Press Releases

Jayapal and Warren Lead Bicameral Effort Urging Trump Administration to Immediately Withdraw New Xenophobic Guidance That Threatens International Students With Deportation More than 11,000 students could be impacted in the Seattle-area alone [Read the full letter here.] U.S. Representative Pramila…

U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Co-Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, issued the following statement on today’s Supreme Court ruling striking down Louisiana’s radical and immoral effort to all but eliminate abortion access: “Reproductive rights are human rights. One in…

Legislation stops federal entities’ use of facial recognition tools and effectively strips federal support for state and local law enforcement entities that use biometric technology [WASHINGTON, D.C.] – U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), along with Reps. Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), Rashida…

[WASHINGTON, D.C.] — Congressional Progressive Caucus Co-Chairs U.S. Representatives Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) and Mark Pocan (WI-02) are demanding relief for frontline workers facing retaliation for organizing for safer working conditions during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.  In a letter signed by…

 [SEATTLE, WA] – U.S. Representatives Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Co-Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, and Jaime Herrera Beutler (WA-03) joined together in a bipartisan effort calling on President Donald Trump to invoke the Defense Production Act (DPA) to jump-start domestic production of personal…

[SEATTLE, WA] – U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Co-Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus and Co-Chair of the United for Climate and Environmental Justice Task Force, urged the Trump administration to immediately withdraw an Executive Order that seeks to allow development projects…