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SALINAS, CA – Congressman Jimmy Panetta (CA-20) released the following statement about his co-sponsorship of the joint resolution to terminate the National Emergency Declaration at the U.S.-Mexico border by President Donald Trump.
"This joint resolution is necessary to nullify the President's declaration of a fictitious emergency at our nation's southern border. As set out in the National Emergencies Act (NEA), the President has the power to declare an emergency, but he cannot contrive the emergency in order to circumvent Congress and our constitution.
Rep. Jimmy Panetta announced Tuesday that he has been appointed to serve as an assistant whip for the 116th Congress.
"I am honored to have the opportunity to shape and advocate for policies that will help my community on the central coast of California and those like it around the nation," said Panetta in a media release.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-Calif.) announced today that he has been appointed to serve as an Assistant Whip for the 116th Congress.
MONTEREY — The sun came out just in time to leave the June gloom behind Saturday at the 88th Annual La Merienda in Monterey.
The event, which celebrated Monterey's 249th birthday, took place in the Memory Garden at Custom House Plaza, which was decorated with piñatas and fluffy flowers made out of brightly-shaded crepe paper. That's where the approximately 400 attendees including community members, leaders and luminaries both served up and partook in a feast while honoring the city's history and culture.
Un grupo de 12 miembros del Congreso de Estados Unidos envió una carta al Secretario de Estado de esa nación, Mike Pompeo, donde manifestó su consternación y preocupación ante la entrada de soldados y policías junto al presidente de la república, Nayib Bukele, a la Asamblea Legislativa de El Salvador el domingo pasado.
"Escribimos para expresar nuestra profunda preocupación con respecto a la reciente decisión del presidente salvadoreño Nayib Bukele de llevar a soldados y policías armados a una reunión de la Asamblea Legislativa del país", reza la misiva.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressional leadership has appointed Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-Calif.) to serve on three committees during the 116th Congress. He will serve on the House Ways and Means Committee and its Trade Subcommittee. Congressman Panetta was also selected as one of three Ways and Means Committee members to serve on the Budget Committee.
A long-planned Pajaro River flooding prevention project has secured its first federal funding for engineering and design.
Earlier this week, Rep. Jimmy Panetta announced that the Pajaro River Flood Risk Reduction Project had been provided $1.8 million from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 2020 work plan budget.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-CA-20), joined Congressman Doug LaMalfa (R-CA-01) in introducing 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 or dependent children of a veteran on a VA-provided tombstone.
WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday overwhelmingly passed the Veterans' Access to Child Care Act, H.R. 840, to break down barriers for veterans to access healthcare. This legislation will make permanent the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Child Care Pilot Program and expand it so that veterans across the nation who are parents, grandparents, or other caretakers of young children have a convenient, cost-free child care option when they have VA medical appointments.
WASHINGTON — A bipartisan group of lawmakers is trying again to ensure all Medal of Honor recipients and prisoners of war are given full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery.
Legislation introduced in the House on Wednesday would grant them a military band and horse-drawn caisson – honors now reserved only for officers and servicemembers killed in action.