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Good public policy depends on thorough and accurate data. For over 200 years, the Census Bureau has provided Congress and other federal agencies with a demographic portrait of the United States, which enables lawmakers to determine how resources should be allocated to meet the needs of the diverse populations within our country. However, this demographic portrait is incomplete in significant ways, because neither the decennial census nor the annual American Census Survey (ACS) ask respondents if they are willing to report sexual orientation and gender identity.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Jimmy Panetta (CA-20) today announced that he cosponsored the Automatic Gunfire Prevention Act. Introduced by Congressman David Cicilline (RI-01), the bill would ban the manufacture, possession, transfer, sale, or importation of bump stocks like the one used to murder 59 innocent men and women and injure hundreds more earlier this week in Las Vegas.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Panetta announced that the State of California's Office of Emergency Services and Rescue Division (CalOES) received a federal grant totaling $1,380,867.70 from the Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA). The funds will be used to reimburse CalOES for the fire suppression and structure protection provided during the Soberanes Fire.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-Calif.), announced that two local airports received federal grants from the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration. Mesa Del Rey Airport received funds totaling $138,000 to be used for runway improvements and rehabilitation. Monterey Regional Airport received funds totaling $50,000 to study their participation in the Federal Aviation Administration Airport Improvement Program.
“North Korea’s continued provocations must be met with strong, steady, and strategic action, not schoolyard rhetoric” said Panetta. “That is why we are calling upon the President to implement a strategy that uses economic pressure, firm diplomacy, and deterrence to address this paramount national security challenge. North Korea’s advancing nuclear and missile capabilities represent a growing threat that must be met with comprehensive action that uses all the tools in our toolkit to deescalate tensions, reassure our allies, and protect American citizens.”
A bloc of House Democrats, criticizing President Donald Trump's rhetoric on North Korea as destabilizing, is urging the administration "to adopt a strong, strategic and steady policy toward North Korea."
In a letter to the president, 68 Democratic lawmakers labeled his recent rhetoric "counterproductive."
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-Calif.) issued the following statement about last night's shooting in Las Vegas that claimed 58 lives and injured more than 500 people, the worst mass shooting in our nation's history:
Rotary Club members receive update on government issues
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressmen Jimmy Panetta (D-CA-20) and Carlos Curbelo (R-FL-26) introduced a bipartisan bill to ensure federal agencies complete implementation of a Federal Flood Risk Management Standard (FFRMS) for government-funded infrastructure projects to reduce exposure to flooding.
Rep. Jimmy Panetta (D-Salinas) has signed a petition to force the House of Representatives to consider the DREAM Act of 2017, according to a press release issued Monday.
The DREAM Act of 2017 is a bill that would permanently protect people who entered the country illegally as children, allowing them to remain and work legally in the U.S.
If the petition is signed by a majority of members of the House of Representatives, it would force the bill to be brought to the floor for a vote.