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U.S. Rep. Neal Dunn, R-Fla., and U.S. Rep. Jimmy Panetta, D-Calif., are once again pairing up on a proposal, this time to lower trade barriers on American agriculture.
Towards the end of last week, Dunn and Panetta unveiled the "Growing American Food Exports Act" which updates the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to ensure the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service program is modernized to include more opportunities to export engineered agriculture
The news also prompted concern on Capitol Hill. Rep. Jimmy Panetta, a Democrat from California and member of the House Armed Services Committee, said in a statement that “the ban, which implements the same policy that was blocked by several courts, runs counter to the American values that our troops are fighting to protect.”
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Jimmy Panetta denounced the Trump Administration's announcement that it would maintain its ban on transgender people serving in the military:
Rep. Jimmy Panetta, D-Carmel Valley
District office, 100 W. Alisal St., Salinas (831) 424-2229, panetta.house.gov
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressmen Neal Dunn (FL-02) and Jimmy Panetta (CA-20) teamed up to eliminate unnecessary trade barriers that are hurting American exports and hindering innovation and advances in agricultural production technologies, including biotechnology.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressmen Neal Dunn (FL-02) and Jimmy Panetta (CA-20) teamed up to eliminate unnecessary trade barriers that are hurting American exports and hindering innovation and advances in agricultural production technologies, including biotechnology.
House Democrats sent a letter to Perdue and OMB Director Mick Mulvaney warning against cuts to federal nutrition programs in the Trump administration's fiscal year 2019 budget proposal, as well as calling for more funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. Read the letter here.
SALINAS, CA – Congressman Jimmy Panetta (CA-20) released the following statement on the passing of Congresswoman Louise Slaughter (NY-25).
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Jimmy Panetta (CA-20), along with Congressman James P. McGovern (MA-02) and Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-21), led a group of 90 House Democrats to call on U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Sonny Perdue and Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Mick Mulvaney to strengthen the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).
On Capitol Hill, Rep. Jimmy Panetta, D-Carmel, told the House of Representatives on Wednesday that its gun control efforts did not go far enough and called for patching the background check system and banning bump stocks. “We all appreciate the emotion and passion by the high school students across our country but we realize, as they do, that thoughts and prayers only go so far,” Panetta. “So now it is up to congress to govern, not just by crisis but actually by leadership, to make our schools, our communities and our countries safer.”