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SALINAS, CA – Today, Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-CA) released the following statement on the public release of the Army Inspector General report on privatized housing:
SALINAS, CA – Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-Carmel Valley) released the following statement following the boat fire near Santa Cruz Island.
WASHINGTON, DC — Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-CA) and Congressman William Timmons (R-SC), both members of the House Committee on the Budget, recently introduced the Bipartisan Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2019 (BiFRA). The legislation would require all future budgets considered by Congress include a ratio comparing the federal government's debt held by the public to the annual Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the United States.
WASHINGTON, DC -- Today, Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-CA) joined Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), along with Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler, Immigration and Citizenship Subcommittee Chairwoman Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Congresswoman Judy Chu (D-CA), Congressman Lou Correa (D-CA), Congressman Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Senator Edward J. Markey (D-MA) and other lawmakers penned a letter to Acting Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kevin McAleenan, Acting U.S.
A MONTH after the House of Representatives passed a bipartisan bill to crack down on robocalls, a coalition of the country's largest telecoms announced last week they would do more to prevent illegal calls and offer consumers technology to block them. Rep.
SALINAS, CA – Today, Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-CA) announced the introduction of the Small Community Transit Improvement Act. This bill will increase the amount of funding provided to transit systems in small communities.
Co-introduced by Reps. Rodney Davis (R-IL), Greg Stanton (D-AZ), and Steven Palazzo (R-MS), H.R. 3758 will increase the apportionment for the Small Transit Intensive Cities Program (STIC) from 2% to 3% to keep up with the growth and success of the program.
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-CA) introduced the Nuclear Security and Nonproliferation Accounting Act. The bipartisan legislation requires the Government Accountability Office provide annual reports to Congress on the budgets for international and domestic nuclear security programs of the United States. The bill is cosponsored by Congressman Chuck Fleischmann (R-TN). Congressman Panetta and Congressman Fleishmann are members of the Congressional Nuclear Security Working Group.
Gilroy, El Paso, Dayton, and the 250 mass shootings this year demonstrate that our nation is afflicted by a gun violence crisis. Thoughts and prayers are with the shooting victims and their families. But, clearly, that is not enough. It is critical that Congress, our country and our communities deliver not only words, but also action on gun safety reform.
DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSMAN Jimmy Panetta this week demanded that the U.S. Senate pass federal bills requiring background checks for firearms and a ban on assault weapons after shooters in Gilroy, El Paso and Dayton killed and injured dozens of people. Panetta made numerous comments on social media in the past week in response to the shootings, including calling for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to hold votes on two background checks bills OK'd by the House of Representatives in February. "This inaction must stop," Panetta said on Facebook. "We know background checks save lives.
MONTEREY – In a letter to Sen. Mitch McConnell, Rep. Jimmy Panetta and more than 200 members of the House Democratic Caucus called on the Senate majority leader to cancel recess and take action on gun legislation.