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WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-CA) joined 23 fellow Members of Congress in calling on President Donald Trump to articulate his goals for engagement with Iran.
WATSONVILLE, CA – Today, Congressman Jimmy Panetta (CA-20) hosted U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Sonny Perdue in Watsonville, California to talk about the importance of innovation, immigration, and trade to the agriculture industry and communities on the central coast of California.
SALINAS, CA – Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-Carmel Valley) released the following statement on the passage of H.R. 3401, the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Humanitarian Assistance and Security at the Southern Border Act:
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-Carmel Valley) released the following statement on the Supreme Court’s decision to pause the Trump Administration’s plan to add a citizenship question to the 2020 Census.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-CA) supported passage of H.R. 3055, the Commerce-Justice-Science, Agriculture-Related Agencies, Interior-Environment, Military Construction-VA, and Transportation-HUD Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2020.
SALINAS, CA – Today, Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-Carmel Valley) announced that the Salinas Municipal Airport was awarded a federal grant totaling $495,540.00 from the U.S. Department of Transportation. The funding will be used for runway rehabilitation.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-CA) supported passage of H.R. 2740, the Labor, Health and Human Services, Defense, State, Foreign Operations, and Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2020.
WASHINGTON, DC -- Today, Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-CA) and Congressman Ted Yoho (R-FL) introduced the Taxpayer Protection and Preparer Proficiency Act. This legislation allows the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to require minimum standards for paid tax preparers. Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD) have introduced a companion bill,
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-CA) introduced the bipartisan Defense Language Improvement (DLI) Act authorizing the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center (DLIFLC) to confer a Bachelor of Arts degree in foreign language upon any graduate who fulfills the degree requirements.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-Carmel Valley) called on the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to halt any plans to move forward with the proposal to open hundreds of thousands of acres of public lands and mineral estat