Jimmy Panetta

I thank Chairwoman Lofgren for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise today for the American Dream and Promise Act of 2019, but more importantly, for Dreamers and TPS recipients in my community and all across our country. As the Representative for…

I thank Mr. Woodall for his advocacy as well as his oratory skills. As a member of the Ways and Means Committee, I want to talk about the SECURE Act and obviously the work that we did in the Ways and Means Committee in regard to not only…

Clearly it affects not just the consumers. It affects the growers and everybody else who works in that chain.

I am going to continue to work on this issue so we can deal with the traceability and so that obviously with safety being the most important thing.

I appreciate this opportunity to question this witness, who I also want to thank for not only being here, but obviously, your preparation in order to be here.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of section 2, add the following new paragraph: (9) American leadership encouraged widespread…

As an original author of the Blue Card Bill, it provides basically a way for those employees who have worked in ag and who will continue to work in ag to get legal, permanent residence.

we can't just use that to tell us everything that we need to know about a recipient of SNAP benefits.

the policy needs to be driven by empirical evidence.

this proposed rule does just that. It reduces benefits by singling out a group that USDA assumes is less deserving.

We support Congressman Panetta's legislation to align USDA farmworker housing programs with the low-income housing tax credit amongst other important reforms.

Does USDA truly believe that the receipt of SNAP benefits prevents unemployed ABAWDs from seeking and securing gainful employment?

The rhetorical framing of these proposals, and the proposals themselves, seek to punish struggling Americans with harsh penalties for conditions beyond their control.

Is government-imposed hunger--forcing people off needed benefits without adequate training or opportunities--an appropriate function of the Federal Government?

I appreciate you bringing this up as a topic because I see it every day, how important it is to have immigrants continuing to be a part of our country.

We unequivocally oppose the proposed rule change, which would restrict states' flexibility to provide vital nutrition support to people who struggle to feed themselves and their families.

one of the reasons why that proposal failed was because there was absolutely no evidence that those proposals would work.

Thank you very much for being here.

We just experienced our government's longest shutdown. For 35 days in California, nearly 40,000 Federal workers were furloughed and denied paychecks because of the shutdown, and that number included Federal employees at the NOAA weather…

there is no law requiring a taxpayer to turn over the tax returns to this Committee

I appreciate this opportunity. Obviously, I would like to share my appreciation of Chairman Engel for everything that he has done as a leader of all of his constituents in his district and, more importantly, all of our fellow countrymen…

Good public policy depends on thorough and accurate data. That is why this week's ruling by District Judge Jesse Furman to block the administration from adding a citizenship question to the 2020 Census is so important to my district on the…

I thank Mr. Westerman for all of his work on this. Madam Chair, our amendment would provide $10 million in additional funding to the U.S. Forest Service and its State and private forestry account. That account is set up to help State and…

Today, we, unfortunately, are enduring our government's second longest government shutdown since 1981. I realize that some call it a partial government shutdown, but let me tell you, there is nothing partial about the lost wages that our…

I thank Chairman Conaway and Ranking Member Peterson for their leadership during my time on the Agriculture Committee, during our time putting this farm bill together. As a proud member of the Agriculture Committee, as a proud member who…