Congressman Panetta Supports House-Passed Bill to Make Animal Abuse a Federal Offense

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-Carmel Valley) voted in support of the Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture (PACT) Act of 2019, H.R. 724, to criminalize certain acts of animal cruelty. The legislation unanimously passed the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday night, October 22.
In 2010, Congress passed the Animal Crush Video Prohibition Act, which made the creation and distribution of animal crushing videos illegal. However, the underlying acts of cruelty against animals were not included. The PACT Act closes this loophole by prohibiting certain cases of animal abuse.
"Those who knowingly commit acts of animal cruelty must be subject to criminal penalty," said Congressman Panetta. "The bipartisan Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture Act is common-sense policy that provides law enforcement additional authorities to combat animal cruelty."
This legislation was brought to the House floor for debate and a vote by utilization of the new House “Consensus Calendar”. The initiative received priority consideration on the House floor by having more than 290 bipartisan cosponsors – a key new House rule the Problem Solvers Caucus, of which Congressman Panetta is a member, fought to implement this Congress. The bill had 302 bipartisan co-sponsors when it reached the floor.

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Suspect Vehicle in King City Quadruple Homicide on March 3 Has Been Located

The Monterey County Sheriff’s Office, on behalf of the King City Police Department is informing the community that the suspect vehicle involved in a quadruple homicide that occurred Sunday, March 3 on the 200 block of North Second Street in King City, has been located and recovered. The vehicle was located in an unincorporated area of South Monterey County. The King City Police Department is receiving assistance from multiple local and federal law enforcement partners in this investigation. Based on the nature of this investigation, no further details regarding the recovery of this vehicle are being released at this time. The Monterey County Sheriff's Office and the King City PD are asking the community for their assistance in reporting any information they may know regarding this incident which tragically left 4 people dead and 7 people injured, two with critical injuries. Information can be provided by contacting the following: King City Detective Sergeant Josh Partida 831-3

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