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August 6, 2025

Washington, D.C. – California Congressional Representatives whose districts were harmed by the recent closure of five Planned Parenthood clinics due to Republicans’ Medicaid cuts, are calling upon the Trump Administration to comply with a Federal District Court injunction and reinstate this essential health care funding.


August 4, 2025

Santa Cruz, CA – U.S. Representative Jimmy Panetta (CA-19) announced that the Santa Cruz Port District and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) have officially executed a renewed Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) that will permanently ensure the annual dredging of the Santa Cruz Harbor.


August 1, 2025

San Jose, CA – U.S. Representative Jimmy Panetta (CA-19), a former prosecutor, reintroduced the Immigrant Witness and Victim Protection Act, which would strengthen protections for undocumented immigrant victims and witnesses of crimes who cooperate with law enforcement.


July 29, 2025

Seaside, CA – U.S. Representative Jimmy Panetta (CA-19) held a press conference with local education leaders to highlight the recent reversal of the Trump Administration’s reckless education funding freeze and the continued threat posed by the Administration’s proposed FY 2026 budget. 


July 28, 2025

Monterey, CA – United States Representative Jimmy Panetta (CA-19) issued the following statement in response to dire humanitarian situation in Gaza:


July 27, 2025

Monterey, CA – United States Representative Jimmy Panetta (CA-19) conducted a congressional oversight visit to the Adelanto Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Processing Center, California’s largest immigration detention facility, to examine conditions and ensure that detainees are being treated humanely and afforded due process.


July 25, 2025

Monterey, CA – U.S. Representative Jimmy Panetta (CA-19), a member of the House Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee, authored and introduced the Building Resilient Innovation, Digital Growth, and Entrepreneurship with Africa Act (BRIDGE Africa Act), a bipartisan bill which would strengthen technology and artificial intelligence (AI) partnerships between the United States and key African nations. 


July 25, 2025

Santa Cruz, CA – United States Representative Jimmy Panetta (CA-19) issued the following statement in response to the closure of the Planned Parenthood Westside Health Center in Santa Cruz:


July 24, 2025

Monterey, CA – United States Representative Jimmy Panetta (CA-19) led 57 of their colleagues in a letter to the Administration for Children and Families, calling for an extension of the application period for critical grant programs under the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act (RHYA).


July 23, 2025

Monterey, CA – United States Representative Jimmy Panetta (CA-19) authored and reintroduced the First-Time Homebuyer Tax Credit Act, a bicameral bill which would help working families afford their first home.