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WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-CA-20) introduced bipartisan legislation to establish National Centers of Excellence at coastal institutions of higher education.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-CA-20) introduced the Veterans Earned Transportation Act (Vets ETA). The legislation reauthorizes a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) program providing transportation services to or from VA facilities or other locations in connection with vocational rehabilitation, counseling, and medical examination, treatment, or care. Congressman Van Taylor (R-TX-03) is the lead cosponsor of the bill.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-Carmel Valley) cosponsored the Global War on Terrorism Memorial Location Act to authorize the establishment of a memorial for service members of the Global War on Terrorism in the Reserve section of the National Mall. The proposed locations outlined in the bill include: Constitution Gardens, West Potomac Park and the JFK Hockey Fields.
WATSONVILLE—As the steeple bells of St. Patrick's Cathedral struck 10 Monday morning, a group of former military members began a march from the church's parking lot to the Watsonville Veterans Memorial Building, a tradition that heralds in the annual Veteran's Day ceremony.
Dozens of people lined the streets to pay their respect to the two-dozen marchers, waving miniature U.S. flags and applauding as they passed.
SANTA CRUZ — UC Santa Cruz fulfilled a longtime ambition this week as it joined an exclusive club of powerhouse research universities.
The Santa Cruz campus was among three universities invited to join the Association of American Universities, the association announced Wednesday. Dartmouth College and the University of Utah also accepted invitations to join.
MONTEREY – A federal grant totaling more than $1.6 million was awarded to Monterey County for reimbursement of Palo Colorado road repairs caused by severe winter storms that took place in February 2017.
Representative Jimmy Panetta, D-Carmel Valley, who helped get the funds, announced that the United States Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency awarded the grant totaling $1,663,670.25 to pay back the county for its work.
Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie said the agency is struggling with the same shortage of cancer treatment experts that the U.S. medical community at large has faced, which veterans told McClatchy has resulted in missed or late-stage cancer diagnoses.
McClatchy last month reported in an exclusive investigation that the rate of urinary, prostate, liver and blood cancer treatments has sharply risen over the last two decades of war.
SALINAS, CA – Today, Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-Carmel Valley) introduced legislation to direct research into the correlation between radiation exposure and prostate cancer in veterans.
Desde que Oswaldo llegó de México hace 17 años ha trabajado en los campos de California. "Sería maravilloso si pudiera tener un permiso para trabajar; y más tarde, la residencia. Podría andar más tranquilo sin tanta angustia", dice este trabajador agrícola del Valle de Salinas en el norte del estado.
Five California Congress members, including Zoe Lofgren (District 19) and Jimmy Panetta (District 20) have unveiled a House bill to provide a path to citizenship for undocumented farmworkers.
In an Oct. 30 "tele-press conference," Lofgren and Panetta said their Farm Workforce Modernization Act would provide a path to legal status for nearly 250,000 California farmworkers provided they can demonstrate they have worked in agriculture in the past, will continue to work in agriculture in the future, and meet other requirements.