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Naomi Earp, the Agriculture deputy assistant secretary for civil rights, who ran into trouble trying to get the Senate to confirm her as assistant secretary, has won the ire of Rep. Marcia Fudge, D-Ohio, who chairs the House Agriculture Nutrition, Oversight and Department Operations Subcommittee.
Fudge expressed indignation with Earp at many points during a November 19 oversight hearing, but was particularly upset by Earp's statement that some USDA employees use Equal Employment Opportunity complaints to punish managers and supervisors.
MONTEREY — Rep. Jimmy Panetta is hoping to pump the brakes on a federal plan opening up more than 720,000 acres of Central Coast land to new oil and gas drilling.
Legislation introduced Wednesday by Panetta, D-Carmel Valley, would block the Bureau of Land Management from leasing new oil and gas wells on California's Central Coast until the agency completes an additional review that accounts for a wider range of environmental impacts.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Jimmy Panetta (CA-20) introduced the California Central Coast Conservation Act, establishing a moratorium on all new oil and gas leasing on federal public land on the central coast of California.
The legislation is in direct response to the Administration's recent decision to allow for new oil and gas leasing and development on over 720,000 acres of public land in Central California, primarily in Fresno, Monterey, and San Benito counties.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-Carmel Valley) released the following statement after the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that the administration will increase requirements for hungry Americans using the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), known as CalFresh in California, and weaken states' ability to provide food assistance in high-unemployment areas.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-Carmel Valley) voted for the Pallone-Thune Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal Enforcement and Deterrence (TRACED) Act. The bipartisan, bicameral agreement requires phone companies to offer screening technology to identify and block spam robocalls at no cost to customers. The legislation passed 417-3.
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On Dec. 4, Congressman Jimmy Panetta (CA-20) introduced the California Central Coast Conservation Act, which works to establish a moratorium on all new oil and gas leasing on federal public land in the region.
SANTA CRUZ — Rep. Jimmy Panetta is hoping to pump the brakes on a federal plan opening up more than 720,000 acres of Central Coast land to new oil and gas drilling.
Legislation introduced Wednesday by Panetta, D-Carmel Valley, would block the Bureau of Land Management from leasing new oil and gas wells on California's Central Coast until the agency completes an additional review that accounts for a wider range of environmental impacts.
WASHINGTON ― Amid uncertainty over President Donald Trump's intentions toward NATO, Congress is taking bipartisan action to stop him from withdrawing from the alliance.
Forget the prognostications. It's anyone's guess at this point how Donald Trump's upcoming impeachment will play out, or how it may shape next year's circus-atmosphere national elections, but one important dynamic has already emerged unmistakably: Trump's impeachment currently unfolding in Washington is a largely Californian-driven undertaking, which is why it has succeeded so far where other moves to hold "Teflon Don" accountable have fallen short.
An attack ad against Central Coast Congressman Jimmy Panetta has been making the rounds, both on TV and social media.But the ad leaves several things unclear, like who's running the ad, why, and what any of that has to do with Jimmy Panetta.
The first part of the ad says, "Our congressman Jimmy Panetta is proposing to improve the trump tax bill for the two billionaire brothers who own two mega-yachts."