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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Representative Pramila Jayapal, Co-Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, introduced H.R. 242 to repeal the Pay-As-You-Go-Act of 2010. Statutory Pay-As-You-Go or ‘PAYGO’ is currently law. To truly eliminate it we have to change the law, modifying…
Issues:
Government Reform & Ethics
Washington, D.C. – Today, Representative Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) introduced H.R. 7140, The Anti-Corruption & Public Integrity Act. This bill is the House companion of Senator Elizabeth Warren’s S. 3357. This comes on the heels of House Democrats, in their new…
Issues:
Government Reform & Ethics
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:
Civil Rights,
Government Reform & Ethics,
Public Safety & Criminal Justice
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Member Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) released the following statement on the anonymous Op-Ed in The New York Times authored by a senior Trump Administration official:
“This Op-Ed matches many similar troubling reports, and confirms…
Issues:
Government Reform & Ethics
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
SEATTLE – Today, Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal released the following statement in response to the Department of Commerce move to include a citizenship question in the 2020 census.
“The Trump administration’s latest move will not only hurt open participation in the…
Issues:
Government Reform & Ethics,
Immigration