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March 29, 2023

Monterey, CA - U.S. Representative Jimmy Panetta joined Reps. Jim Costa (CA-21), Zoe Lofgren (CA-18), Ken Calvert (CA-41), and David Valadao (CA-22), along with U.S. Senators Alex Padilla and Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) leading a bipartisan, bicameral letter to President Joe Biden urging him to issue a major disaster declaration for the State of California in response to recent winter storms beginning February 21, 2023.


March 29, 2023

Monterey, CA – Today, U.S. Representatives Jimmy Panetta (CA-19) and Randy Feenstra (IA-04) introduced the Advancing Cutting Edge (ACE) Agriculture Act to better foster innovative agricultural research and development at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). 

Issues: Agriculture

March 28, 2023

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Amid extreme weather in California that has caused devastating flooding and breached the Pajaro River levee, Representatives Jimmy Panetta (D-Calif.-19) and Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.-18) along with U.S. Senators Alex Padilla and Dianne Feinstein (both D-Calif.) sent a letter to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers urging them to accelerate construction of the federally authorized project to repair the levee and to provide emergency repairs and response for the towns of Pajaro and Watsonville, which bore the brunt of the flooding.


March 28, 2023

Monterey, CA – Today, United States Representatives Jimmy Panetta (CA-19), August Pfluger (TX-11), Gus Bilirakis (Fl.-12), Ken Buck (CO-04), and Chris Pappas (NH-01) with Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) introduced the Combating Illicit Xylazine Act, bipartisan, bicameral legislation with to crack down and schedule the highly dangerous sedative causing fatal overdoses nationwide.


March 27, 2023

Monterey, CA – Today, U.S. Representative Jimmy Panetta (CA-19) led a bipartisan coalition to introduce the Military Food Security Act joined by, Representatives Blake Moore (UT-01), Marilyn Strickland (WA-10), Don Bacon (NE-02), Sara Jacobs (CA-51), Mike Levin (CA-49), and House Energy and Commerce Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA-05).


March 27, 2023

Monterey, CA – Today, U.S. Representative Jimmy Panetta (CA-19) and House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA-05) announced the reintroduction of the Military Family Nutrition Access Act, a bill designed to provide essential support to military families in accessing healthy and affordable food options. 


March 27, 2023

Monterey, CA – Today, U.S. Representative Jimmy Panetta (CA-19) led a bipartisan cross-committee coalition in the U.S. House of Representatives in introducing two pieces of legislation to help military families facing hunger to purchase nutritious meals by expanding eligibility for federal support.


March 21, 2023

Monterey, CA – Today, U.S. Representatives Jimmy Panetta (CA-19), Congressional Bike Caucus Chairman Earl Blumenauer (OR-03), Mike Thompson (CA-04), and Adam Schiff (CA-30) reintroduced the Electric Bicycle Incentive Kickstart for the Environment (E-BIKE) Act to encourage the use of electric bicycles, or e-bikes, through a consumer tax credit.

Issues: Environment

March 20, 2023

Monterey, CA – Today, U.S. Representative Jimmy Panetta (CA-19) announced that submissions are now open for local high school students to participate in the annual Congressional Art Competition.


March 15, 2023

Washington, DC – Today, Representatives Ro Khanna (CA-17), Zoe Lofgren (CA-18), Anna Eshoo (CA-16), and Jimmy Panetta (CA-19) released the following statement applauding the Department of Transportation for recommending $500 million in funding for the BART Silicon Valley Phase II Project.