Press Releases

Washington, DC – United States Representative Jimmy Panetta (CA-19) alongside members of the Problem Solvers Caucus unveiled a bipartisan debt ceiling framework comprised of steps to avoid defaulting on the national debt and advancing a sustainable budget.  Rep. Panetta, who helped author this framework, currently serves on the House Committee on Ways and Means and House Committee on the Budget.

WASHINGTON, DC – Following an announcement that the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) is now accepting applications for disaster supplemental funding, today, U.S. Representatives Zoe Lofgren (CA-18), Jimmy Panetta (CA-19), and Salud Carbajal (CA-24) encouraged Central Coast local and tribal governments, nonprofits, and institutions of higher education to apply for additional disaster relief if they were impacted by the winter storms beginning on December 27, 2022.

Washington, DC – Today, United States Representatives Jimmy Panetta (CA-19), Salud Carbajal (CA-24), Zoe Lofgren (CA-18), and Jim Costa (CA-21) urged the creation and passage of a disaster recovery package in the U.S. House of Representatives that can aid recovery efforts for California farms and ranches devastated by historic storms earlier this year.

Washington, DC – U.S. Representative Jimmy Panetta (CA-19), Rep.

SAN JOSE, CA – Today, U.S. Representatives Zoe Lofgren (CA-18), Anna Eshoo (CA-16), Ro Khanna (CA-17), and Jimmy Panetta (CA-19) announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will provide Santa Clara County with $2,819,898 in funding to support HIV emergency relief efforts for low-income individuals and minority populations.

Monterey, CA – Today, U.S. Representative Jimmy Panetta (CA-19) announced nearly $2 million in federal support for Santa Cruz Community Health Centers. 

Monterey, CA – Today, U.S. Representative Jimmy Panetta (CA-19) applauded the Secretary of Defense’s authorization of Imminent Danger Pay (IDP) to servicemembers operating in Burkina Faso, effective retroactively back to February 01, 2022. 

Washington - Today, Representatives Jimmy Panetta (D-Calif.), Mike Collins (R-Ga), Mike Kelly (R-Pa.), and Aviation Subcommittee Ranking Member Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.) introduced the Aviation Workforce Development Act, a bill to make training at FAA-certified commercial pilot and aircraft maintenance technician schools a qualified expense for existing 529 Plans. Representatives Drew Ferguson (R-Ga.), Lucy McBath, (D-Ga.), Julia Brownley (D-Calif.) and Russell Fry (R-S.C.) also joined the effort as original co-sponsors.