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The same communities that fought for decades to protect California's coast from offshore oil drilling have renewed their battle calls as the Trump administration considers opening 3,500 square miles of state waters to energy development.
Residents and local leaders from Santa Barbara to Mendocino, backed by Democratic Sens. Dianne Feinstein and Kamala Harris as well as Gov. Jerry Brown, are waging a statewide campaign to halt any downsizing of 11 national marine sanctuaries and monuments, including four in California.
San Francisco International Airport and surrounding airports are some of the busiest hubs in the United States, which make the beds of activity some of the noisiest spots in the Bay Area. And neighbors in the surrounding communities are not pleased with the rising decibel levels.
After receiving complaints in San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara and Santa Cruz counties, Reps. Jackie Speier, Anna Eshoo and Jimmy Panetta called for action by the Federal Aviation Administration.
On July 19, Rep. Jimmy Panetta (D-Calif.) announced in a press release on his website that he and other members of Congress were supporting H.R. 2690, the Agriculture Worker Program Act — also known as the Blue Card Bill — which would shield undocumented agriculture workers from deportation and put them on the path to citizenship.
WASHINGTON, D.C—Today, Reps. Anna G. Eshoo (CA-18), Jackie Speier (CA-14), and Jimmy Panetta (CA-20) released the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) response to recommendations made by the San Francisco Airport/Community Roundtable and the Select Committee on South Bay Arrivals. The FAA's Initiative response includes recommendations determined to be feasible as well as not feasible from an operational and safety perspective.
WASHINGTON – Last night, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 2781, the Ensuring Veteran Enterprise Participation in Strategic Sourcing Act. This legislation expands government contract opportunities for veteran-owned small businesses and ensures that the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is complying with federal law. The bipartisan bill, coauthored by Congressman Neal Dunn (R-FL-02) and Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-CA-20), passed with unanimous consent.
Update: The public comment will be re-opened on Monday, July 31st. It will end on Monday, August 14th.
Wednesday is the last day to submit a public comment on a Presidential Executive Order on ocean energy exploration, which includes a review of part of the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary.
Congratulations to the newly named local Fulbright recipients.
Congressman Jimmy Panetta, D-Calif., recently 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," Congressman Panetta stated. "I know that they will continue to inspire change through diplomacy and strengthen our foreign relations."
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."