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WASHINGTON, DC – After the most destructive California wildfire season on record, Central Coast Reps. Jimmy Panetta (CA-20), Salud Carbajal (CA-24), and Julia Brownley (CA-26) requested that Congress include a fix to the disruptive wildfire budgeting practice in their must-pass FY 2018 Omnibus Appropriations Bill.
Monterey County >> National School Walk Out is planned for Wednesday at 10 a.m. with promoters of the nationwide event calling for students to leave class for 17 minutes, representing the 17 lives lost in the recent Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School school shooting in Florida.
But, the Monterey Peninsula Unified School District is encouraging students to remain on campus in the interest of student safety and encourages school sites to plan activities where students and staff can express their voices on campus.
One of the more moderate Democrats on the House Agriculture Committee, California Rep. Jimmy Panetta, says he wants to see the details of Chairman Mike Conaway's draft farm bill before taking a position on its nutrition provisions.
MONTEREY COUNTY, Calif. - New proposed legislation could make unmanned ocean exploration a much more common sight on the Central Coast.
The new bill is being co-sponsored by congressman Jimmy Panetta and could build strong partnerships with those exploring our oceans.
“Our service members need adequate resources and support to execute their missions,” Panetta said. “When our troops operate in remote areas far from their traditional support bases, that support includes available and accessible quick reaction forces. If the service members in Niger did not have the resources required, Congress needs to execute its oversight responsibilities and ensure that such lapses in security do not happen again.”
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Jimmy Panetta (CA-20) released the following statement after Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced a federal lawsuit against the state of California that could result in the removal of federal resources from state and local law enforcement:
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, along with Reps. Steven Palazzo, R-Miss., and Jimmy Panetta, D-Calif., today introduced the Commercial Engagement through Ocean Technology (CENOTE) Act. This bicameral, bipartisan legislation would advance the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) use of unmanned maritime systems, encourage private sector research and development, and ensure that marine data is readily available and reliable.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Jimmy Panetta (CA-20) this week cosponsored H.R. 4052, the Keep Americans Safe Act, to prohibit the importation, sale, manufacture, transfer, or possession of high-capacity magazines for firearms which hold more than 10 rounds of ammunition.
"High-capacity magazines allow an assailant to fire dozens or even hundreds of rounds at a time with reduced need to reload," said Congressman Panetta. "By limiting this capability, we can help law enforcement from being outgunned and seek to reduce deadly shooting incidents."
Panetta praised the leadership that led to the tri-county agency’s formation and called the effort a model for other states and even other nations in the fight against climate change. “This is another example of our community coming together to do what we do best, protect the environment,” Panetta said. “This lets use choose clean, carbon-free energy and allows us to uphold our local values.”