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The House will begin a formal impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced Tuesday, after a whistleblower complaint alleging the president withheld funds from Ukraine in order to go after Joe Biden came to light.

Hundreds of congresspeople, Rep. Jimmy Panetta among them, came out in support of an impeachment inquiry.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's announcement that she would open a formal inquiry into impeaching President Trump came as a wave of newly elected House Democrats from toss-up districts in California and around the country came out in support of impeachment proceedings Tuesday.

California Congressman Jimmy Panetta introduced legislation Friday to "prevent harmful and unfair tariff engineering of Chinese dried garlic imports." While the U.S. levies a 30% tariff on dried garlic, loopholes allow for duties as low as 8% on other types of imported garlic.

Panetta said in a statement this has "allowed for Chinese garlic importers to disingenuously characterize their products."

Tensions are rising in the House Democratic caucus as a number of members say they feel they are being kept in the dark while nine of their colleagues negotiate changes to the new North American trade pact with the Trump administration.

On Sept. 20, Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-Carmel Valley) issued a release on two federal grants from the U.S. Department of Transportation for airports on the central coast of California.

WASHINGTON - Rep. Jimmy Panetta (D-Calif.) introduced the Giving Agriculture Relief from Loopholes in International Commerce (GARLIC) Act to prevent unfair tariff engineering of Chinese dried garlic imports.