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Today U.S. Reps. Jimmy Panetta (CA-20), Anna G. Eshoo (CA-18), and Jackie Speier (CA-14) released the following joint statement on the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) decision not to adopt the Select Committee on South Bay Arrivals recommendation to create a new NextGen procedure for arrivals into SFO from the south using the BIG SUR arrival flight path:
Today, Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-Carmel Valley), Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX), and Congresswoman Lucy McBath (D-GA) re-introduced the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Modernization Act to simplify and modernize federal student loan forgiveness programs. The U.S. Government Accountability Office has previously found major deficiencies in the U.S. Department of Education's (DOE) administration of the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program and Temporary Expanded Public Service Loan Forgiveness (TEPSLF) program.
Today, Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-Carmel Valley) announced that the University of California, Santa Cruz will receive a $3.12 million grant from the National Cancer Institute for protein-RNA interactions in cancer biology research. Dr. Jeremy Sanford, a Professor at UCSC studying the roles of protein-RNA interactions in gene regulation and human inherited diseases, will manage the project.
Parents on the Central Coast could see money from the IRS hit their bank accounts as soon as Thursday, according to Congressman Jimmy Panetta who joined Santa Cruz County leaders in announcing the new, more robust, family tax credit.
"We used the tax code to get money to people who need it the most, to working parents," Panetta said Monday at the Watsonville City Plaza. "We enhanced the tax credit, so you don't have to wait until you file taxes… you're going to get it every month."
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration building on Point Pinos in Pacific Grove has been rescued from the auction block this summer, thanks to a powerful ally of the citizens' group working to transform the government building into an oceanography and arts museum. Rep. Jimmy Panetta, D-Carmel Valley, persuaded the General Services Administration to remove the building from a bulk sale with 11 other federal properties; however, it's still up for sale at a price yet to be announced by the agency.
The Ripon Society and Franklin Center for Global Policy Exchange hosted a breakfast meeting this past Thursday with Republican Congressman Darin LaHood (IL-18) and Democrat Congressman Jimmy Panetta (CA-20), who discussed not only the bipartisan relationship they have forged as members of the Ways & Means Committee, but their work across the aisle to help America's hotel and restaurant workers after a very tough year.
Legislation was introduced this week by Rep. Jimmy Panetta, D-Carmel Valley, that would incentivize the expansion and deployment of microgrids, which can mitigate the impacts of outages.
Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-Carmel Valley) visited San Benito County on April 8 as part of his "district work period to get out wherever I can." During his tour of the county he stopped to visit the Community Food Bank of San Benito County, the high-tech company Nanotronics, and then the San Benito Health Foundation, where he was met in the parking lot by CEO and director Rosa Vivian Fernandez and others prior to going inside and touring the facility.
Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-Carmel Valley) held a virtual meeting with Central Coast Asian American and Pacific Islander community members to address the rise of anti-Asian hate crimes locally and nationally.
AAPI leaders and community members shared their own stories and experiences with the issue. Congressman Panetta discussed his efforts at the federal level to curb race-based hate crimes.
Rep. Jimmy Panetta, D-Carmel Valley, was part of a fact-finding trip to look at conditions at a southern border facility where unaccompanied younger males seeking asylum in the U.S. are being housed and processed.
"The purpose of a trip like this is to get boots on the ground to see what is happening for your own eyes," said Panetta.