Science, Technology, & Antitrust

Washington, D.C. – US. Representative Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) and Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) sent a letter to Dr. Robert M. Califf, Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), urging him to close loopholes that pharmaceutical companies have exploited to block…

Text of Letter (PDF) Washington (June 22, 2023) – Representative Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) and Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, led 15 of their colleagues in writing to Federal Trade Commission…

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) and U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) sent a letter to Kathi Vidal, Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), calling on USPTO to take immediate action and use its…

WASHINGTON – U.S. Representatives Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) and Victoria Spartz (IN-05) are introducing bipartisan legislation to stop anticompetitive hospital conduct, which has been shown to lead to higher costs for patients and restricted care. The Stop Anticompetitive Healthcare Act would…

WASHINGTON – Representative Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) and Representative Warren Davidson (OH-08) issued the following statement on the anniversary of the March 15, 2020, expiration of Section 215 of the PATRIOT Act and two other PATRIOT Act provisions: “Three years ago,…

WASHINGTON – Representatives Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) and Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), were joined by Representatives Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), Rashida Tlaib (MI-12) and Senators Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) today to reintroduce the Facial Recognition…