Jim Costa

His campaign website says he cosponsors the Women's Health Protection Act, which would write Roe v. Wade into federal law and guarantee access to reproductive care.⁶

1. A national law making abortion legal in every state, at least until viability, as under Roe v. Wade
2. Leave abortion law to each state
3. A national law limiting abortion (for example, after 15 weeks of pregnancy)

His campaign website says women rather than politicians should make their own health care decisions and that Roe v. Wade should be written into federal law.⁶

1. Legal only to save the pregnant woman's life
2. Legal only in cases of rape or incest, or to save the woman's life
3. Legal early in pregnancy only, up to a limit such as 6, 12 or 15 weeks
4. Legal until about 24 weeks, as under Roe v. Wade, and later to protect the woman's life or health
5. Legal at every stage, with no limit based on weeks of pregnancy

His campaign website says he opposed efforts to restrict access to mifepristone and contraceptives and supported legislation protecting women's right to travel to another state for reproductive care.⁶

His campaign website says he helped enact the Affordable Care Act in 2010 and championed the American Rescue Plan, which it says helped more than 25,000 people in his district newly enroll in coverage and lowered their premiums.^5,6

His campaign website lists among his accomplishments capping insulin at $35 a month for seniors, creating a $2,000 limit on out-of-pocket drug costs and allowing Medicare to lower prices for 10 major drugs.⁶

His campaign website says he supports comprehensive, bipartisan immigration reform, has worked to protect Dreamers and create a path to citizenship, and championed the American Dream and Promise Act to give DACA recipients a pathway to legal status.^6,8

His campaign website says he championed the Farm Workforce Modernization Act to reform the farm labor system.⁶

His campaign website lists among his record sponsoring a bill, enacted through the Inflation Reduction Act, that extended tax credits for biodiesel, renewable diesel and alternative fuels, and an older results page still on the site says he fought to end $6 billion in taxpayer subsidies for corn ethanol.^10,11

His campaign website says he wrote legislation to invest in high-speed rail and secured $3.3 billion for California's high-speed rail project, and lists federal high-speed rail funding bills he sponsored that became law.^6,10

1. Expand funding for passenger rail, including new high-speed lines
2. Fund repairs and current routes, without major new lines
3. Cut federal rail funding or move Amtrak toward private operation

His campaign website says he won a 15% increase in food assistance benefits through the American Rescue Plan and is fighting efforts to cut SNAP and other nutrition programs.⁶

His campaign website lists $299 million in child tax credits for the district, which it says lifted 27,300 children out of poverty, among results of laws he championed.⁶

His campaign website says he worked to negotiate trade deals such as the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement and pressed for a deal with India that removed retaliatory tariffs on crops such as almonds and walnuts, and an older results page still on the site says he supported free trade agreements with South Korea, Colombia and Panama.^6,11

1. Sign new deals that lower trade barriers
2. Keep existing deals, such as the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement, largely as they are
3. Renegotiate existing deals, for example to require that more of each product be made in the US
4. Leave existing deals and set terms country by country, including tariffs

His campaign website says he supported federal grants for the Fresno Police Department to hire more officers and is co-leading legislation to hire more police in small communities.^6,8

1. Increase police funding, for example to hire more officers
2. Keep funding near current levels
3. Shift some police funding to mental health, housing or other services

His campaign website says he helped enact the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, which it says strengthened background checks for gun buyers under 21.⁶

His campaign website says the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, which he helped enact, is helping put red flag laws in place.⁶

His campaign website lists 88,444 households saving $30 a month on internet bills among results of laws he championed, and an older results page still on the site credits him with $46.6 million to expand broadband access in the Valley.^6,12

His campaign website says he helped win $3.3 billion to reduce the risk of wildfires.⁸

His official biography says he supports a strong posture toward Iran and helped negotiate the 2010 law that imposed the first significant U.S. sanctions on Iran.⁵

His official biography says he has voted to provide weapons, military equipment, economic assistance and humanitarian aid to help Ukraine defend itself.⁵