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February 29, 2024

Santa Cruz, CA – United States Representative Jimmy Panetta (CA-19) announced Jasmine Nájera, CEO of Pajaro Valley Prevention and Student Assistance (PVPSA) and a local Licensed Clinical Social Worker, as his guest to President Joe Biden’s Annual State of the Union Address.


February 24, 2024

Santa Cruz, CA – United States Representative Jimmy Panetta (CA-19), in collaboration with the Monterey Bay Economic Partnership, convened a community roundtable on the expansion of broadband and cellular service in Boulder Creek. 


February 23, 2024

Monterey, CA – United States Representatives Jimmy Panetta (CA-19) and Mike Thompson (CA-04), along with 13 other Members of the California delegation led a letter to California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) President Alice Bushing Reynolds urging CPUC to reject AT&T’s petition to end access to landline services.


February 23, 2024

Monterey, CA – The Co-Chairs of the Agriculture Trade Caucus, United States Representatives Jimmy Panetta (CA-19), Adrian Smith (NE-03), Jim Costa (CA-21), and Dusty Johnson (SD-AL) led 24 of their colleagues in the House urging the Biden Administration to make agriculture a priority in its trade agenda by reducing tariff and non-tariff barriers for American agricultural exports.


February 20, 2024

Monterey, CA – United States Representative Jimmy Panetta (CA-19) and Michelle Steel (CA-45) led a bipartisan group of lawmakers to urge the Biden Administration to investigate allegations of forced labor in seafood supply chains with China.


February 20, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representatives Jimmy Panetta (CA-19) and Tracey Mann (KS-01), co-chairs of the Congressional FFA Caucus, and U.S. Representatives GT Thompson (PA-15) and Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01), co-chairs of the Congressional Career and Technical Education Caucus, recently introduced a bipartisan resolution designating February 17 through 24 as National FFA Week.


February 20, 2024

Washington, DC – United States Representative Jimmy Panetta (CA-19) introduced the NATO Support Act of 2024 to bolster our commitment to defending against global threats with our European allies.


February 16, 2024

Monterey, CA – United States Representatives Jimmy Panetta (CA-19) and Zoe Lofgren (CA-18), as well as U.S. Senators Alex Padilla (D-CA) and Laphonza Butler (D-CA) advocated for sustained federal investment in the Pajaro River Flood Risk Management Project in a letter to the Biden Administration.


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.