Jobs, Labor, & the Economy

SEATTLE — United States Representative Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), a member of the House Committee on Education and Labor, issued the following statement on reports that Boeing will pull 787 production out of Washington state: “The Pacific Northwest has long been an…

SEATTLE — U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), co-chair of the United for Climate and Environmental Justice Task Force, released the following statement after voting against H.R. 4447, the Clean Economy Jobs and Innovation Act: “As climate disasters continue to get worse…

SEATTLE — U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) introduced the Apprenticeship Futures for All Act today as she builds on her proven track record of increasing access to apprenticeships that provide a proven pathway to the middle class. The legislation accomplishes this…

SEATTLE — United States Representative Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) issued the following statement tonight after President Donald Trump issued a memo that unlawfully threatens Seattle’s federal funding: “First, Donald Trump and his administration threatened to terrorize our Seattle community by unnecessarily deploying federal agents to our streets.…

Jayapal Votes to Save the United States Postal Service After Calling on House Leadership to Immediately Reconvene Congress SEATTLE—United States Representative Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Co-Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, voted to save the United States Postal Service just seven…

Jayapal Leads Washington and Oregon Representatives In Urging the National Labor Relations Board to Immediately Reverse Their Dangerous, Alarming and Abrupt Decision to Restructure Field Offices at the Expense of Worker Protections SEATTLE—United States Representatives Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Earl Blumenauer…