Arts & Education

The letter calls out the prolonged delay from the Department of Education in relieving the federal student loans of former for-profit students from defunct colleges   WASHINGTON – U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal (D-WA-07), U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), U.S. Senate Democratic Whip…

Robust relief from the American Rescue Plan goes to colleges and universities across Washington with at least half of the funding being distributed to students as emergency financial aid   SEATTLE — U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) announced today that colleges, universities,…

Legislation makes community college free for everyone and eliminates tuition and fees at public colleges and universities for families making up to $125,000 WASHINGTON — U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) and U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) led lawmakers today in introducing…

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 Jayapal…

[WASHINGTON, DC] – U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), a member of the House Education and Labor Committee, joined U.S. Representative Ilhan Omar (MN-05) and 10 House Democrats to introduce the Maintaining Essential Access to Lunch for Students (MEALS) Act, a…

Washington, DC – U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), co-chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, and U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) today introduced the Students Not Profits Act to protect students from the predatory practices of for-profit colleges by ending taxpayer…