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FOLLOWING PRESIDENT TRUMP’S COMMENTS, JAYAPAL & DINGELL URGE TRUMP TO IMMEDIATELY EXPAND MEDICARE & MEDICAID TO COVER UNINSURED AMERICANS

[WASHINGTON, DC] – U.S. Representatives Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) and Debbie Dingell (D-MI), the lead sponsors of H.R. 1384, the Medicare for All Act of 2019, today wrote to President Donald Trump requesting a virtual meeting to discuss proposals for immediately expanding health insurance coverage to uninsured Americans. The lawmakers’…
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JAYAPAL LEADS FIVE ​COLLEAGUES IN PRESSING TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TO PROTECT IMMIGRANTS AND PEOPLE IN IMMIGRATION DETENTION FACILITIES FROM COVID-19

[SEATTLE, WA] – U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Co-Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus and Vice Chair of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship, today led five House Democrats in pressing the Trump Administration to take “swift and immediate action” to protect…
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JAYAPAL, DELBENE, MCMORRIS RODGERS & PACIFIC NORTHWEST DELEGATION CALL FOR MORE VENTILATORS TO BE SENT TO REGION, PRODUCED NATIONALLY

[SEATTLE, WA] – Today, U.S. Representatives Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Suzan DelBene (WA-01), Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA-05), Congressman Earl Blumenauer (OR-03) and 16 members of Congress from the Pacific Northwest wrote to Vice President Mike Pence calling for more ventilators to be sent to the…
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AMIDST COVID-19 PANDEMIC, JAYAPAL & MENG LEAD PROGRESSIVE COALITION TO INTRODUCE THE HOUSING IS A HUMAN RIGHT ACT

The legislation would authorize more than $300 billion over the next decade for crucial housing infrastructureThe legislation would provide immediate relief to state & community organizations working to provide emergency shelter & other supportive services during COVID -19 outbreak [WASHINGTON,…
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