Press Releases

Monterey, CA – United States Representative Jimmy Panetta (CA-19) led a bipartisan coalition of 42 members calling for urgent Congressional action on his bipartisan Combating Illicit Xylazine Act.

Spreckels, CA – United States Representative Jimmy Panetta (CA-19) announced that, following his persistent advocacy, the United States Postal Service (USPS) has agreed to restore full operating hours at the Spreckels Post Office.

SAN JOSE, CA – Today, U.S. Representative Zoe Lofgren (CA-18), Ranking Member of the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee, along with her colleagues, U.S. Representatives Anna Eshoo (CA-16), Ro Khanna (CA-17), and Jimmy Panetta (CA-19) announced that the San Jose State University (SJSU) Research Foundation will receive $3,923,247 from the National Science Foundation (NSF), U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), U.S. Department of Education (ED), National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) for nine research projects.

San Jose, CA – Representatives Jimmy Panetta (CA-19), Ro Khanna (CA-17), Zoe Lofgren (CA-18), Ranking Member of the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee, and Anna Eshoo (CA-16), co-authors of the CHIPS and Science Act, announced that Applied Materials in Santa Clara, CA has been awarded $100 million in federal funding through the CHIPS Research and Development Office’s National Advanced Packaging Manufacturing Program.

Monterey, CA – United States Representative Jimmy Panetta (CA-19) released a letter to constituents on his vote for the Stop Terror-Financing and Tax Penalties on American Hostages Act, H.R. 9495. 

Monterey, CA – United States Representative Jimmy Panetta (CA-19) authored and reintroduced the Housing Access Improvement Act as a way to increase the creation of new affordable housing units in California and around the country.  The legislation would increase the cap on Project Based Vouchers (PBVs) that housing authorities can use by 50 percent. 

Santa Cruz, CA – United States Representative Jimmy Panetta (CA-19) secured federal funding to assist Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo to remove wildfire debris at Swanton Pacific Ranch in Santa Cruz County. 

Monterey, CA – United States Representative Jimmy Panetta (CA-19) led a bipartisan letter urging the Biden Administration to lift restrictions on Members of Congress traveling to Ukraine.