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May 18, 2018
Press Release
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal released a 2018 Infrastructure Report on 28 projects that will strengthen infrastructure and transportation systems across Washington’s 7th Congressional District and the greater Seattle region.
May 16, 2018
Press Release
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representatives Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) and Mia Love (R-UT) led 130 bipartisan members of Congress in urging Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen to maintain the current regulation granting work authorization to certain H-4 dependent spouses of H-1B nonimmigrant workers. The Trump Administration is expected to rescind the rule granting these spouses work authorization in June.
May 15, 2018
Press Release
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) and Senator Kamala D. Harris today introduced the Detention Oversight Not Expansion (DONE) Act, which would increase oversight of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention centers and halt funds for construction or expansion of new facilities. Over the last two decades, the federal immigration system has undergone a dramatic expansion that has led to a 400 percent increase in detained non-citizens with an increasing number being children, women and pregnant women. These detainees are often mistreated by ICE agents and forced to reside in deplorable conditions with their rights being habitually and systemically violated.
May 8, 2018
Press Release
Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal released the following statement in response to President Trump’s decision to withdraw from the historic Iran nuclear deal: “Donald Trump’s decision today moves us closer to war with Iran. This decision will only ramp up tensions and cause other nations, including North Korea, to question whether they should make agreements with the United States that may not be kept.
May 3, 2018
Press Release
SEATTLE – Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal announced the winners of Washington’s 7th District 2018 Congressional Arts Competition. They are:
1st: Zhen Williams, Chief Sealth International High School, “Voice Through My Hands”
2nd: Marlowe Pody, Garfield High School, “Fleeting”
3rd: Min Jeong Lee, Shoreline Christian School, “Hope”
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April 27, 2018
Press Release
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a big win for Seattle-Tacoma International Airport and Washington’s 7th Congressional District, Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal’s two amendments passed through the U.S. House of Representatives as part of the Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Act of 2018.
April 24, 2018
Press Release
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal, member of the House Judiciary Committee, released the following statement in response to the decision by Judge John D. Bates of the Federal District Court for the District of Columbia to require the government to resume accepting new applicants to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.
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April 19, 2018
Press Release
WASHINGTON, D.C. – On May 2, Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal will host a town hall in Downtown Seattle starting at 5:30 p.m. PST.
April 17, 2018
Press Release
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal urged Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt to hold a hearing in Washington’s 7th District for his proposed repeal of the Clean Power Plan. Jayapal is opposed to the repeal of this critical environmental measure.
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April 13, 2018
Press Release
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal released the following statement in response to President Trump’s decision to launch airstrikes in Syria: “President Trump has just conducted another set of unconstitutional strikes. He does not have the power to take these actions without consulting Congress. Only Congress – not the White House – has the power to declare war.
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