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WASHINGTON -- Rep. Jimmy Panetta, D-Calif., has introduced a resolution (H.Res. 212) "expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that any legislation to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act should include a replacement for such Act that includes certain health care consumer protections."

The resolution was introduced on March 20. It was referred to the House Energy and Commerce Committee.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-Calif.) announced that the University of California Santa Cruz would receive federal grants totaling $528,116 from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases awarded UC Santa Cruz $77,000 to be used for allergy, immunology, and transplantation research.

Congressman Panetta says funding for defense "should not be at the expense of diplomacy and foreign aid"

MONTEREY -- Jan. 23, the first frenzied day of signings by President Donald Trump, included a memorandum ordering an immediate 90-day hiring freeze of all vacant civilian and contract positions within the executive branch of the federal government. Within three days, the Defense Language Institute in Monterey learned from the Army Civilian Human Resources Agency it was not allowed to renew any faculty employment contracts. The impact of that ruling was potentially severe, because about two-thirds of DLI's 1,700 faculty members are on short-term contracts.

Rep. Jimmy Panetta (D-Carmel Valley) is cosponsoring a bipartisan bill that protects undocumented students.

The BRIDGE (Bar Removal of Individuals who Dream and Grow our Economy) Act protects undocumented young people brought to the U.S. as children. If passed it would replace the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program if it were discontinued.