JAYAPAL CALLS ON TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TO ISSUE EXPLICIT CLARIFICATION THAT ITS FLAWED PUBLIC CHARGE RULE DOES NOT APPLY DURING COVID-19 OUTBREAK

[WASHINGTON, DC] – U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) today issued the following statement after an exchange with Ken Cuccinelli, Acting Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, about the Administration’s flawed public charge rule, during an all-member briefing…

[WASHINGTON, DC] – U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), a member of the House Education and Labor Committee, joined U.S. Representative Ilhan Omar (MN-05) and 10 House Democrats to introduce the Maintaining Essential Access to Lunch for Students (MEALS) Act, a…

[WASHINGTON, DC] – U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) today issued the following statement after Washington Governor Jay Inslee and King County Executive Dow Constantine announced new community strategies and social distancing plans—including a prohibition on events of more than 250…

[WASHINGTON, DC] – U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Vice Chair of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship and Co-Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, today applauded the Committee’s advancement of her Access to Counsel Act of 2020. H.R. 5581.…

Jayapal: “How can we promise life, liberty & the pursuit of happiness, when so many Americans lack access to the most basic needs to survive, let alone thrive? Jayapal: “There’s one fundamental truth that must guide our policies on homelessness…

[WASHINGTON, DC] — Three years after President Donald Trump’s Muslim Ban first separated thousands of families, and amid reports that the Trump Administration is expanding this discriminatory policy, U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Vice Chair of the House Judiciary Subcommittee…