Jimmy Panetta

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from California will be postponed. Amendment No. 6 Offered by Mr. Westerman The Acting CHAIR. It…

I want to thank my good friend and neighbor to the south, Representative Carbajal, and I reserve the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman has the only time remaining. The gentleman from Idaho has yielded back his time.

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 the bill insert the following: TITLE VIII--MISCELLANEOUS SEC. 801. FIRE, INSECTS, AND…

This budget, I believe, takes a step backward. It really creates greater challenges for the families that I represent there on the central coast of California, especially those in need of affordable housing, good schools, and healthy meals.

We have about 15 farmers' markets that participate in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, as well as WIC, the Women, Infants, and Children Supplemental Program.

Good morning. I am Jimmy Panetta. I am from the Salad Bowl of the World.

Thank you very much for this opportunity to have this type of hearing on something that is important, not just to my community on the Central Coast of California, but clearly to the United States and our agriculture industry.

We have a lot of programs--this is one of them--and we have programs in our schools as well to get their children involved in it, too.

I thank Mr. McHenry for his very thoughtful comments. Mr. Chair, I yield the remainder of my time to the gentlewoman from Massachusetts (Ms. Pressley).

I do have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 135, line 21, insert ``, including homelessness (as defined by the Secretary of Housing and Urban…

It means that we will need to be fiscally responsible when it comes to our spending and, yes, raise the revenue to do it.

I do agree with the fact that we need to start developing a plan to combat long-term deficit growth.

But what puts the fear in me is that deficits are growing beyond our will to control it.

The 2017 tax law's cap on state and local tax deduction creates challenges for state revenue agencies.

This administration has pursued policies that have sort of left them out to dry.

California pays more in federal taxes than they receive in federal spending.

It is so, so important that we are having this type of conversation here in Washington, D.C.

But more needs to be invested in this technology to do it.

The Farmworker Modernization Act was a very, very important bill that I am proud to say has not only passed in a bipartisan basis in the House; it must be passed in the Senate and signed into law.

Thank you, Ranking Member Balderson. I appreciate both of your opening statements and agree with absolutely everything that both of you had to say.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 92, after line 23, insert the following: (3) Collaborations and partnerships between institutions of…

These proposals are not just kicking people off the program, they are scaring people away from participating in SNAP

It is estimated that those changes, those proposals, will obviously negatively impact over a million people...

The labor is probably the number one issue we deal with in all seven states that we farm.

We are going to be introducing the Farm Workforce Modernization Act, a bill that not only protects our existing workforce, but makes it easier to have an enduring workforce here in this country.