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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
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal, joined by Reps. A. Donald McEachin and Nanette Diaz Barragán, led 28 members of Congress in denouncing Department of the Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke for his comments that “diversity isn’t important,” “I don’t care…
Issues:
Civil Rights,
Environment
