Jobs, Labor, & the Economy

Will study and recommend proposals to end economic inequality and make America’s economy finally work for everyone WASHINGTON — Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi announced today that she is appointing U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) as a Member of Congress’…

More than 90 percent of the House Democratic Caucus tells Pelosi that, “the primary condition of receiving the taxpayers’ money must be compliance with strong labor standards.” WASHINGTON — More than 200 lawmakers united today in urging Speaker Nancy Pelosi to…

Call for enacting “as robust and comprehensive a Build Back Better package as possible” WASHINGTON — Representatives Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) and Jimmy Panetta (CA-20) led nearly 60 lawmakers from across the Democratic Caucus in calling on Congressional leadership to go big,…

Legislation to create jobs for 15 million Americans, focused on advancing economic recovery, racial justice, and climate action WASHINGTON — U.S. Representatives Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Debbie Dingell (MI-12), Nanette Barragán (CA-44), Earl Blumenauer (OR-3), Jamaal Bowman (NY-16), Yvette Clarke (NY-9),…

“Last month, I called on OMB to take immediate action to reverse their misguided decision to approve the sale of our community’s NARA facility. Today, they are doing exactly that.“ SEATTLE — U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) issued the following statement…

The We the People Amendment makes it clear that corporations are not people and money is not speech by specifying that the rights provided by the Constitution are for people — not corporations. The joint resolution also works to get…