Jobs, Labor, & the Economy

WASHINGTON – U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Ranking Member of the Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee, sent a letter to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) requesting a meeting to discuss the impact of CBO’s new report, “Effects of the…

WASHINGTON – U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) and U.S. Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) are leading more than 25 Members of Congress in filing an amicus brief urging the Federal District Court for the District of Oregon to grant the Federal…

WASHINGTON – Today, Representative Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Senator Edward J. Markey (D-MA), and Representative Rick Larsen (WA-02) announced legislation to promote employment opportunities for workers in recovery and provide support to communities impacted by widespread substance use. The Workforce Opportunities for…

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Representatives Sean Casten (D-Ill.) and Bill Foster (D-Ill.) wrote to the Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo, urging the Department of Commerce (Commerce) to use its full statutory…

WASHINGTON – U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) joined U.S. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Ben Ray Luján (D-NM) today to re-introduce the National Domestic Workers Bill of Rights. The groundbreaking legislation will finally extend common workplace rights and protections to…

SEATTLE – U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal is announcing $9,257,231 for the Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges (WSBCTC) from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Climate Ready Workforce Competition grant program for the Tribal Stewards: Cultivating Tribal…