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Today, Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-Carmel Valley) announced the distribution of over $1 million in federal government grants for CSU Monterey Bay. The University was awarded $1,306,400 grant funding under the Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP Partnership) Program. This grant program is designed to increase the number of low-income students who are prepared to enter and succeed in postsecondary education.
Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-Carmel Valley) joined Representatives Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Mike Thompson (D-CA), Dina Titus (D-NV), Nita Lowey (D-NY), and Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA) in introducing legislation to adjust the Federal cost share of certain Federal disaster assistance provided by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (Stafford Act). Their legislation, the FEMA Assistance Relief Act, H.R.
Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-Carmel Valley) joined his colleagues to introduce a bicameral commemorative resolution to recognize Hispanic Heritage Month and celebrate the heritage, culture, and immense contributions of Latinos to the Central Coast and communities nationwide.
SALINAS, CA – Today, Rep. Jimmy Panetta (D-Carmel Valley) applauded the introduction of the Senate version of his Small Manufacturer Cybersecurity Enhancement Act, H.R. 7265. This bicameral, bipartisan legislation would authorize the Department of Defense to provide financial assistance to Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) Centers for cybersecurity services to help small manufacturers in the defense supply chain. Senators Jacky Rosen (D-NV) and Todd Young (R-IN) introduced the Senate version.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-Carmel Valley) announced the distribution of over $1 million in federal government grants for UC Santa Cruz research programs. The University was awarded a $736,839 grant for human genome research in addition to a $308,000 grant to improve its Xena program on cancer genomics research.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-Carmel Valley) joined Representatives Jackie Speier (D-CA), Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), Sylvia Garcia (D-TX), Veronica Escobar (D-TX), Jason Crow (D-CO), and Gil Cisneros (D-CA) in introducing the I Am Vanessa Guillén Act to offer greater support to survivors of military sexual trauma (MST) and harassment and improve oversight of military sexual assault cases.
SALINAS, CA — This week, Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-Carmel Valley) joined Rep. Dean Phillips (D-MN) in introducing the Our Lawn Act. That is a bill that would ban the use of White House grounds for political purposes.
SALINAS, CA – Today, Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-CA) released the following statement on the nineteenth anniversary of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001:
"19 years ago, our nation suffered the unimaginable loss of 2,977 innocent men, women, and children in the terrorist attacks of September 11. We will never forget that day and we will always be grateful to those who served and sacrificed thereafter, including the first responders who risked their lives in the intense search and rescue efforts."
SALINAS, CA – Today, Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-Carmel Valley) announced the distribution of $5,973,491 in federal government grants for federal housing programs in California's 20th Congressional District to help respond to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). The funding for these grants comes from the recently passed Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, which Congressman Panetta supported on July 17, 2020, and through the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Community Development Block Grants (CDBG).
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Representatives Jimmy Panetta (CA-20), Gilbert R. Cisneros, Jr. (CA-39), and Adam Schiff (CA-28) led the Congressional California Delegation in urging U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue to extend flexibilities, under existing USDA authorities, to allow local food agencies to deliver Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP) food packages through private partners. The USDA provided the flexibilities at the outset of the pandemic, which were extended for one month in May and expired at the end of June.