Press Releases
Santa Cruz, CA – U.S. Representatives Jimmy Panetta (CA-19) and Anna Eshoo (CA-16) wrote Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Deanne Criswell to request expeditious approval of backlogged reimbursements for Santa Cruz County disaster claims for damages from the 2020 CZU Lightning Complex Fire (CZU Fire).
Washington, DC – U.S. Representative Jimmy Panetta (CA-19) released the following statement on President Joe Biden’s second State of the Union Address:
Santa Cruz, CA – U.S. Representative Jimmy Panetta (CA-19) announced that a local small business owner who experienced severe damage to his restaurant due to the recent storms will be his guest at the State of the Union address by President Joe Biden on Tuesday, February 7, 2023. Santa Cruz resident Chuck Hammers, who owns Pizza My Heart, a restaurant in Capitola, will attend the State of the Union at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. next week.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Reps. Jimmy Panetta (CA-19) and Dan Newhouse (R-WA) introduced the bipartisan Agriculture Export Promotion Act of 2023 alongside Reps. Jim Costa (D-CA), Brad Finstad (R-MN), Ashley Hinson (R-IA), Tracey Mann (R-KS), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), and Kim Schrier (D-WA).
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Representatives Jimmy Panetta (CA-19), Zoe Lofgren (CA-18), Anna G. Eshoo (CA-16), and Ro Khanna (CA-17) announced that the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) will provide a total of $101,800,897 to support public transit in the San Jose Urbanized Area.
Santa Cruz, CA – U.S. Representative Jimmy Panetta (CA-19) announced $3 million in grants from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for scientific research taking place the University of California Santa Cruz (UCSC).
Monterey, CA – U.S. Representatives Jimmy Panetta (CA-19), Mark Alford (MO-04), and Dusty Johnson (SD-AL) introduced the bipartisan Amplifying Processing of Livestock in the United States (A-PLUS) Act to fix regulatory roadblocks and increase meat processing capacity by allowing livestock auction market owners to invest in small and regional packing facilities.
Monterey, CA – Today, U.S. Representative Jimmy Panetta (CA-19) and Representative Zoe Lofgren (CA-18) applauded additional federal disaster relief approved for Monterey County.
Monterey, CA – Legislation authored and introduced by U.S. Representative Jimmy Panetta (D-Carmel Valley) to honor former postmaster Chief Rudolph “Rudy” Banuelos was signed into law by President Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Representatives Jimmy Panetta (CA-19) and Tracey Mann (KS-01) announced the reestablishment of the Congressional FFA Caucus in the 118th Congress.