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September 26, 2025

Paso Robles, CA – United States Representative Jimmy Panetta (CA-19) announced that, after months of advocacy on behalf of San Luis Obispo County residents, the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) has agreed to recognize Lake Nacimiento/Nacimiento Lake as an official community name within ZIP Code 93426.


September 26, 2025

Monterey, CA – United States Representative Jimmy Panetta (CA-19) authored and introduced the Monterey Bay National Heritage Area Study Act. 


September 25, 2025

Monterey, CA – United States Representative Jimmy Panetta (CA-19) joined a bipartisan delegation of Members of Congress to visit the U.S.–Mexico border in Arizona as part of his work as Co-Chair of the Problem Solvers Caucus Immigration & Border Security Working Group.


September 25, 2025

Monterey, CA – United States Representative Jimmy Panetta (CA-19) reintroduced the bipartisan Inspire to Serve Act, a bipartisan bill designed to reverse the decline in volunteerism, expand access to public service opportunities, and strengthen national preparedness.


September 22, 2025

Santa Cruz, CA – United States Representative Jimmy Panetta (CA-19) announced that he had secured $14,648,944.20 in reimbursements for local governments in California’s 19th Congressional District from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Funding will help repair and restore infrastructure damaged by the 2023 and 2024 winter storms.


September 22, 2025

Monterey, CA – United States Representative Jimmy Panetta (CA-19) released the following statement on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's proposed expansion and potential annexation of the West Bank:


September 18, 2025

Monterey, CA – United States Representative Jimmy Panetta (CA-19) reintroduced bipartisan legislation to better empower patients with up-to-date information on healthcare providers covered by their insurance plans.

Issues: Health

September 16, 2025

Monterey, CA – U.S. Representative Jimmy Panetta (CA-19) reintroduced the bipartisan, bicameral Supporting Early-Childhood Educators’ Deductions (SEED) Act to ensure early childhood educators can claim the same federal tax deduction currently available to K-12 teachers. 


September 16, 2025

Washington, D.C. – Today, United States Representatives Jimmy Panetta (D-Calif.-19) and Salud Carbajal (D-Calif.-24), alongside U.S. Senators Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), and members of the California congressional delegation demanded answers from the Trump administration on its involvement in Sable Offshore Corporation’s attempts to restart offshore oil drilling using the same pipelines that caused the Refugio State Beach oil spill of 2015.


September 16, 2025

Washington, D.C. – Today, United States Representative Jimmy Panetta (CA-19), along with U.S. Senators Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-GA) and Roger Marshall (R-KS) introduced bipartisan, bicameral legislation to strengthen access to healthy and affordable food options for servicemembers on military bases.