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MONTEREY – Passed on an 18-12 vote of the House Judiciary Committee, the Farm Workforce Modernization Act, a bipartisan bill spearheaded by Rep. Jimmy Panetta, D-Carmel Valley, and five others, has been recommended for a full vote of the U.S. House of Representatives.
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 House Judiciary Committee on an 18-12 vote, recommending the legislation for a vote in the full U.S. House of Representatives.
SANTA CRUZ — Rep. Jimmy Panetta, D-Carmel Valley, introduced legislation Tuesday to create a tax credit to encourage transit agencies to use zero-emission buses.
The Green Bus Tax Credit Act would apply a 10% manufacturer's tax credit for electric and hydrogen fuel-cell buses. The tax credit is an incentive to purchase zero-emission buses by reducing the amount of income tax transit agencies will owe the state.
The House of Representatives is pushing back this week against the Trump administration's under-the-radar efforts to pull the United States out of the Open Skies Treaty.
The withdrawal would permanently ground two Offutt-based jets associated with the pact.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Jimmy Panetta (CA-20), a member of the Gun Violence Prevention Task Force, and 132 Members of the House Democratic Caucus wrote to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell urging him to hold a vote on H.R. 8, the Bipartisan Background Check Act of 2019 and H.R. 1112, the Enhanced Background Checks Act of 2019.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Jimmy Panetta (CA-20) released the following statement after the House Committee on Ways and Means introduced draft legislation, the Growing Renewable Energy and Efficiency Now (GREEN) Act to invest in green energy and efficiency and combat climate change.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Jimmy Panetta (CA-20) introduced legislation to create a tax credit to encourage municipalities to purchase and use zero-emission buses. The Green Bus Tax Credit Act creates a 10% manufacturer's tax credit for electric and hydrogen fuel-cell buses.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Jimmy Panetta (CA-20) introduced the bipartisan Open Skies Treaty Stability Act.
Panetta seeks new designation for coastal universities on the frontlines of climate change
For-profit hospice providers were more likely to discharge Medicare beneficiaries prior to their death and were less likely to visit these patients in the last three days of life.