Press Releases

Jayapal Statement on New Details Regarding Forced Unnecessary Medical Procedures—Including Hysterectomies—Being Performed on At Least 17 Immigrant Women in Irwin County, Georgia SEATTLE — United States Representative Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) issued the following statement this morning about new details she has…

Jayapal Leads 173 Members of Congress in Urging DHS Inspector General to Immediately Open an Investigation Into Startling Whistleblower Allegations Regarding High Rates of Hysterectomies Being Performed on Immigrant Women in Irwin County, Georgia The Letter is Available Here WASHINGTON…

SEATTLE — United States Representative Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) issued the following statement tonight regarding the passing of Bill Gates, Sr.: “From his legal aid work at home to his global health work abroad, Bill Gates Sr. dedicated his life to social justice, equal justice and lifting…

Jayapal’s Bipartisan South Asian Heart Health Awareness and Research Act Passes Committee, Moves to Full House Vote SEATTLE — The House Committee on Energy and Commerce passed U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal’s (WA-07) South Asian Heart Health Awareness and Research Act (H.R. 3131)…

SEATTLE — United States Representative Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) issued the following statement tonight after President Donald Trump issued a memo that unlawfully threatens Seattle’s federal funding: “First, Donald Trump and his administration threatened to terrorize our Seattle community by unnecessarily…

Washington Congressional Delegation Demands DeJoy Immediately Reinstall Mail Sorting Machines After 40 Percent Were Dangerously Disconnected in the Seattle-Tacoma Area   SEATTLE — Eight members of the Washington Congressional delegation demanded Postmaster General Louis DeJoy immediately reinstall the sorting machines that have…