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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.
A plan to open up drilling in California will result in 75 new oil wells over the next 20 years, many of them along the Central Coast, according to a new proposal unveiled by the Bureau of Land Management.
The California Association for Bilingual Education, Pájaro Valley Chapter 66, announced its 2019 Scholarship recipients. They were chosen based on their academics, honors, extra-curricular activities, biliteracy abilities, community involvement, future plans and financial need.
The four recipients, from Pájaro Valley Unified School District, will each be awarded a $400 scholarship. The awardees from Pájaro Valley High School are Cecilia Garcia Tovar and Daniel Salgado. The honorees from Watsonville High School are Jimelda Lopez-Lopez and Lucia Nico-Silva.
Two weeks after introducing legislation to address widespread complaints of hazardous conditions in America's privatized military housing, Democratic Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren penned an op-ed to explain her latest proposition.
SALINAS, Calif. - A bipartisan group of lawmakers is backing new legislation to improve living conditions in privatized military housing.
Central Coast Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D) is author of the Better Military Housing Act. Panetta says the bill will provide oversight and enhance the health, safety, and quality of privatized military housing.
Co-sponsors include House members Richard Hudson (R-NC), Anthony Brown (D-MD), John Carter (R-TX), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Denny Heck (D-WA), Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA), Vicky Hartzler (R-MO), Van Taylor (R-TX), and Michael Waltz (R-FL).