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Pramila Jayapal

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Pramila Jayapal is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Washington's 7th congressional district since 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, she is notable for being the first South Asian woman elected to the U.S. Congress. Throughout her tenure, Jayapal has focused on issues such as healthcare reform, immigration, and social justice, advocating for policies that aim to improve the lives of her constituents and promote equity across the nation.

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Sep 29, 2021

We live in a society that has failed to legislate love and justice for us. So we deserve better.

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Sep 29, 2021

women are free to make decisions about their lives and bodies in consultation with their families and their physicians, not politicians.

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Sep 29, 2021

My bill, the Women's Health Protection Act, will put a stop to these state-based attacks and enshrine the protections of Roe into law.

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Sep 29, 2021

I will never tell somebody else that they should have abortion because that is their choice. But they don’t get to tell me that I shouldn’t, because at the end of the day, it’s my body, and I get to control it.

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Sep 29, 2021

4 percent. 4 percent of all the Democrats in the House and the Senate are blocking the build back better act from passing. 96 percent agree with us.

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Sep 29, 2021

This isn`t a liberal wish list of things that we wish we could have that nobody agrees with us on. 96 percent of Democrats in the House and the Senate and the president of the United States campaigned on this agenda and now want to deliver…

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Sep 29, 2021

Yes, Joy, it`s so great to see you. And, yes, we were not for splitting up the bill in the first place. In fact, we told everyone we knew that that was a bad idea. Because what we didn`t want to do is split roads and bridges against child…

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Sep 29, 2021

I am pleased to say that Senate Majority Leader Schumer has announced his intention to bring WHPA to the Senate floor for a vote.

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Sep 29, 2021

Weakening or overturning Roe poses a threat to our fundamental rights to make a personal decision beyond abortion.

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Sep 29, 2021

I consulted with my doctors, who told me that any future pregnancy would likely also be high-risk to me and the child, similar to what I had gone through with Janak. I very much wanted to have more children, but I simply could not imagine…

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Sep 29, 2021

I would never tell people who don't choose to have an abortion that they should do so, nor should they tell me that I shouldn't.

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Sep 29, 2021

Let me tell you what people are going to remember. They're not going to remember the road, they are going to remember that they could wake up and have childcare where they couldn't afford it before, or that they have 12 weeks of paid…

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Sep 29, 2021

Abortion restrictions are part of the intertwined systems of oppression that deny black, indigenous, and people of color their constitutional rights.

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Sep 29, 2021

If we just go back and we deliver a very small sliver, because the infrastructure bill is only like 15 percent of the President's agenda, 85 percent of the President's agenda is contained in the Build Back Better Act.

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Sep 29, 2021

The reality is that there is a whole group of people, people who need childcare, people who need paid leave, people who need housing, people who want to see action on climate change. This is all part of the Build Back Better agenda, which…

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Sep 29, 2021

So to all the black women and girls who have had abortions and will have abortions, we have nothing to be ashamed of.

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Sep 29, 2021

For me, terminating my pregnancy was not an easy choice, the most difficult I`ve made in my life. But it was my choice, and that is what must be preserved for every pregnant person.

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Sep 29, 2021

We are insistent that President Biden`s agenda, which is to actually make the tax system fair and make the wealthiest pay their fair share and corporations pay their fair share and repeal some of these fossil fuel subsidies, and make sure…

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Sep 29, 2021

And we`re going to deliver the entirety of President Biden`s agenda to his desk. This isn`t a liberal wish list of things that we wish we could have that nobody agrees with us on. 96 percent of Democrats in the House and the Senate and the…

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Sep 29, 2021

He needs to either give us an offer or this whole thing is not going to happen. I can tell you that his statement has just probably created at least a bunch more votes on the House floor against a bipartisan bill.

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Sep 29, 2021

And we`ve said we will not vote for the bipartisan infrastructure bill until we have a vote in the Senate on the reconciliation bill, because that is absolutely crucial.

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Sep 29, 2021

Progressives will vote for both bills but a majority of our members will only vote for the infrastructure bill after the President’s visionary Build Back Better act passes.

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Sep 28, 2021

96 percent of Democrats in the House and the Senate support the president`s agenda, which is the Build Back Better agenda.

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Sep 28, 2021

We are not going to move one piece of the president`s agenda without the much bigger piece of the president`s agenda.

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Sep 28, 2021

We are not going to leave behind women. We are not going to leave behind people who need housing. We are not going to leave behind climate change.

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