James Varni Panetta is an American lawyer, politician, and former Navy intelligence officer from the state of California.
15 Facts About Jimmy Panetta
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Jimmy Panetta's district includes much of California's Central Coast, including Monterey, Salinas, Santa Cruz, Carmel-by-the-Sea, and Paso Robles to the south.
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Jimmy Panetta was first elected in 2016, after working as a deputy district attorney for Monterey County.
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Jimmy Panetta is the son of former Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, and holds the same congressional seat his father once held.
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Jimmy Panetta then attended Monterey Peninsula College and University of California, Davis, graduating with a bachelor's degree in international relations.
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Jimmy Panetta then interned at the United States Department of State.
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Jimmy Panetta received his JD degree from Santa Clara University School of Law.
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Jimmy Panetta joined the United States Navy Reserve as an intelligence officer and completed a tour of duty in the War in Afghanistan in 2007 while attached to Joint Special Operations Command, for which he was awarded the Bronze Star.
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Jimmy Panetta worked in the Alameda County, California, prosecutor's office and as a deputy district attorney for the District Attorney's office of Monterey County, California.
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Jimmy Panetta's father had represented the district from 1977 to 1993.
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Twice, in 2018 and in 2019, Jimmy Panetta introduced a bill commonly stylized as the KITTEN Act, a legislative proposal to curtail certain types of animal testing.
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In February 2023, during the Russo-Ukrainian War, Jimmy Panetta signed a letter advocating for President Biden to give F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine.
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In 2022, Jimmy Panetta was one of 16 Democrats to vote against the Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act of 2022, an antitrust package that would crack down on corporations for anti-competitive behavior.
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Jimmy Panetta is the youngest of the three sons of Leon Jimmy Panetta, the former United States Secretary of Defense.
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Jimmy Panetta's wife, Carrie, is a judge on the Monterey County Superior Court.