Press Releases
Monterey, CA – U.S. Representative Jimmy Panetta (CA-19), Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA), Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Representative Jared Huffman (CA-02), and Representative Salud Carbajal (CA-24) applauded more than $29.3 million in grants for the emergency highway and road repair in California following the series of winter storms that resulted in widespread flooding, washed-out roads, mudslides, landslides, and sinkholes.
Monterey, CA – This week, U.S. Representatives Jimmy Panetta (CA-19) and Salud Carbajal (CA-24) highlighted the $10 million investment in critical monarch butterfly and pollinator conservation they secured in the federal funding package passed at the end of last year.
Washington, DC – Representatives Ro Khanna (CA-17), Anna Eshoo (CA-16), Zoe Lofgren (CA-18), and Jimmy Panetta (CA-19) announced today that the Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport was awarded $10,990,000 through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law signed by President Biden.
Santa Cruz, CA – U.S. Representative Jimmy Panetta (CA-19) welcomed President Joe Biden to California’s 19th Congressional District to survey damage from the recent severe storms that impacted California and speak to his constituents.
Monterey, CA – Today, U.S. Representative Jimmy Panetta (CA-19), Representative Zoe Lofgren (CA-18), Representative Anna Eshoo (CA-16), and Representative Ro Khanna (CA-17) wrote to President Joe Biden to request that relief for Santa Clara County be included in the Presidential Major Declaration for the State of California.
Monterey, CA – Today, President Joseph R. Biden Jr., amended his Major Disaster Declaration to include Monterey and San Luis Obispo counties, making these jurisdictions eligible for both public and individual federal assistance.
Santa Cruz, CA – Today, President Joseph R. Biden Jr., granted a Major Disaster Declaration for the State of California and designated Santa Cruz County as one of the first recipients of this federal assistance.
Monterey, CA – U.S. Representative Jimmy Panetta (CA-19) and U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA) authored a bipartisan letter co-led by Representative Kevin Kiley (CA-03), Representative Adam Schiff (CA-30), Representative Salud Carbajal (CA-24), and Representative Brad Sherman (CA-32) with the full California delegation urging President Joe Biden to issue a major disaster declaration for the State of California in response to recent severe weather.
Monterey, CA – U.S. Representative Jimmy Panetta (CA-19), Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA), Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Representative Jared Huffman (CA-02), and Representative Salud Carbajal (CA-24), led a bipartisan letter with 33 California Members of Congress to Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and Federal Highway Administrator (FHWA) Shailen Bhatt to request expedited support, funding, and other assistance to the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) in response to the ongoing winter storms that have severely damaged road and highway infrastructure across the state.
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Representative Jimmy Panetta (D-Carmel Valley) was sworn-in as part of the 118th Congress representing California’s new 19th Congressional District in the House of Representatives.