Press Releases

[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…

[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…

The Safeguarding Americans’ Private Records Act would end NSA mass surveillance of phone records, protect against FISA abuse, close secret law loopholes & expand oversight of government surveillance [WASHINGTON, DC] –  U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Co-Chair of the Congressional…