Press Releases

Transforms immigration detention system by ending the use of private detention facilities, repealing mandatory detention, prohibiting solitary confinement, and promoting community-based alternatives to detention while also restoring due process for immigrants and increasing oversight, accountability, and transparency measures WASHINGTON — Today,…

Immediately provides a $2,000 payment to every person in America as critical relief during the COVID-19 crisis, followed by $1,000 recurring monthly payments throughout the ongoing pandemic WASHINGTON— Today, Pramila Jayapal (WA-7) and Congresswomen Rashida Tlaib (MI-13) reintroduced the Automatic BOOST to Communities (ABC) Act, legislation to immediately…

The Survivors’ Access to Supportive Care Act develops national standards of care for survivors of sexual assault, strengthens the sexual assault examiner workforce, and expands access to sexual assault examination services (Washington, D.C.) – Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of…

Legislation guarantees health care to everyone as a human right by providing comprehensive benefits including primary care, vision, dental, prescription drugs, mental health, long-term services and supports, reproductive health care, and more with no copays, private insurance premiums, deductibles, or…

“I urge the House Committee on Ethics and the Office of Congressional Ethics to thoroughly investigate Representatives Boebert, Brooks, and Gosar’s conduct, and refer any appropriate findings to the Department of Justice.” WASHINGTON — U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) called…

Comprehensive aid sends out $1,400 survival checks, increases the child tax credit to $3,000, extends the $300 a week of expanded unemployment assistance, speeds up vaccine distribution, funds nutrition and rental assistance, and includes $7.1 billion in state and local…