Press Releases

January 13, 2021 Press Release

Watch Congressman Panetta speak in support of impeaching President Trump on the House floor here.

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-Carmel Valley) voted to impeach President Donald Trump for the second time.

January 12, 2021 Press Release

Watch Congressman Panetta speak in support of the resolution here.

January 11, 2021 Press Release

SALINAS, CA – Today, Representatives Jimmy Panetta (D-Carmel Valley), Jim Costa (CA-16), Salud Carbajal (CA-24), Dan Newhouse (WA-04), Doug LaMalfa (CA-01), and Fred Upton (MI-06) led 70 colleagues in a bipartisan letter to the U.S.

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January 8, 2021 Press Release

SALINAS, CA – This week, Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-Carmel Valley), Congressman Ted Lieu (CA-33), and Congressman Salud Carbajal (CA-24), all military veterans, requested Acting Secretary of Defense Christopher Miller and his combatant commanders to consider ways to provide a check and balance on President Donald Trump’s nuclear strike authority.

January 7, 2021 Press Release

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-Carmel Valley) released the following statement in response to rioters breaching Capitol security.

January 5, 2021 Press Release

Today, Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-Carmel Valley) announced the launch of the El Pájaro Women’s Business Center in Watsonville.  El Pájaro joins a national network of 136 centers that offer one-on-one counseling, training, networking, workshops, technical assistance, and mentor

January 3, 2021 Press Release

Today, Jimmy Panetta (D-Carmel Valley) was sworn in to continue serving as the United States Representative for California’s 20th Congressional District in the 117th Congress.

 

December 21, 2020 Press Release
Omnibus spending package includes Congressman Panetta’s HOSPICE Act to improve oversight in Medicare hospice facilities

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-Carmel Valley) commended the House passage of a bipartisan $1.4 trillion FY2021 Omnibus spending package.  The FY2021 Omnibus funding measure includes appropriated funding for COVID relief, veterans’ healthcare, clean e

December 21, 2020 Press Release
COVID relief legislation passed in larger end of year package

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-Carmel Valley) commended the House passage of $900 billion in COVID-19 relief funding.  The relief legislation was passed as part of a larger end of year spending package.  The relief bill includes funding for vaccine distribution, direct payments, unemployment assistance, small businesses, schools, rental assistance, broadba

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December 17, 2020 Press Release

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-CA) was joined by Representatives Clay Higgins (R-LA), Kathleen Rice (D-NY), Greg Steube (R-FL), Cindy Axne (D-IA), and Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ) to introduce the bipartisan Priority Response for Veterans Impacted by Disasters and Emergencies (PROVIDE) Act. 

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