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WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-Calif.), announced that the University of California Santa Cruz has received a federal grant totaling $502,691 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services National Institute of General Medical Sciences. The Pharmacology, Physiology, and Biological Chemistry Research grant will be used to study roundworms to understand how our diets and experiences might impact our descendants.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-Calif.) released the following statement in response to the Senate's health care bill, the Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017.
America's public lands and waters were front and center on Capitol Hill Thursday (June 22)
America's public lands and waters were front and center on Capitol Hill June 22 as Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke testified before the full House of Representatives Committee on Natural Resources regarding the Department of the Interior's 2018 budget.
Seaside >> The rainbow colors of the Monterey County LGBTQ+ community shouted Saturday during a pride parade with allies in Seaside.
Some 700 people took part in the Peninsula Pride Celebration and Parade, starting on Fremont Boulevard and ending at Oldemeyer Center on Hilby Avenue.
The turnout, said Tyller Williamson, one of the event's organizers, was "way more than what I expected. It was just amazing."
ACTIVE DUTY soldiers and veterans who commit misdemeanors in Monterey County and are suffering from mental health problems or other issues related to their military service will now have a chance to resolve their cases in a special court instead of facing jail or other penalties.
On June 7, the Monterey County Superior Court launched what it calls the "military diversion calendar," which allows military defendants charged with relatively minor crimes to undergo counseling and treatment under the direction of the Veterans Administration and Monterey County Behavioral Health.
CONGRESSMAN JIMMY Panetta took the field Thursday evening during a Congressional baseball game at Nationals Park in Washington, D.C. Just the day before, he was at bat during a practice with other Democratic House of Representatives members for the annual charity event when he got word that shots had been fired at a field in Alexandria, Va., where GOP members were practicing.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-Calif.), released the following statement after several people were shot this morning in Alexandria, VA at a baseball practice for this week's charity Congressional baseball game:
WASHINGTON – Today, the House Democratic Caucus announced the launch of the Democratic Caucus National Security Task Force to advance smart, strategic, and strong national security policies focused on protecting the United States, the American people, and our interests abroad.
(CNN) -- Sensing an opening on national security issues, House Democrats are launching a new effort to counter President Donald Trump's foreign policy.
A trio of junior lawmakers with military and Pentagon experience will announce on Tuesday the formation of a new national security task force to push back on policies coming from congressional Republicans and the White House.
The task force is being led by Rep. Seth Moulton of Massachusetts, a Marine Corps Iraq veteran who has received some early 2020 presidential buzz.
On Friday, Congressman Jimmy Panetta used Nepenthe as a meeting space to hear the recent concerns of his constituents. Panetta, Siri and his second daughter Gia had hiked the trail themselves that morning to live the experience. “I’ve always seen this job as being a bridge around the district to Washington and back and that was basically part of the discussion we just had,” Panetta said.