Jim Costa
Jim Costa
James Manuel "Jim" Costais the U.S. Representative for California's 16th congressional district, serving in Congress since his initial election in 2004. He previously served California State Assembly from 1978 until 1994, and in the State Senate from 1994 until 2002. He is a member of the Democratic Party. His Central Valleycongressional district takes in large and predominantly Latino portions of Fresno...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth13 April 1952
CountryUnited States of America
This Department of Treasury, run by this administration, using the same tried and true accounting methods that every business in America uses, cast new light on the fiscal severity that our Nation is facing, what some would call a mess.
As a matter of fact, if you do not take into account, as Congressman Ross just stated, the Social Security surplus, our fiscal deficit, ladies and gentlemen, is over $700 billion today.
The financial report makes it very clear that if we got into honest budgeting today, that in fact we would find ourselves with a much larger deficit than we have today.
Conservation is an American value, and it is lacking from this bill.
We have for too long put vast oil and natural gas reserves off limits to exploration and production, as The Washington Post editorial stated this week.
I fully support global commerce.
The civil rights movement would experience many important victories, but Rosa Parks will always be remembered as its catalyst.
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