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MONTEREY — The Farm Workforce Modernization Act of 2019 passed in the U.S. House of Representatives Wednesday but still faces an uphill battle in the Senate and signature from the president before it becomes law.
The bill passed by a vote of 260 to 165 with support from 34 Republicans and 226 Democrats.
Washington, DC – Today, Congressman Jimmy Panetta (CA-20) supported passage of the conference report on the Fiscal Year 2020 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). Congressman Panetta successfully incorporated numerous provisions to the bipartisan, bicameral conference report that strengthen programs and priorities for Central Coast defense installations and entities, address military housing issues, and keep the United States in international military alliances and treaties. The measure will soon go to the President's desk for signature into law.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today the Farm Workforce Modernization Act, a bipartisan bill spearheaded by U.S. Representatives Jimmy Panetta (D-CA-20), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA-19), Dan Newhouse (R-WA-04), Mike Simpson (R-ID-02), Doug LaMalfa (R-CA-01), and Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL-25), passed the U.S. House of Representatives with a 260-165 vote.
The House passed the Farm Workforce Modernization Act Wednesday, voting for a measure that would give undocumented farmworkers a pathway to permanent residence.
"This is a chance to solve a problem for America," said Rep. Zoe Lofgren, who spearheaded the bill.
The last time congress addressed agricultural labor was in 1986.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Jimmy Panetta (CA-20) voted for the Coastal and Great Lakes Communities Enhancement Act, H.R. 729, a package of ten bipartisan bills that aid coastal ecosystems and economies, improve ocean monitoring and research, and offer coastal managers tools to protect coastal communities most vulnerable to climate impacts.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Jimmy Panetta (CA-20) released the following statement after Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal announced a deal with United States Trade Representative Ambassador Lighthizer on the United States-Mexico-Canada Trade Agreement.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the For Country Caucus formally endorsed Congressman Jimmy Panetta's (CA-20) bipartisan legislation, the Legal Services for Homeless Veterans Act, H.R. 3749.
Californians are increasingly faced with housing insecurity as 47 percent of our state's voters say they cannot find an affordable place to live, according to a recent Quinnipiac poll. Clearly, the lack of an affordable housing supply is one of the root causes of high housing costs in California. Congress can alleviate this crisis by providing more federal tax credits for more affordable housing.
Over the last 40 years, Clinica de Salud del Valle de Salinas has delivered low-cost medical care to thousands of local agricultural workers and their families, as well as other low income residents and those with no health insurance. Its staff have also delivered more than 10,000 newborns since 1986, according to the nonprofit's website.
In 2018, Clinica served more than 50,000 Monterey County residents in 195,000 visits at 12 clinic sites and through its mobile medical program and a dentistry practice.
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