Press Releases

[WASHINGTON, D.C.] — U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) and a group of over 100 lawmakers wrote to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar to urge HHS to employ its existing authority to establish a Special…

[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, D.C.] – U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) and members of the Washington congressional delegation urged the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to extend the tax filing deadline in light of the COVID-19 outbreak in Washington state. “We request that the…

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Representatives Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) and Debbie Dingell (D-MI) issued the following statement marking one year since the two stood with dozens of colleagues and a diverse coalition of universal, single-payer health care advocates and introduced…