legislators

Member, Steering Committee, Fresno County Farm Bureau

General Survey

Issue Title	Candidate's Answers
1. Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right	Support It is reasonable to restrict "Partial-Birth Abortions" for safe reasons, but clinic access should be unrestricted.
2. Stricter punishment reduces crime	Support It is necessary to keep "Three Strikes" laws and death penalty on the books, but we also need to avoid inappropriate imprisonment or sentencement.
3. Marijuana is a gateway drug
4. Higher taxes on the wealthy	Support Flatter taxes benefit the wealthy more than the lower and middle class. We should focus tax relief on the majority of taxpayers instead of on the richest.
5. Stimulus better than market-led recovery	Strongly Support The federal government should intervene in the economy and inject as much funding as needed to recover from the Great Recession, including direct federal job creation.
6. Vouchers for school choice	Strongly Oppose Public schools are an important component of American society. We should improve public schools rather than destroying them with vouchers.
7. Make voter registration easier	Strongly Support Voter ID laws are racist and intended to suppress minority voting. Taxpayer funds should be used for political campaigns.
8. Prioritize green energy	Support We should establish a market-based solution for excess carbon emissions. The Kyoto Protocol should require developing countries' participation to make the solution work.
9. Avoid foreign entanglements
10. Expand the military	Oppose Expanding the military is not important and integrant for U.S. now. But when the country meets with defiance or agression, it is acceptable to continue expanding our military.
11. Support & expand free trade	Oppose Trade should be Fair, not Free. Free trade poses a risk to job security, causes humanitarian problems overseas, or results in environmental damage.
12. Support American Exceptionalism
13. Absolute right to gun ownership	Strongly Support It is a basic Constitutional right and expresses the principle of self-defense against violence.
14. Expand ObamaCare	Strongly Support Very few Americans have adequate health insurance. The government should make funds available for all citizens.
15. Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens	Strongly Oppose We should strictly enforce our immigration laws, and crack down on illegal immigrants that have already in the US by deporting and removing all their social benefits.
16. EPA regulations are too restrictive	Support Human needs come first, but it's ok to use natural resource for sustainable development.
17. Keep God in the public sphere	Support We need to teach values in our schools and account for our religious values in providing social services. Exposing our children to prayer, the Ten Commandments will make them become better.
18. Legally require hiring more women & minorities	Strongly Support Past discrimination should be corrected. Government should enforce Affirmative Action laws in companies.
19. Comfortable with same-sex marriage	Strongly Support In free country, people are free to choose their mate, whichever gender they like. Homosexual partners or marriages are equal with heterosexual ones.
20. Privatize Social Security	Strongly Oppose Government should control the Social Security forever. The Trust Fund should not be invested in anything with risk.

Total: 80

Introduced Date	Bill Number	Bill Title	Last Action
01/28/2008	H.R.5040	To suspend temporarily the duty on Fluopicolide.	01/28/2008 Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade. (All Actions)
01/28/2008	H.R.5039	To suspend temporarily the duty on 1,2,4 Triazole.	01/28/2008 Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade. (All Actions)
12/13/2007	H.R.4612	Climate Neutral Electricity Generation Act of 2007	12/13/2007 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. (All Actions)
11/09/2007	H.R.4123	High-Speed Rail Authority Development and Formation Act	11/09/2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials. (All Actions)
11/09/2007	H.R.4122	American Investment in Safe, Reliable High-Speed Rail Act	11/09/2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials. (All Actions)
10/23/2007	H.Res.696	Expressing gratitude for the foreign guest laborers, known as Braceros, who worked in the United States during the period from 1942 to 1964.	10/23/2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. (All Actions)
10/16/2007	H.R.2498	To provide for a study regarding development of a comprehensive integrated regional water management plan that would address four general areas of regional water planning in both the San Joaquin River Hydrologic Region and the Tulare Lake Hydrologic Region, inclusive of Kern, Tulare, Kings, Fresno, Madera, Merced, Stanislaus, and San Joaquin Counties, California, and to provide that such plan be the guide by which those counties use as a mechanism to address and solve long-term water needs in a sustainable and equitable manner.	10/16/2007 Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee Without Recommendation (Amended) by Unanimous Consent . (All Actions)
04/24/2007	H.Res.119	Supporting the mission and goals of National Crime Victims' Rights Week in order to increase public awareness of the rights, needs, and concerns of victims and survivors of crime in the United States during such week and throughout the year.	04/24/2007 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. (All Actions)
04/02/2007	H.R.667	Early Pest Detection and Surveillance Improvement Act	04/02/2007 Unfavorable Executive Comment Received from USDA. (All Actions)
02/12/2007	H.Res.109	Recognizing the historical significance of the Pinedale Assembly Center, the reporting site for 4,823 Japanese Americans who were unjustly interned during World War II.	02/12/2007 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. (All Actions)
07/28/2006	H.Res.968	Recognizing the outstanding contributions of Stephen K. Hall to California agriculture and the California water community.	07/28/2006 Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform. (All Actions)
06/28/2006	H.R.5696	To respond to the unreasonable and unnecessary Japanese prohibition on the importation of United States beef by prohibiting importation of Japanese beef into the United States.	06/28/2006 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. (All Actions)
05/01/2006	H.Res.711	Recognizing and honoring the 150th anniversary of the founding of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity.	05/01/2006 Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness. (All Actions)
05/01/2006	H.Con.Res.351	Recognizing and honoring the 150th anniversary of the founding of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity.	05/01/2006 Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness. (All Actions)
04/26/2006	H.Con.Res.378	Supporting the goals and ideals of the 2006 National Crime Victims' Rights Week and efforts to increase public awareness of the rights, needs, and concerns of crime victims and survivors in the United States.	04/26/2006 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (All Actions)
04/19/2006	H.R.5125	To amend the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act to provide that the Secretary of the Interior shall not approve a Tribal-State gaming compact under that Act unless the State involved has a State law providing for a gaming master plan that has been approved by the Secretary.	04/19/2006 Executive Comment Requested from Interior. (All Actions)
05/26/2005	H.R.2397	To extend the temporary suspension of duty on Trifloxystrobin.	05/26/2005 Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade. (All Actions)
05/26/2005	H.R.2396	To extend the temporary suspension of duty on Imidacloprid pesticides.	05/26/2005 Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade. (All Actions)
05/26/2005	H.R.2395	To suspend temporarily the duty on Propamocarb HCL (Previcur).	05/26/2005 Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade. (All Actions)
05/26/2005	H.R.2394	To suspend temporarily the duty on Spirodiclofen.	05/26/2005 Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade. (All Actions)

Total: 1619

Date	Bill Number	Bill Title	Result	Vote
06/14/2017	H.R.381	To designate a mountain in the John Muir Wilderness of the Sierra National Forest as "Sky Point".
06/12/2017	H.R.1873	Electricity Reliability and Forest Protection Act
06/08/2017	H.R.2862	To provide for wildfire suppression operations, and for other purposes.
06/08/2017	H.R.2829	To amend title 18, United States Code, to strengthen enforcement of spousal court-ordered property distributions, and for other purposes.
05/22/2017	H.R.953	Reducing Regulatory Burdens Act of 2017
05/17/2017	H.R.356	Protecting Our Democracy Act
05/05/2017	H.R.244	Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017	Passed	Yea
05/02/2017	H.R.2282	Equality Act
05/02/2017	H.Con.Res.52	Expressing the sense of Congress that an appropriate site in the Memorial Amphitheater in Arlington National Cemetery should be provided for a memorial marker to honor the memory of those who have been awarded or are eligible for the Korean Defense Service Medal who are missing in action, are unaccounted for, or died in-theater.
04/28/2017	H.R.2254	To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2635 Napa Street in Vallejo, California, as the "Janet Capello Post Office Building".
04/28/2017	H.Res.295	Expressing support for the designation of the week of April 30, 2017, through May 6, 2017, as "National Small Business Week" to honor the vital role of small business and the passion of entrepreneurs in the United States.
04/27/2017	H.R.1666	To prohibit the availability of funds for activities in the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, and for other purposes.
04/27/2017	H.R.660	Bureau of Reclamation Transparency Act
04/26/2017	H.R.2170	Flood and Agriculture Risk Management Cost Reduction Act of 2017
04/26/2017	H.R.1960	Supreme Court Ethics Act of 2017
04/24/2017	H.R.1891	Safe Agriculture Production Act of 2017
04/21/2017	H.Res.269	Recognizing and supporting the goals and ideals of National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month.
04/07/2017	H.R.1953	Treat and Reduce Obesity Act of 2017
04/06/2017	H.R.1988	To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1730 18th Street in Bakersfield, California, as the "Merle Haggard Post Office Building".
04/06/2017	H.R.1346	To repeal the rule issued by the Federal Highway Administration and the Federal Transit Administration entitled "Metropolitan Planning Organization Coordination and Planning Area Reform".

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