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The decision not to certify the continued implementation of the nuclear deal with Iran is dangerous. Taken alone, it will jeopardize our core national security interests in the Middle East and around the world. Fortunately, Congress has the ultimate say as to whether we stay in the agreement which, contrary to President Donald Trump's protestations, is a good deal for the United States.
WATSONVILLE — Since 1990, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has been studying ways to improve the levees along the Pajaro River.
In the time since, the river flooded the town of Pajaro in 1995, leading to one death and $95 million in economic losses, and two other floods struck the area in 1997 and 1998, displacing hundreds of residents.
Now, after last winter's storms caused $10 million in damages to the federal levee system, including some flooding, the improvement project has kicked into high gear.
KING CITY — The City of King has officially expressed its support of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which grants a temporary reprieve from deportation for so-called "Dreamers," immigrants who were brought into the country as children by their parents.
CONGRESSMAN JIMMY Panetta this week lauded the Congressional Budget Office's review of a bipartisan Senate healthcare bill, which analysts estimated would reduce the federal deficit by nearly $4 billion over the next decade without substantially changing the number of people who are covered under Obamacare.
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WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Jimmy Panetta (CA-20) released the following statement in response to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office's (CBO) score of the bipartisan Health Care Stabilization Act of 2017, put forth by Senators Patty Murray (D-WA) and Lamar Alexander (R-TN). The bill would include funding through 2019 for the Affordable Care Act's cost-sharing program and enrollment outreach, streamline approvals for waivers and expand eligibility for catastrophic coverage:
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-Calif.) announced that communities in Monterey and Santa Clara Counties will receive federal grants totaling over $7 million from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The grants will be provided through the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), Emergency Shelter Grants (ESG), and HOME programs.
Rep. Jimmy Panetta announced Tuesday that Santa Cruz received federal grants totaling more than $752,000 from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The grants will be provided through the Community Development Block Grant and HOME programs.
Santa Cruz will receive a Community Development Block Grant totaling $498,973 and a HOME grant totaling $253,105, according to a release from Panetta's office.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-Calif.) announced that Santa Cruz received federal grants totaling over $752,000 from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The grants will be provided through the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and HOME programs.
Santa Cruz will receive a CDBG grant totaling $498,973 and a HOME grant totaling $253,105.
Thousands of San Benito County residents enjoy Hollister Hills State Vehicular Recreation Park with friends and family.