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SOLEDAD — American flags, a special ceremony and a guest appearance by Congressman Jimmy Panetta paid tribute to fallen soldiers and military members May 27 at the Soledad Cemetery.
Soledad American Legion Post 32 started off the ceremony with Commander Juan Baltierra, who introduced the placing of the MIA (Missing in Action) chair wrap by Tom Vaughan and Tony Virrueta.
U.S. Rep. Jimmy Panetta took a detour on his way from Washington D.C. to Carmel Valley last week to stop in two border cities, El Paso and San Diego, to see how the immigration system is working—or isn't working.
He met with U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents, Citizen and Immigration Services officials, and Immigrations and Customs Enforcement officers. What he encountered was mostly an overburdened system with too little staffing.
MONTEREY – Rep. Jimmy Panetta, D-Carmel Valley, recently traveled to the southern border to gather information about the influx of immigrants and how the United States government is handling the situation in a quest for solutions to the complex issue.
"I wanted to see it first-hand for evidence, to be able to articulate and understand to work on it," said Panetta via phone. "The trip was my duty as a U.S. representative to gather evidence on my own for this pressing issue."
Helping veterans and active duty military has been a focus of Representative Jimmy Panetta during his time in Congress. He is a veteran of the war in Afghanistan. He served in the Navy Reserve.
I recently met him at his office in Washington, D.C. and asked how his service has shaped his work as a lawmaker.
SEASIDE — As a hallowed flag flew at half staff above more than 75 veterans and their families who gathered on a cool Monday morning at the Central Coast Veterans Cemetery in Seaside, one elected official after another paid tribute to the men and women who made a final sacrifice for their country.
Jimmy Panetta, a Navy veteran and a Congressman representing the 20th District in the House of Representatives, opened his remarks on a "sober and somber day."
The San Benito County Free Library celebrated its first one hundred years of service recently with an evening of food, fellowship and fun.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Jimmy Panetta (CA-20), Congressman Alan Lowenthal (CA-47), and 33 members of the California Democratic Congressional Delegation expressed opposition to recent moves by the Trump Administration's Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to open millions of acres of federal lands in California to new oil and gas development.
SANTA CRUZ– As health care costs rise and a growing number of people cannot afford care, state and federal representatives are proposing and voting on bills to improve the issue.
Rep. Jimmy Panetta, D-Carmel Valley, voted for House bill 986 on May 9 and House bill 987 on May 16, which the House passed. Both bills protect people with preexisting medical conditions, lower prescription drug prices and eliminates short term health insurance plans lacking benefits.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Jimmy Panetta (CA-20), along with Reps. Antonio Delgado (NY-19), Don Beyer (VA-08), Mike Kelly (PA-16), Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA-05), and Don Bacon (NE-02) co-introduced H.R. 2912, the bipartisan Military Spouse Hiring Act, legislation that incentivizes employers to hire spouses of members of the United States Armed Forces.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the U.S. House of Representatives unanimously passed Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-CA-20) and Congressman Doug LaMalfa's (R-CA-01) legislation, the Honoring Veterans' Families Act. The bipartisan legislation allows the spouse and dependent children of a veteran to be included on the veteran's grave marker upon their death. Due to a flaw in current law, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) cannot include almost any information about the spouse of a veteran on a VA-provided tombstone at a non-VA cemetery.