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February 16, 2024

SAN JOSE, CA – Today, U.S. Representatives Jimmy Panetta (CA-19),  Zoe Lofgren (CA-18), Anna Eshoo (CA-16), and Ro Khanna (CA-17) announced that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) will distribute $39,486,518 to nonprofits and local governments in Santa Clara County to help end homelessness.


February 15, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C. – United States Representative Jimmy Panetta (CA-19) and U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) along with several colleagues called on the U.S. Department of Treasury to revise the proposed rules for implementing the revised Section 48 Investment Tax Credit (ITC) of the Inflation Reduction Act(IRA) to ensure the final language supports the conversion of biogas into renewable natural gas to support American manufacturing innovation, the waste management industry, and American farmers.


February 15, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C. –  United States Representatives Jimmy Panetta (CA-19) and Mike Waltz (FL-06) introduced the bipartisan Contract Our Veterans Act in the House to set goals for the U.S. Department of Defense to increase contracts with small, veteran-owned businesses.


February 15, 2024

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Representatives Jimmy Panetta (CA-19), Zoe Lofgren (CA-18), the Ranking Member of the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee, Anna Eshoo (CA-16), and Ro Khanna (CA-17) announced that the National Science Foundation (NSF) and U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) will distribute a total of $357,342 to the San Jose State University Research Foundation for two research projects seeking to promote cultural and economic equity in STEM fields, specifically for startups and students.


February 15, 2024

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Representatives Jimmy Panetta (CA-19) and Zoe Lofgren (CA-18) announced that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) will distribute $13,284,896 to nonprofits and local governments in San Benito, Monterey, and Santa Cruz counties to help end homelessness.


February 14, 2024

Monterey, CA – United States Representative Jimmy Panetta (CA-19), in collaboration with the Monterey Bay Economic Partnership, convened a roundtable of local elected leaders, residents, businesses, and internet service providers as well as state and federal broadband offices to discuss the expansion of broadband and cellular service in Big Sur.


February 13, 2024

WASHINGTON – U.S. Representatives Jimmy Panetta (D-CA-19), Blake Moore (R-UT-01), Brad Schneider (D-IL-10), Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY-11) along with U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) and Alex Padilla (D-CA) and introduced the Health Accelerating Consumers’ Care by Expediting Self-Scheduling (ACCESS) Act to modernize health care and improve patients’ access to care.

Issues: Health

February 13, 2024

Santa Cruz, CA – United States Representative Jimmy Panetta (CA-19) announced a new federal grant to support ongoing local cancer research.  Rep. Panetta secured $697,000 for researchers at the University of California Santa Cruz (UCSC) to study isoforms driving cancer and drug resistance. 

Issues: Health

February 9, 2024

Washington, D.C. - Last week, H.R. 1250, the Family Farm and Small Business Exemption Act, led by United States Representatives Jimmy Panetta (CA-19) and Tracey Mann (KS-01) passed in the House Education and Workforce Committee as a part of H.R. 6951, the College Cost Reduction Act.


February 5, 2024

Monterey, CA – United States Representative Jimmy Panetta (CA-19) visited the El Paso Sector of the U.S. – Mexico border alongside U.S. Representative Veronica Escobar, who represents the area in Congress.