Civil Rights

[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…

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…

[WASHINGTON, DC] – Today, U.S. Representatives Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) and Adam Smith (WA-09) issued the following joint statement after the U.S. Department of Justice announced a lawsuit against King County over the county’s order that bans ICE from using from…

High-level ICE and BOP officials are leaving their posts to work at the same companies they regulated, raising concerns about corruption and compliance with federal law [WASHINGTON, DC] – U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Vice Chair of the House Judiciary…

[WASHINGTON, DC] – U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), a member of the House Education and Labor Committee and Co-Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, today applauded the Committee’s advancement of the Runaway and Homeless Youth and Trafficking Prevention Act of 2019 – bipartisan…

[WASHINGTON, DC] – U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Co-Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) and a member of the House Education and Labor Committee, applauded the House passage of H.R. 1230, the Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act. This bipartisan…