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January 31, 2023

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.


January 31, 2023

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). 

Issues: Education

January 30, 2023

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.

Issues: Agriculture

January 27, 2023

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. 


January 26, 2023

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. 


January 26, 2023

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.


January 24, 2023

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. 


January 24, 2023

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.

Issues: Environment

January 23, 2023

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.


January 20, 2023

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.