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Press Releases

March 1, 2024

Santa Cruz, CA – United States Representative Jimmy Panetta (CA-19) co-led a letter with Rep. Brad Schneider (IL-10) to President Joe Biden urging the continuation of negotiations needed to bring about a temporary truce. 


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.