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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:
Environment,
Housing, Transportation, & Infrastructure,
Public Safety & Criminal Justice
SEATTLE, WA – Today, in advance of a
State of the Union address that will likely lack any mention of climate change
and our country’s pressing environmental challenges, Representative Pramila
Jayapal (WA-07) announced climate scientist and Dean of the College of…
Issues:
Environment
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, S. 1768, the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program Reauthorization Act of 2018, passed the United States House of Representatives after successfully passing the Senate in September. Representative Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) was the sole Democratic co-sponsor of…
Issues:
Environment,
Housing, Transportation, & Infrastructure
SEATTLE – Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), along with Reps. Christopher Smith (R-NJ), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) and 75 colleagues in the U.S. House, sent a letter to Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke urging withdrawal of a new…
Issues:
Environment
SEATTLE – Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal released the following statement regarding the resignation of EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt:
“Scott Pruitt is finally gone from the Environmental Protection Agency. That it took so long speaks volumes about the unacceptable tolerance for corruption…
Issues:
Environment,
Government Reform & Ethics
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal urged Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt to hold a hearing in Washington’s 7th District for his proposed repeal of the Clean Power Plan. Jayapal is opposed to the repeal of this critical…
Issues:
Environment
