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May 22, 2018

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Representatives and combat veterans Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Mike Coffman (R-CO), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), and Don Bacon (R-NE), submitted a proposed bipartisan amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) to amend the House Joint Resolution 118, Authorization for the Use of Military Force (AUMF) Against al-Qaeda, the Taliban, and the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria.


May 22, 2018

Washington, D.C. - The co-chairs of the Democratic Caucus' National Security Task Force—Reps. Seth Moulton of Massachusetts, Stephanie Murphy of Florida, and Jimmy Panetta of California —issued the following statement in response to the fallout we are witnessing due to President Trump's decision to withdraw the United States from the Iran Nuclear Deal.


May 21, 2018

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Jimmy Panetta (CA-20) signed a discharge petition to force a vote to restore net neutrality protections. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) moved in December 2017 to roll back net neutrality rules for Internet providers put in place under the previous Administration. On May 16, the Senate passed a measure restoring net neutrality rules.


May 19, 2018

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Jimmy Panetta (CA-20) released the following statement on the Farm Bill vote in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Issues: Agriculture

May 18, 2018

CONGRESSMAN JIMMY Panetta last week proposed that Dreamers who successfully serve in one of the five branches of United States military should be given legal status, including the possibility of eventual citizenship.

While debating the National Defense Authorization Act — which authorizes military spending for fiscal year 2019 — Panetta proposed an amendment that would give immigrants whose parents brought them to the country illegally a chance for permanent residency and possible citizenship if they serve in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines or Coast Guard.

Issues: Immigration

May 9, 2018

Congressman Jimmy Panetta, the Democrat who represents San Benito County in the U.S. House of Representatives, released a statement on reports Homeland Security will more frequently separate families seeking asylum at the border.

The statement is as follows:

Issues: Immigration

May 9, 2018

Western lawmakers sent a letter to Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer expressing concern about the Chinese tariffs' effects on agriculture.

Issues: Agriculture

May 9, 2018

Congressman Jimmy Panetta, the Democrat who represents San Benito County in the U.S. House of Representatives, released a statement on reports Homeland Security will more frequently separate families seeking asylum at the border.

The statement is as follows:

Issues: Immigration

May 9, 2018

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Jimmy Panetta (CA-20) released the following statement on reports that the Department of Homeland Security will more frequently separate families seeking asylum at the border.

Issues: Immigration

May 8, 2018

WASHINGTON, DC – The co-chairs of the Democratic Caucus' National Security Task Force—Reps. Jimmy Panetta of California, Stephanie Murphy of Florida, and Seth Moulton of Massachusetts—issued the following statement after President Donald Trump announced that the United States will withdraw the United States from the Iran nuclear deal, the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).