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WASHINGTON, DC -- Today, Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-CA) joined Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), along with Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler, Immigration and Citizenship Subcommittee Chairwoman Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Congresswoman Judy Chu (D-CA), Congressman Lou Correa (D-CA), Congressman Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Senator Edward J. Markey (D-MA) and other lawmakers penned a letter to Acting Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kevin McAleenan, Acting U.S.
A MONTH after the House of Representatives passed a bipartisan bill to crack down on robocalls, a coalition of the country's largest telecoms announced last week they would do more to prevent illegal calls and offer consumers technology to block them. Rep.
SALINAS, CA – Today, Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-CA) announced the introduction of the Small Community Transit Improvement Act. This bill will increase the amount of funding provided to transit systems in small communities.
Co-introduced by Reps. Rodney Davis (R-IL), Greg Stanton (D-AZ), and Steven Palazzo (R-MS), H.R. 3758 will increase the apportionment for the Small Transit Intensive Cities Program (STIC) from 2% to 3% to keep up with the growth and success of the program.
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-CA) introduced the Nuclear Security and Nonproliferation Accounting Act. The bipartisan legislation requires the Government Accountability Office provide annual reports to Congress on the budgets for international and domestic nuclear security programs of the United States. The bill is cosponsored by Congressman Chuck Fleischmann (R-TN). Congressman Panetta and Congressman Fleishmann are members of the Congressional Nuclear Security Working Group.
Gilroy, El Paso, Dayton, and the 250 mass shootings this year demonstrate that our nation is afflicted by a gun violence crisis. Thoughts and prayers are with the shooting victims and their families. But, clearly, that is not enough. It is critical that Congress, our country and our communities deliver not only words, but also action on gun safety reform.
DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSMAN Jimmy Panetta this week demanded that the U.S. Senate pass federal bills requiring background checks for firearms and a ban on assault weapons after shooters in Gilroy, El Paso and Dayton killed and injured dozens of people. Panetta made numerous comments on social media in the past week in response to the shootings, including calling for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to hold votes on two background checks bills OK'd by the House of Representatives in February. "This inaction must stop," Panetta said on Facebook. "We know background checks save lives.
MONTEREY – In a letter to Sen. Mitch McConnell, Rep. Jimmy Panetta and more than 200 members of the House Democratic Caucus called on the Senate majority leader to cancel recess and take action on gun legislation.
WASHINGTON D.C. - Central Coast Congressman Jimmy Panetta is one of 213 members of the House Democratic Caucus to demand a vote on bipartisan bills to prevent gun violence in the wake of recent mass shootings.
On Wednesday, the members wrote a letter to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell calling on him to immediately bring the Senate back into session to pass H.R. 8, the Bipartisan Background Checks Act and H.R. 1112, the Enhanced Background Checks Act.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Jimmy Panetta (CA-20), a member of the Congressional Gun Violence Prevention Task Force, and 213 Members of the House Democratic Caucus wrote to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell demanding he immediately call the Senate back into session to pass H.R. 8, the Bipartisan Background Checks Act, and H.R. 1112, the Enhanced Background Checks Act.
GILROY, CA – Today, Reps. Zoe Lofgren (CA-19) and Jimmy Panetta (CA-20), who jointly represent the City of Gilroy, issued the following statement in response to the tragic violence that occurred on July 28, on the closing day of the Gilroy Garlic Festival.
"The city of Gilroy, and our constituents, are now among a very sobering group of communities that have endured a mass shooting. It is heartbreaking what the families and loved ones of the victims, and those injured, face in the wake of this tragedy. Our condolences are with them.