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PASO ROBLES, CA – This week, Rep. Jimmy Panetta (D-CA-20) and his congressional colleagues, Rep. Salud Carbajal (D-CA-24), Rep. Jim Costa (D-CA-16), and Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA-19), conducted a listening session for the 2023 Farm Bill in Paso Robles, California. Hosted by Rep. Carbajal and chaired by Rep. Costa, the listening session was attended by agricultural stakeholders including local conventional and organic farmers and farmworkers, producers, shippers, ranchers, cattlemen, vintners, and nutrition advocates.

SALINAS, CA – Today, Rep. Jimmy Panetta (D-Carmel Valley) announced two federal grants for local water infrastructure projects funded through the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). Monterey One Water will receive $10,316,822 and Soquel Creek Water District will receive $20,925,000. Monterey One Water will use the funding for a Groundwater Replenishment Project and Soquel Creek Water District will use it for both a Groundwater Replenishment Project and Seawater Intrusion Prevention Project.

SALINAS, CA – Today, Rep. Jimmy Panetta (D-Carmel Valley) voted for historic legislation to reduce prescription drug prices, cap out-of-pocket medical expenses for seniors, and substantially invest in clean energy to slash carbon output, and cut the federal deficit.

SALINAS, CA – Today, Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-Carmel Valley), joined by Congressman Salud Carbajal (D-CA-24), authored and sent another letter to Interior Secretary Deb Haaland urging her to use her emergency authority under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) to designate the western monarch butterfly as an endangered species. The letter was sent immediately after the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) officially designated the monarch butterfly as endangered.

WASHINGTON, DC – Today Rep. Jimmy Panetta (CA-20) authored and introduced the Housing Access Improvement Act along with Reps. Salud Carbajal (CA-24), Judy Chu (CA-27), Barbara Lee (CA-13), Zoe Lofgren (CA-19), Anna G. Eshoo (CA-18), Ted W. Lieu (CA-33), and Eric Swalwell (CA-15). This legislation would increase the statutory cap of Project Based Vouchers (PBVs) from 20 percent to 50 percent, ultimately allowing housing agencies to spur new locations where housing vouchers are redeemable.

SALINAS, CA – Today, Rep. Jimmy Panetta (D-CA) announced a $2 million federal grant to the Central Coast Energy Services from the Department of Energy's competitive Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) Enhancement & Innovation (E&I) program for the Electrify Monterey Bay project.

WASHINGTON, DC -Today, Rep. Jimmy Panetta (D-Carmel Valley) voted for The Right to Contraception Act, which would guarantee the right to obtain and use birth control as established in Griswold v. Connecticut, including oral contraception, emergency contraception, and IUDs. In his concurrence in Dobbs v.