Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Washington's 7th district
Incumbent
Assumed office January 3, 2017
Preceded by
Jim McDermott
Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus[a]
Incumbent
Assumed office January 3, 2021
Preceded by
Raúl Grijalva (as co-chair) Mark Pocan (as co-chair)
Member of the Washington Senate from the 37th district
In office January 12, 2015 – December 11, 2016
Preceded by
Adam Kline
Succeeded by
Rebecca Saldaña
Personal details
Born
(1965-09-21) September 21, 1965 (age 58) Chennai, Madras State (present-day Tamil Nadu), India
Citizenship
Indian (1965–2000) American (2000–present)
Political party
Democratic
Spouse
Steve Williamson
Children
2
Parent
Maya Jayapal (mother)
Relatives
Susheela Jayapal (sister)
Education
Georgetown University (BA) Northwestern University (MBA)
Website
House website
Pramila Jayapal's voice
Pramila Jayapal on her support for the American Families Plan Recorded June 15, 2021
Pramila Jayapal (/prəˈmɪləˈdʒaɪəpɑːl/prə-MILL-ə JY-ə-pahl; born September 21, 1965) is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative from Washington's 7th congressional district since 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, she represents most of Seattle, as well as some suburban areas of King County. Jayapal represented the 37th legislative district in the Washington State Senate from 2015 to 2017. She is the first Indian-American woman to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives. The district's first female member of Congress, she is also the first Asian American to represent Washington at the federal level.
Before entering electoral politics, Jayapal was a Seattle-based civil rights activist, serving until 2012 as the executive director of OneAmerica, a pro-immigrant advocacy group.[1] She founded the organization, originally called Hate Free Zone, after the September 11 attacks. Jayapal co-chaired the Congressional Progressive Caucus from 2019 to 2021, henceforth serving as chair.[2] She serves on both the Judiciary Committee and Budget Committee.[3]
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^"Pramila Jayapal Leaving OneAmerica". OneAmerica. July 8, 2017. Archived from the original on July 8, 2017. Retrieved March 28, 2018.
^"Caucus Members". Congressional Progressive Caucus. Archived from the original on April 27, 2019. Retrieved January 30, 2018.
^Jayapal, Pramila. "About Me". Pramila Jayapal. House of Representatives. Archived from the original on November 15, 2020. Retrieved April 27, 2018.
PramilaJayapal (/prəˈmɪlə ˈdʒaɪəpɑːl/ prə-MILL-ə JY-ə-pahl; born September 21, 1965) is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative from...
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New Democrat Coalition. The CPC is chaired by U.S. Representative PramilaJayapal (D-WA). In addition, the CPC is affiliated with the Congressional Political...
co-sponsors. In 2019, the original 16-year-old proposal was renumbered, and PramilaJayapal (D-WA) introduced a broadly similar, but more detailed, bill, HR 1384...
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Democrat PramilaJayapal, who was re-elected with 85.4% of the vote in 2022. PramilaJayapal (Democratic), incumbent U.S. Representative PramilaJayapal (D)...
has worked as the communications director for U.S. Representatives PramilaJayapal and Mike Honda, and has served as a press secretary for the Democratic...
PramilaJayapal, who had represented the 7th district since 2017. Jayapal was most recently re-elected in 2022, garnering 85.7% of the vote. Pramila Jayapal...
won their electoral congressional races in 2018 were Raúl Grijalva, PramilaJayapal, Ro Khanna, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Ayanna Pressley,...
Appointed Chief of Staff to Rep. PramilaJayapal". Archived from the original on 2021-11-30. Retrieved 2020-12-22. "Jayapal Announces Gautam Raghavan As Chief...
Retrieved October 3, 2021. "Jayapal Leads 130 Lawmakers in Introducing Bill to Lower Medicare Eligibility Age". PramilaJayapal. September 3, 2021. Retrieved...
a close." Pocan supports decreasing U.S. military spending. Pocan, PramilaJayapal and Barbara Lee attempted to reduce the size of the $740 billion National...
Murray to succeed him. Murray and McDermott both denied the rumor. PramilaJayapal, state senator Brady Walkinshaw, state representative Arun Jhaveri...
Indian-American PramilaJayapal, who was elected to the House of Representatives. Since her mother is a Hindu, the Hindu American Foundation suggests that Jayapal is...
incentive. On October 3, Congressional Progressive Caucus chairwoman PramilaJayapal rejected Manchin's suggested spending limit, as well as his insistence...
(until May 31, 2023) Eric Swalwell, California Ted Lieu, California PramilaJayapal, Washington Lou Correa, California Mary Gay Scanlon, Pennsylvania Joe...
the Senate (2023–present) U.S. Representatives Suzan DelBene (WA-01) PramilaJayapal (WA-07) Derek Kilmer (WA-06) Rick Larsen (WA-02) Adam Smith (WA-09)...
Lesbian Victory Fund and The Seattle Times, but lost the election to PramilaJayapal. Walkinshaw was named by Washington State Senate Majority Leader Andy...
rein in hospital mergers. In December 2022, she and Representative PramilaJayapal introduced the Stop Anticompetitive Healthcare Act. In an op-ed for...
2015: Sundar Pichai appointed as the chairman and CEO of Google. 2016: PramilaJayapal, Ro Khanna, and Raja Krishnamoorthi are elected to the U.S. House of...
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