Environment

[WASHINGTON, DC] – Today, Representatives Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) and Derek Kilmer (WA-06) announced that they helped secure a $1,500,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation for the Seattle-Bainbridge Island Ferry Service to convert one of its two ferries from…

WASHINGTON, DC  – U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Co-Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus and the Vice Chair of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship, today took the House floor to deliver remarks in support of H.R. 4,the…

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…

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…

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…

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…