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WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Jimmy Panetta (CA-20) cosponsored the first major Democratic legislative priority in the 116th Congress, H.R. 1, The For The People Act of 2019.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-CA-20) was sworn in as a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 116th Congress.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Jimmy Panetta (CA-20) released the following statement after the latest government shutdown.
MONTERY – Congress passed the 2018 Farm Bill – the Senate on Tuesday and the House on Wednesday – that includes a number of bipartisan provisions that will benefit the Central Coast plus a historic move to allow hemp production. It next goes to President Trump for signing.
MONTEREY — The U.S. House of Representatives this week unanimously passed maritime legislation that aims to advance the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's ability to use drone technology to support at-sea research and operations.
Dubbed the Commercial Engagement through Ocean Technology Act (CENOTE), the legislation that was co-authored by Rep. Jimmy Panetta, D-Carmel Valley, will advance NOAA's use of unmanned maritime systems, encourage private sector research and development and ensure that maritime data is readily available and reliable.
A new five-year farm bill that enhances existing programs while offering new assistance to less traditional forms of agriculture and legalizing industrial hemp easily won final congressional approval from the House on Wednesday, sending the measure to President Donald Trump for his signature.
The whopping margin on the final vote, 369-47, mirrored a similarly large vote in the Senate on Tuesday, 87-13. On final passage, 182 Republicans and 187 Democrats voted in favor. Forty-four Republicans, many of whom are members of the Freedom Caucus, and three Democrats voted against it.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Jimmy Panetta (CA-20), a member of the House Agriculture Committee, released the following statement on the 2018 Farm Bill, which was passed by the U.S. House of Representatives today:
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the U.S. House of Representatives unanimously passed the Commercial Engagement through Ocean Technology (CENOTE) Act. Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-CA) co-authored and introduced the House draft of the bill with Congressman Steven Palazzo (R-MS).
Congress likely won’t take action to rein in the military powers it granted the president after the 9/11 attacks—powers that Trump uses with the broad aim of countering Iran.
WATSONVILLE — A contingent of politicians, educators and residents gathered in Watsonville/Aptos/Santa Cruz Adult Education's Rodriguez Street location Monday to help ring in the institution's 90th anniversary.
With dozens of classes on tap, the school boasts more than 3,000 students and more than 100 teachers.