Press Releases
SALINAS, CA – Today, U.S. Representative Jimmy Panetta (D-Carmel Valley) announced that he secured $67 million in federal funding for the Pajaro River Flood Risk Management Project. This funding is from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act that was supported by Congressman Panetta and signed into law by President Joe Biden in the Fall of 2021.
SALINAS, CA – Today, Reps. Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Jodey Arrington (R-TX), Jim Costa (D-CA), Dusty Johnson (R-SD), Ron Kind (D-WI), and Randy Feenstra (R-IA) led a bipartisan group of 87 Members of Congress in a letter to U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai and Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack urging them to make agriculture a priority in the upcoming Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (Framework). U.S. agriculture products, which are made with the highest sustainability and labor standards, need global markets to continue to grow.
Today, two retirement security bills authored by Rep. Jimmy Panetta (D-Carmel Valley), the Public Service Retirement Fairness Act and the Family Attribution Modernization Act, passed the U.S. House of Representatives.
SALINAS, CA – Today, Rep. Jimmy Panetta announced that the Commerce Department's Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $4 million American Rescue Plan Travel, Tourism and Outdoor Recreation program grant to the city of Santa Cruz, California, to develop new arts and entertainment infrastructure within the Tannery Arts Center and increase tourism to the region.
SALINAS, CA – Today, Rep. Jimmy Panetta (D-CA) announced that $540,000 from the 2022 budget package will go to the Santa Cruz Port District to help cover the cost of its annual maintenance dredging. Rep. Panetta worked with both the House and Senate Appropriations Committees to secure this request on behalf of the Santa Cruz Harbor Port Commission. The funding will be used to maintain the commercial and recreational safety of this historic harbor on the Central Coast.
SALINAS, CA – Today, Rep. Jimmy Panetta wrote to Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Shalanda Young reiterating his call to remove the former National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) research building in Pacific Grove from the auction block and instead consider a public conveyance of the property.
SALINAS, CA – Today, Rep. Jimmy Panetta announced that our congressional district received $14.9 million in funding from the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Emergency Connectivity Fund Program (ECF). The ECF program, which was created as part of the American Rescue Plan, helps schools and libraries ensure that students can connect to the internet at home, allowing them to take advantage of online learning and do their homework. The funding has been allocated to school districts that Congressman Panetta represents in Monterey, Santa Cruz, and San Benito.
SALINAS, CA – Today, Rep. Jimmy Panetta (D-CA) announced that eight community projects in California's 20th District were included in the FY 2022 Appropriations package totaling $5.9 million. These funds will support infrastructure, water projects, workforce development, healthcare, and housing projects throughout the district in Santa Cruz, Pacific Grove, King City, Watsonville, San Juan Bautista, and Salinas. The legislation was passed in the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday night, the U.S.
Rep. Jimmy Panetta (D-Carmel Valley) announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture will provide $18 million in federal funding to replace the Nacimiento Fire Station that was lost in the Dolan Fire.
Reps. Jimmy Panetta (D-CA-20), Don Young (R-AK-At-large), and Shontel Brown (D-OH-11) led a bipartisan group of 79 Members of Congress requesting the inclusion of additional funding for The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) in upcoming appropriations packages or any additional COVID relief spending legislation.