Statements and posts
23 press releases and posts, newest first.
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Jayapal Introduces Legislative Framework Establishing National Charter System to Rein in AI
Introduced legislation requiring federal charter system for AI companies operating in the United States.
“The crux of this bill is simple: if you want to be an AI company in this country, you have to obtain a public charter that has a broad set of terms and conditions to operate and ensure public benefit without the harms.”
AI Agent Accountability ActAI-read
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Ranking Member Jayapal Statement on Trump’s Pocket Rescissions
Criticized Trump's pocket rescissions of immigration services funding as unconstitutional.
“Congress must reclaim our constitutional authorities from this out-of-control administration. I will do everything in my power to prevent these illegal recissions and stand up for Congress’s sole Article 1 powers to appropriate funds.”
Immigration EnforcementAI-read
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Reintroduced bill to prohibit government use of facial recognition and biometric technology.
“We have to stop the constant, nonconsensual state of surveillance that we live in, and that starts with placing a moratorium on our government’s use of facial recognition technology.”
Facial Recognition and Biometric Technology Moratorium ActPrivacy and SurveillanceAI-read
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Reintroduced bill to expand employment grants for communities affected by substance use.
“Addiction and substance use are deeply tied to economic instability and the shortage of behavioral health professionals.”
Labor and EmploymentAI-read
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Jayapal, Warren, Lawmakers Announce Reintroduction of Comprehensive Stop Wall Street Looting Act
Reintroduced comprehensive legislation to reform private equity industry practices.
“Too many companies that people love and depend on, including nursing homes and grocery stores, have fallen victim to private equity.”
Finance and Financial SectorAI-read
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Jayapal Statement on Senate Blocking War Powers Resolution
Criticized Senate Republicans for blocking her War Powers Resolution.
“In the House, we will continue to pass these resolutions and demand an end to the war. It is time to reassert Congress’s constitutional authority to declare war.”
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Jayapal Introduces the Students Not Profits Act
Introduced legislation to protect students from for-profit college exploitation.
“Higher education is inaccessible to Americans in every corner of this country as astronomical student loan debt weighs on millions. Congress must act to protect students from the exploitative practices of for-profit corporate universities that prey on vulnerable students.”
EducationAI-read
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Reintroduced bipartisan legislation to raise awareness and combat high heart disease rates in South Asian Americans.
“As the first South Asian American woman ever elected to the House of Representatives, I’m fully committed to increasing understanding of heart disease and the unique risk factors in the South Asian community while ensuring that all those living with it get the resources, treatment, and support they need.”
HealthAI-read
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Jayapal Hosts Hearing on Big Tech and Surveillance AI
Hosted hearing examining harms of surveillance AI and Big Tech monopolies.
“AI surveillance is already inescapable in the technology we use everyday. Grandiose doomsday claims about AI only benefit Meta and other tech companies, because it distracts from this fact and attempts to convince Americans that AI capabilities are beyond their understanding. This is not true. Unfortunately, it is up…”
AI Infrastructure ImpactAI-read
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Jayapal Statement on Vote for Ratepayer Protection Act
Voted for Ratepayer Protection Act but criticized it for lacking enforcement teeth.
“We need real solutions to rising costs of energy, like the Energy Bills Relief Act, rather than backroom deals that help to shield big polluters and data centers while doing very little to address the affordability crisis that people are facing. I intend to continue doing that work.”
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Meng, Jayapal, and South Asian Members of Congress Denounce Racist Post Targeting UT Austin Students
These were young students in a moment of joy and celebration.
“This is a part of a broader rise of attacks made towards the South Asian American community. In fact, 71 percent of all anti-Asian threats of violence between August 2024 and December 2025 were directed at South Asians, making them the most targeted Asian regional subgroup in online spaces associated with targeted…”
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For more than 40 years, F-1 visa students, J-1 visa exchange visitors, and I visa international journalists have been permitted to remain in the U.S. for as long as they engage in the activity that qualifies them for the visa, a practice…
“International students make our institutions of higher learning better for all students and create pipelines to ensure the best and brightest lend their talents to strengthen our economy and American innovation. We should be welcoming students, not wrapping the processes to obtain visas in layers of red tape. This has…”
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U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Immigration, Integrity, Security, and Enforcement, is demanding answers from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Immigration and Customs…
“Detention standards are meant to guide the entities operating immigration detention centers – they should not be written by them. And yet, it appears that that is precisely what occurred here.”
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Private companies and other entities often receive subpoenas from federal law enforcement containing vague, boilerplate nondisclosure provisions that can carry threats of legal consequences for noncompliance Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senator…
“While these secrecy demands carry no force of law, their coercive effect is extremely successful.”
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Washington, D.C. (September 1, 2026)—Today, Rep. Pramila Jayapal, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement, delivered opening remarks at a hearing on Republicans’ efforts to force state and…
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Meta watches our kids’ every move and intentionally designed its platforms to keep them scrolling.
“This landmark settlement by the states confirms the danger Big Tech surveillance poses to our kids and families. Meta watches our kids’ every move and intentionally designed its platforms to keep them scrolling. Meta knew this screen time addiction was driving kids to spiral into depression, starve themselves, and die…”
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Jayapal, Johnson, Williams, Foushee, Ross Statement on ICE’s Lies About Member Oversight
U.S. Representatives Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Immigration, Integrity, Security, and Enforcement, Henry C. “Hank” Johnson, Jr. (GA-04), Nikema Williams (GA-05), Valerie Foushee (NC-04), and Deborah Ross…
“Under the Trump Administration, ICE has forced us to go to court to make them follow the law and facilitate congressional inspections. If they lie about these small things, imagine what they lie about for the big things.”
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Jayapal, Johnson, Williams, Foushee, Ross Conduct Oversight at Stewart Detention Center
Full video of Members’ remarks following their visit can be found HERE.
“We believe this detention center should be shut down. What we heard from detained people today was that they are not getting the care, the proper food, or the clean water that ICE says they are — to the point that we heard from several people who are simply not drinking water that they haven’t bought bottled from the…”
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U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), a Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, is calling on Secretary of State Marco Rubio to answer for the regional implications of the “Trump Corollary” to the Monroe Doctrine, and ground…
“As Members of Congress, we are asked to accept that this doctrine now governs U.S. policy toward every nation in the Western Hemisphere — yet we still lack the basic information needed to understand what it means in practice, what authorities it assumes, and what human costs this new posture has already claimed in…”
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Members call out secret “hotwatch” real-time tracking, abuse of All Writs Act, and dragnet financial searches targeting innocent Americans WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., with Reps. Warren Davidson, R-Ohio, Pramila…
“Americans’ financial records can reveal deeply sensitive information including their religion; the political causes and non-profit organizations they support, including through membership; the doctors’ offices and clinics where they are treated; where they travel and with whom; and countless other private personal…”
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Rep. Pramila Jayapal Holds Roundtable in Seattle on Trump’s Cuts to Long-Term Care for Immigrants
No Cuts to Healthcare Coalition Outlines Devastating Cuts to Immigrant Healthcare Coming Oct 1 due to Trump’s HR 1 SEIU 775: We urge Gov and Legislature to “authorize emergency spending to stop this catastrophe before it happens” SEATTLE,…
“authorize emergency spending to stop this catastrophe before it happens”
Mentions H.R. 1 · voted Nay Jul 3, 2025, roll 189
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Jayapal Statement on Senate Judiciary Committee’s Advancement of Blanche Nomination for AG
It is also a slap in the face to the American people who see yet another scam to benefit Trump’s pockets and pardon January 6 insurrectionists who beat up cops and tried to steal an election.
“There is zero evidence that Blanche intends to stop serving as Trump’s personal lawyer and will instead serve as the people’s lawyer for real justice. I call on Republican senators to find some courage and some conscience and deny Todd Blanche confirmation on the Senate Floor. The rubber stamping of this President and…”
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U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal (D-WA-07) and Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), today led 90 members of Congress in submitting an amicus brief to the Supreme…
“fail to identify any foreign policy in tension with respondents’ claims, much less the clear and substantial conflict with federal foreign policy typically required to preempt state laws operating in a traditional area of state authority… Petitioners’ attempt to gin up a conflict between federal foreign policy and…”