Press Releases

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Jimmy Panetta (CA-20) on Monday voted for the bipartisan Veteran Treatment Court Act of 2019, of which he is an original cosponsor. The legislation unanimously passed the U.S. House of Representatives and is now heading to the President's desk to be signed into law.

SALINAS, CA – Today, Congressman Jimmy Panetta (CA-20) released the following statement on the passing of Congressman John Lewis (GA-05).

SALINAS, CA – Today, Congressman Jimmy Panetta (CA-20) led 22 members of Congress in calling on the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) U.S.

SALINAS, CA – Today, Congressman Jimmy Panetta (CA-20) announced that the Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District (METRO) received a federal grant totaling $20,560,417 to help respond to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). The funding for this grant is from the recently passed Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, which directs the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to allocate funding to prevent, prepare for, and respond to the coronavirus through the existing Urbanized Area Formula Grants Program.

SALINAS, CA – Today, Congressman Jimmy Panetta (CA-20) led 136 members of Congress in calling on the administration to reverse its decision to strip international college students of their U.S. visas if their coursework was entirely online. The letter is co-led by Congresswoman Linda T. Sánchez (CA-38), Higher Education and Workforce Investment Subcommittee Chairwoman Susan A.

SALINAS, CA – Congressman Jimmy Panetta (CA-20) and 30 Members of the California House Delegation expressed their concern about reports that the Trump Administration continues to develop plans to expand oil and gas leasing along the U.S. Pacific Coast. In a letter to U.S. Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt, the Members also expressed their strong opposition to any new oil and gas leasing off the coast of California and demand to be informed of any such plans being developed by the administration.

SALINAS, CA – Congressman Jimmy Panetta (CA-20) and over one hundred of his colleagues in Congress, including the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC), demanded that the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) immediately begin accepting new applications for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Jimmy Panetta (CA-20) announced that he introduced the Revolving Loan Fund Flexibility Act, to provide localities greater flexibility in using federal economic development funds delivered during the COVID-19 pandemic. The legislation will allow local governments to repurpose funds that have been loaned from and repaid to a revolving loan fund, so that they can better target federal funds for projects that stimulate and revitalize local economies.