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Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-Carmel Valley) along with Senators Dianne Feinstein and Alex Padilla and Representatives Zoe Lofgren (CA-52) and Scott Peters (CA-52) are leading their California colleagues in a letter urging the Biden Administration to transition to a year-round federal firefighting workforce.

Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-Carmel Valley) and Congressman Dan Newhouse (R-4-WA) are leading 15 bipartisan members of Congress in sending a letter to the Administration, expressing concern that the World Health Organization (WHO) may modify its assumptions regarding viral transmission of COVID-19 via food and food packaging at the urging of the Chinese government. Currently, there is no credible evidence to support the transmission of COVID via food or food packaging. Any guidance from WHO stating otherwise would pose a threat to the stability of the U.S. food supply chain.

Today, Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-Carmel Valley) released the following statement about the current challenges at the southern border and his upcoming visit to a southern border facility in Carrizo Springs, Texas:

This week, Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-Carmel Valley) and his House colleagues passed H.R. 6, the American Dream and Promise Act. Congressman Panetta is a cosponsor of the legislation, which would allow Dreamers and individuals with Temporary Protected Status (TPS) or Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) to continue to contribute, work, and remain legally in the United States by providing an earned pathway to citizenship.

Today, Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-Carmel Valley) and his House colleagues passed the Farm Workforce Modernization Act (FWMA). In 2019, Congressman Panetta was part of a select and small bipartisan group of Congress members that worked diligently to formulate the bill over a period of nine months. The group, led by Chair of the Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship Zoe Lofgren, included Democratic and Republican lawmakers as well as representatives of farmers and farmworkers.

Today, Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-Carmel Valley) along with Congressman Mike Simpson (R-ID-02) and Senators Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and Rob Portman (R-Ohio) introduced the bipartisan Repairing Existing Public Land by Adding Necessary Trees Act, known as the REPLANT Act, to help the U.S. Forest Service plant 1.2 billion trees on national forests and create nearly 49,000 jobs over the next ten years.

Today, Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-Carmel Valley) and his House colleagues passed H.R. 1620, the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2021. The landmark Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) of 1994 called for the protection of all Americans from violence and abuse and ensured survivors had access to essential services and to justice. Reauthorizing VAWA serves to improve and strengthen the bill's protections for survivors. Congressman Panetta is a cosponsor of the legislation.

Today, Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-Carmel Valley) and Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) reintroduced the bipartisan, bicameral Monarch Action, Recovery, and Conservation of Habitat (MONARCH) Act as well as the Monarch and Pollinator Highway Act. Representatives Salud Carbajal (D-CA-24) and Rodney Davis (R-IL-12) co-led introduction of the bipartisan MONARCH Act and Representative Salud Carbajal co-led introduction of the Monarch and Pollinator Highway Act in the House of Representatives.