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BIPARTISAN JAYAPAL-LED BILL TO STRENGTHEN FEDERAL SUPPORT FOR HOMELESS YOUTH ADVANCES OUT OF HOUSE EDUCATION & LABOR COMMITTEE

[WASHINGTON, DC] – U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), a member of the House Education and Labor Committee and Co-Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, today applauded the Committee’s advancement of the Runaway and Homeless Youth and Trafficking Prevention Act of 2019 – bipartisan…
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JAYAPAL APPLAUDS PASSAGE OF BIPARTISAN LEGISLATION TO PROTECT OLDER WORKERS AGAINST AGE DISCRIMINATION

[WASHINGTON, DC] – U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Co-Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) and a member of the House Education and Labor Committee, applauded the House passage of H.R. 1230, the Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act. This bipartisan…
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JAYAPAL VOTES TO ADVANCE BIPARTISAN LEGISLATION TO STRENGTHEN & EXPAND PROTECTIONS FOR PREGNANT WORKERS

The bipartisan Pregnant Workers Fairness Act would guarantee pregnant workers have an affirmative right to reasonable work accommodations [WASHINGTON, DC] – U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), a member of the House Education and Labor Committee and Co-Chair of the Congressional…
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REPS. JAYAPAL, CLARKE, AND SMITH LEAD LETTER CALLING FOR EXTENSION AND REDESIGNATION OF TPS FOR SOMALI-AMERICANS

[WASHINGTON, DC]—Reps., Pramila Jayapal, Ilhan Omar, Yvette D. Clarke, and Adam Smith led 50 members in a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf requesting that the Trump Administration allow Somali-American families with…
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