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WITH WIDE-RANGING SUPPORT, JAYAPAL INTRODUCES PAYCHECK RECOVERY ACT TO KEEP WORKERS IN THEIR JOBS, STOP MASS UNEMPLOYMENT AND DELIVER DIRECT RELIEF TO BUSINESSES OF ALL SIZES Estimated to benefit more than 36 million workers and widely supported by 93 members…

JAYAPAL TO VOTE NO ON HEROES ACT AS LEGISLATION FAILS TO PROTECT THE PAYCHECKS OF WORKERS, GUARANTEE FAMILIES AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE, PROVIDE SUFFICIENT RELIEF TO ALL BUSINESSES AND SAFEGUARD PENSIONS OF WORKING PEOPLE [SEATTLE, WA] — U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal…

Jayapal also wrote last week to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos to raise concerns about numerous news reports of issues faced by Amazon workers making low and moderate wages. [SEATTLE, WA] – U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), a member of the House Judiciary Antitrust Subcommittee,…

[SEATTLE, WA] – U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Co-Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, and U.S. Representative Joe Kennedy III (MA-04) today led 32 colleagues in introducing the Medicare Crisis Program Act to ensure everyone has guaranteed access to health care during the…

[SEATTLE, WA] – Today, U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) wrote to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos to raise concerns about numerous news reports of issues faced by Amazon workers making low and moderate wages. In her letter, Jayapal pressed Amazon—which is headquartered in Washington’s Seventh…

[WASHINGTON, DC] – U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Co-Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, today issued the following statement after voting in favor of the $480 billion interim COVID-19 relief package. The bill has been passed by the U.S. Senate and…