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August 1, 2025

San Jose, CA – U.S. Representative Jimmy Panetta (CA-19), a former prosecutor, reintroduced the Immigrant Witness and Victim Protection Act, which would strengthen protections for undocumented immigrant victims and witnesses of crimes who cooperate with law enforcement.


July 29, 2025

Seaside, CA – U.S. Representative Jimmy Panetta (CA-19) held a press conference with local education leaders to highlight the recent reversal of the Trump Administration’s reckless education funding freeze and the continued threat posed by the Administration’s proposed FY 2026 budget. 


July 28, 2025

Monterey, CA – United States Representative Jimmy Panetta (CA-19) issued the following statement in response to dire humanitarian situation in Gaza:


July 27, 2025

Monterey, CA – United States Representative Jimmy Panetta (CA-19) conducted a congressional oversight visit to the Adelanto Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Processing Center, California’s largest immigration detention facility, to examine conditions and ensure that detainees are being treated humanely and afforded due process.


July 25, 2025

Monterey, CA – U.S. Representative Jimmy Panetta (CA-19), a member of the House Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee, authored and introduced the Building Resilient Innovation, Digital Growth, and Entrepreneurship with Africa Act (BRIDGE Africa Act), a bipartisan bill which would strengthen technology and artificial intelligence (AI) partnerships between the United States and key African nations. 


July 25, 2025

Santa Cruz, CA – United States Representative Jimmy Panetta (CA-19) issued the following statement in response to the closure of the Planned Parenthood Westside Health Center in Santa Cruz:


July 24, 2025

Monterey, CA – United States Representative Jimmy Panetta (CA-19) led 57 of their colleagues in a letter to the Administration for Children and Families, calling for an extension of the application period for critical grant programs under the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act (RHYA).


July 23, 2025

Monterey, CA – United States Representative Jimmy Panetta (CA-19) authored and reintroduced the First-Time Homebuyer Tax Credit Act, a bicameral bill which would help working families afford their first home.


July 22, 2025

Washington, DC – United States Representative Jimmy Panetta (CA-19) released the following statement on the ongoing work to secure peace in the Middle East and calls for the U.S. and international partners to urgently reform humanitarian assistance efforts in Gaza, due to the alarming reports of violence and aid diversion associated with the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF):


July 21, 2025

Monterey, CA – United States Representative Jimmy Panetta (CA-19) joined his House Democratic colleagues demanding that the Trump Administration immediately release nearly $7 billion in congressionally approved federal education funding that is currently being withheld from schools across the nation, including nearly $928 million from California. 

Issues: Education