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SALINAS, CA – Today, Congressman Jimmy Panetta (CA-20) joined Congresswoman Anna G. Eshoo (CA-18) and 38 other California Democrats in urging the Department of Health and Human Services to quickly distribute the $100 billion Congress authorized in the Coronavirus Aid, Response and Economic Security (CARES) Act to reimburse health care providers for care related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

SALINAS, CA – Today, Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-Carmel Valley) joined 87 fellow lawmakers in sending a letter to Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson, Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Robert Redfield, calling for details about how their agencies are working to ensure the proper care of America's homeless population during the COVID-19 pandemic.

SALINAS, CA – Today, Congressman Jimmy Panetta (CA-20) led 27 bipartisan lawmakers in sending a letter to U.S. Department of Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Charles P. Rettig urging the agencies to ensure parents with children born in 2020 are able to access advance direct payments for these children as part of the coronavirus emergency response aid.

SALINAS, CA – Yesterday, Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-Carmel Valley) joined a bipartisan coalition of twenty-six Members of Congress in writing to Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas B. Modly and Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Michael M. Gilday to express concern for the health and safety of American sailors and Marines embarked on Navy vessels and facing the spread of COVID-19. Their letter follows news of the spread of COVID-19 aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71), and specifically requests more information on the steps being taken by the U.S.

SALINAS, CA – Today, Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-Carmel Valley), a member of the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee, joined his colleagues in sending a letter to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Internal Revenue Services (IRS) Commissioner Charles Rettig, urging the IRS to provide automatic COVID-19 Relief Payments to Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) beneficiaries.

SALINAS, CA – Today, Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-Carmel Valley) announced that he co-introduced the All Dependent Children Count Act, H.R. 6420. The bipartisan legislation expands the definition of a dependent in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act to include children younger than 19 years of age, students 24 years of age and younger, and all dependents who are disabled, regardless of age.

SALINAS, CA – Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-Carmel Valley), and 32 bipartisan Members of the California delegation wrote to California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara asking him to use his authority to ensure insurance companies comply with their business interruption policies.

SALINAS, CA – Today, Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-Carmel Valley) applauded unanimous House passage of the bipartisan Student Veteran Coronavirus Response Act of 2020, H.R. 6322. The legislation minimizes the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on student veterans as schools and universities have taken proactive measures to mitigate the spread of the virus. Congressman Panetta cosponsored the measure.