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WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-CA) today joined Congressman Bruce Westerman (R-AR) and a bipartisan group of House members in introducing a bill to modify the presumption of service connection for veterans exposed to herbicides while serving in Thailand. The bill would give veterans who served in Thailand during the Vietnam War era the opportunity to prove exposure to herbicide agents like Agent Orange and receive Veterans Administration benefits for service-related health problems.
A bipartisan group of House members will host a briefing Friday on programs in the farm bill that support farmer veterans and reduce veterans' food insecurity.
The briefing will take place from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in Room 1302 of the Longworth House Office Building. It will also be livestreamed on the Facebook page of Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine.
Washington, DC – The co-chairs of the House Democratic Caucus' National Security Task Force — Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Congresswoman Stephanie Murphy (D-FL), and Congressman Seth Moulton (D-MA) — received intelligence briefings at the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) in McLean, Virginia. The NCTC leads U.S. counterterrorism efforts by gathering information on foreign and domestic threats, providing expert analysis, and supporting members of the policy, intelligence, law enforcement, defense, homeland security, and foreign affairs communities.
Congressman Jimmy Panetta released a statement Sunday in response to the Department of Homeland Security Citizenship and Immigration Services' compliance with a federal court order to reopen application renewals for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.
SANTA CRUZ, Calif. - President Donald Trump started this MLK day at his gold club in West Palm Beach, Florida.
But thousands in Santa Cruz took to the streets, marching for social justice.
Music, dancing, signs of support everywhere. Thousands gathered in downtown Santa Cruz to honor Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and his legacy.
"The dream is equality for all. No matter transgender, lesbian, gay, black, white, females, everything," says Brenda Whitley, Santa Cruz County NAACP Secretary
SANTA CRUZ >> It was a familiar scene in Santa Cruz: A dozen people holding banners and waving flags on a Highway 1 overpass.
But the signs weren't in protest. Instead, they promoted the inaugural Martin Luther King Jr. March for the Dream slated for Monday in downtown Santa Cruz.
SALINAS, CA – Congressman Jimmy Panetta (CA-20) today released the following statement in response to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Citizenship and Immigration Services' (USCIS) compliance with a federal court order to reopen application renewals for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program:
CONGRESSMAN JIMMY Panetta said he's optimistic that the extraordinary meeting President Donald Trump convened at the White House with Republican and Democratic leaders Tuesday over the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program will soon lead to a resolution, which the Democrat from Carmel Valley said could include some sort of a wall on the southern border.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Jimmy Panetta (CA-20) participated yesterday in a bipartisan meeting with U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Sonny Perdue and members of the U.S. House of Representatives to discuss improving the USDA's efforts to recruit and train veteran interested in becoming farmers.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the comment period for the proposed 2019-2024 National Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program opened to the public. The Department of Interior will be collecting public comments for 60 days, through March 9, 2018. Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-Calif.) released the following statement to encourage residents living on the central coast of California to participate and share their comments: