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WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Jimmy Panetta (CA-20) announced that he introduced the Revolving Loan Fund Flexibility Act, to provide localities greater flexibility in using federal economic development funds delivered during the COVID-19 pandemic. The legislation will allow local governments to repurpose funds that have been loaned from and repaid to a revolving loan fund, so that they can better target federal funds for projects that stimulate and revitalize local economies.

WASHINGTON, DC – Today Congressman Jimmy Panetta (CA-20) released the following statement on the Entry Into Force of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). The Entry Into Force makes the agreement's new standards and enforcement mechanisms effective starting today:

WASHINGTON, DC – Today Congressman Jimmy Panetta (CA-20) announced that he co-introduced the Encourage Americans to Save Act (EASA). This bill will update the saver's tax credit into a saver's match, a federal matching contribution to middle- and low-income working Americans who contribute to a retirement savings account, whether they save at work through an employer-sponsored plan or on their own through an IRA. The legislation is sponsored by Congresswoman Judy Chu (CA-27) and co-introduced by Congresswoman Terri Sewell (AL-07).

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis unveiled a comprehensive congressional climate action framework, which includes Congressman Jimmy Panetta's (CA-20) legislation, the Green Bus Tax Credit Act, H.R. 5163 and the Clean Energy Production Parity Act, H.R. 2040. By tackling climate change through the tax code and incentivizing the adoption of clean energy technologies, these bills will help meet the report's ambitious but attainable climate goals.

WASHINGTON, DC – Today Congressman Jimmy Panetta (CA-20) announced that he co-introduced the Opportunity Starts at Home Act to provide permanent, supportive services for people at-risk of experiencing homelessness. The bill was introduced along with Congressman Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) and fellow California Ways and Means Democrats Congressman Mike Thompson (CA-05), Congresswoman Linda Sánchez (CA-38), and Congresswoman Judy Chu (CA-27).

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-CA-20) led Congressman Bruce Westerman (R-AR-04), Congressman Salud Carbajal (D-CA-24), Congressman Doug LaMalfa (R-CA-01), and 14 other Members in calling on the White House Coronavirus Task Force to immediately address the safety needs of American firefighters and the communities they serve, as the COVID-19 pandemic persists and the 2020 wildfire season progresses.

Yesterday, Congressman Jimmy Panetta (CA-20) and 47 Members of Congress announced the introduction the Growing Renewable Energy and Efficiency Now (GREEN) Act. This legislation, the principles of which were first unveiled last November, works to tackle the threat of climate change through the tax code. This includes an unprecedented extension and expansion of renewable energy use to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Today, Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-CA-20), a member of the House Ways and Means Committee, and Congressman Paul Cook (R-CA-8) led 48 bipartisan members of Congress, an equal number of Democrats and Republicans, in requesting House leadership preserve clean energy jobs by delaying and pushing out the phase down of clean energy investment tax credits.