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June 19, 2018

Congressman Jimmy Panetta (CA-20) joined five other members of Congress today to introduce the Keep Families Together Act, H.R. 6135, to protect children from being needlessly separated from their parents at the border. This bill is the House companion to the Keep Families Together Act, which was introduced in the Senate by Senator Dianne Feinstein.

Issues: Immigration

June 19, 2018

Monterey >> In a companion bill to the Keep Families Together Act introduced in the Senate by Sen. Dianne Feinstein, Congressman Jimmy Panetta, D-Carmel Valley, and five other members of the House of Representatives will be introducing legislation to protect children from being needlessly separated from their parents.

Congressman Panetta addressed the claim made by President Trump that separation is part of the existing law.

Issues: Immigration

June 15, 2018

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Jimmy Panetta (CA-20) released the following statement to commemorate the sixth anniversary of the announcement of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.

Issues: Immigration

June 12, 2018

Washington, D.C. - The co-chairs of the Democratic Caucus' National Security Task Force—Reps. Jimmy Panetta of California, Seth Moulton of Massachusetts, and Stephanie Murphy of Florida—issued the following statement after President Trump's meeting with North Korea leader Kim Jong-Un:


June 11, 2018

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Jimmy Panetta (CA-20) released the following statement after Attorney General Jeff Sessions ordered immigration judges to limit asylum relief for thousands of victims of domestic abuse and gang violence.

Issues: Immigration

May 31, 2018

May 8, 2018 - Washington, D.C. – In his ongoing efforts to fight for California agriculture, on Monday Congressman Jim Costa (CA-16) led other California members of the U.S. House of Representatives in calling on the Administration to replace its tariffs with a "strategic," allied approach for addressing unfair or unbalanced trade practices.


May 31, 2018

The regional representative introduced legislation based on a 2001 California state law that established the Armed Prohibited Persons System.


May 31, 2018

U.S. Rep. Jimmy Panetta, D-Carmel Valley, visited the Korean Peninsula over Memorial Day weekend as part of a bipartisan congressional delegation that coincided with a surprise May 26 summit between North Korean and South Korean leaders.

A statement from Panetta's office says the trip's purpose was "to see firsthand what the situation is on the Peninsula and at the demilitarized zone.

"[Panetta] wanted to obtain a sense for the chance of a summit between President Donald Trump and Kim Jong-Un and, ultimately, peace on the Korean Peninsula."


May 31, 2018

In celebration of the city of Monterey's 248th birthday, the Monterey History & Art Association is sponsoring its 87th premier annual event, La Merienda, Saturday from 11:30 a.m.-3 p.m. The long-held tradition of a festive picnic in the historic Memory Garden reenacts the original midday meal Father Junipero Serra, father of the California missions (now Saint Serra) and Captain Gaspar de Portola, a Spanish military leader, celebrated overlooking Monterey Bay at the founding of Monterey on June 3, 1770.


May 31, 2018

Startup Sandbox will cut the ribbon Thursday afternoon for a state-of-the-art wet lab at 250 Natural Bridges Drive.

Speakers at the invitation-only event will be Rep. Jimmy Panetta, D-Carmel Valley, Marlene Tromp, UC Santa Cruz provost and executive vice chancellor. Scott Brandt, UCSC vice chancellor of research and Santa Cruz County Supervisor Ryan Coonerty.