Press Releases
SALINAS, CA – Congressman Jimmy Panetta (CA-20) released the following statement after the mark-up of the 2018 Farm Bill. Ahead of the expiration of the 2014 Farm Bill on September 30th, 2018, the House Agriculture Committee is working to reauthorize the legislation focused on farm policy, rural development, agriculture research, and federal nutrition programs.
WASHINGTON, D.C.- Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-CA-20) and fellow member of the House Armed Services Committee Congressman Don Bacon (R-NE-02) introduced the bipartisan H.R. 5522, Joint Electromagnetic Spectrum Operations Readiness Act of 2018 (JEMSORA).
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), along with Congressman Mike Gallagher (R-WI) and U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-DE), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), introduced the Enhance Cybersecurity for Small Manufacturers Act, which gives the Department of Defense and Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) Program additional tools to help small manufacturers in the defense supply chain eliminate potentially significant cybersecurity risks.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Jimmy Panetta (CA-20) returned today from a Congressional delegation visit to Afghanistan, Jordan, and Israel. The focus of the trip was on global and regional security and cooperation issues.
SALINAS, CA – Congressman Jimmy Panetta (CA-20) today announced that Monterey, San Benito, and Santa Cruz Counties received $511,779 from the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) Emergency Food and Shelter Program (EFSP) for local social service agencies to offer food, housing, and utility assistance for those in need. Specifically, Monterey County received $298,982, San Benito County received $35,317, and Santa Cruz County received $177,480.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Jimmy Panetta denounced the Trump Administration's announcement that it would maintain its ban on transgender people serving in the military:
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressmen Neal Dunn (FL-02) and Jimmy Panetta (CA-20) teamed up to eliminate unnecessary trade barriers that are hurting American exports and hindering innovation and advances in agricultural production technologies, including biotechnology.
SALINAS, CA – Congressman Jimmy Panetta (CA-20) released the following statement on the passing of Congresswoman Louise Slaughter (NY-25).
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Jimmy Panetta (CA-20), along with Congressman James P. McGovern (MA-02) and Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-21), led a group of 90 House Democrats to call on U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Sonny Perdue and Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Mick Mulvaney to strengthen the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).
WASHINGTON, DC – After the most destructive California wildfire season on record, Central Coast Reps. Jimmy Panetta (CA-20), Salud Carbajal (CA-24), and Julia Brownley (CA-26) requested that Congress include a fix to the disruptive wildfire budgeting practice in their must-pass FY 2018 Omnibus Appropriations Bill.