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As the first bill the Congresswoman introduced in 2017, this legislation is a direct response to President Trump’s Muslim Ban and to Iranian Americans being detained at the Blaine, Wash. border crossing
The House of Representatives passed the Access to…
Issues:
Civil Rights,
Immigration
“Instead of investing in going to war all around the world, we should be investing in strengthening communities all around this country.”
U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Co-Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, voted against the National Defense Authorization Act today…
Issues:
Foreign Affairs & National Security
U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Co-Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, submitted the following official statement to the Congressional Record in honor of the life of Seattle filmmaker and director Lynn Shelton:
On Saturday, May 16, 2020, Seattle unexpectedly lost…
U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Co-Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, issued the following statement last night on the passing of the Honorable Congressman John Lewis:
“From sitting-in at lunch counters to riding for freedom across the Deep South, from…
Jayapal Leads 71 Members of Congress in Calling on Trump Administration to Rescind Corrupt New Guidance on the Collection and Reporting of Critical COVID-19 Data
“We will not allow health experts to be silenced.”
[Read the full letter here]
U.S.…
Issues:
Health Care
Jayapal and Warren Lead Bicameral Effort Urging Trump Administration to Immediately Withdraw New Xenophobic Guidance That Threatens International Students With Deportation
More than 11,000 students could be impacted in the Seattle-area alone
[Read the full letter here.]
U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal…
Issues:
Arts & Education
