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The SAFE SEX Workers Study Act would require a study of the impact of SESTA/FOSTA on the health & safety of sex workers
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Co-Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, along with several…
Issues:
116th Congress,
Criminal Justice,
Jobs & Economy
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…
Issues:
116th Congress,
Civil Rights,
Criminal Justice,
Education
Washington, D.C. – Today,
the House passed H.R. 3055, the second “minibus” spending bill for the fiscal
year 2020, which included significant investments in affordable housing,
transportation, infrastructure and the environment. This second bill package
includes bold requests led by…
Issues:
116th Congress,
Criminal Justice,
Environment,
Housing,
Transportation and Infrastructure
Washington, D.C. – Today,
Representative Jayapal successfully secured one million dollars of additional
federal funding for homelessness and housing services. Her amendment to the
FY2020 appropriations bill (H.R. 3055) was approved overwhelmingly on a
bipartisan basis.
“These grants fund programs…
Issues:
116th Congress,
Criminal Justice,
Environment,
Housing,
Transportation and Infrastructure
SEATTLE, WA – Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal, member of the House Judiciary Committee, released the following statement regarding the firing of Attorney General Jeff Sessions:
“This was no simple resignation: President Donald Trump fired Jeff Sessions the day after an election…
Issues:
115th Congress,
Criminal Justice
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal, member of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following statement:
“Eleanor Roosevelt once said, ‘We go ahead together or we go down together.’ Today, it is clear the party of Donald Trump wants us…
Issues:
115th Congress,
Civil Rights,
Criminal Justice,
Government Reform & Ethics