SEATTLE – House Judiciary Committee Member Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal released the following statement on President Trump’s nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court:
“To no one’s surprise, Donald Trump nominated a conservative justice who will endanger Roe v. Wade,…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal scored a victory for the Seattle-based Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD) program by securing funding to expand the initiative nationwide.
Last September, Jayapal led 10 members of Congress in urging the House Appropriations Committee…
SEATTLE – Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal released the following statement regarding the Department of Justice’s reported change in policy of non-interference with marijuana-friendly state laws:
“I’m extremely disappointed in Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ attempt to disregard the will of the people…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a letter to Department of Homeland Security Acting Secretary Elaine Duke, co-chairs of the Women’s Working Group on Immigration Reform, Representatives Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-40) and Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) led 68 of their fellow members of Congress…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Adam Smith (WA-09) and Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) introduced the Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act, legislation to reform the systemic problems in our immigration detention system. Our current system is inhumane, unjust, and driven by…
“I’m tired of praying or sending thoughts. I’m tired of people in every single part of this country being subject to mass shootings because a political gun lobby won’t put people over profit. I do not believe that the NRA…
