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WHILE SENATE Republicans failed this week to get consensus on a bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act and are plotting their next move, Congressman Jimmy Panetta is not just blaming the GOP for not including Democrats at the table, he's expressing frustration at his own party for not addressing one of Obamacare's biggest sticking points — its cost to the middle class.
Rep. Jimmy Panetta announced that the University of California Santa Cruz was awarded a $77,000 federal grant from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development for a project called The Emergence of Prosocial Behavior in Infants.
The proposed research will improve our understanding of how infants begin to help others by employing a new methodological approach to studying transitions in social development.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-Calif.), announced that nine outstanding individuals from California's 20th Congressional District received Fulbright awards during the 2016-2017 academic year.
"I offer my congratulations to these nine promising young leaders who are participating in the one of the most prestigious exchange programs in the world," said Congressman Panetta. "I know that they will continue to inspire change through diplomacy and strengthen our foreign relations."
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-Calif.), announced that the University of California Santa Cruz (UC Santa Cruz) was awarded a $77,000 federal grant from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development for a project called The Emergence of Prosocial Behavior in Infants.
Congressman Jimmy Panetta and Monterey Peninsula College President Walt Tribley will deliver remarks in the afternoon.
WATSONVILLE, Calif. —
An unconventional prop sat beside the podium at a Tuesday press conference in Washington, D.C. -- watermelons.
The comment period ends July 26 for an executive order President Donald Trump signed April 28 that could weaken protections for 11 national marine sanctuaries and monuments.
The order calls for a review of all sanctuaries and monuments that were designated and expanded since April 28, 2007, exactly 10 years before Trump gave the order.
H.R. 2690, called the blue card bill, was introduced by Senator Dianne Feinstein in may. Representative Jimmy Panetta and Representative Luis Gutierrez along with 44 other congressman, are pushing to put undocumented agriculture workers on the path to citizenship. Under the agricultural worker program act, farm workers will have to show employment over the past 2 years, pay a fine and pass a thorough background check to receive a blue card. The current co-sponsors of H.R. 2690 are democrats.
Rep. Jimmy Panetta, D-Calif., and Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., have co-sponsored an amendment to a spending bill that would give the Census Bureau more funding the study the need for sexual orientation and gender identity questions.