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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.
All of a sudden, the tables get turned on us and we are now finding that people are saying oh, no, just passed the infrastructure bill. And you know what, we`ll get to childcare later. We`ll get to paid leave later. Well, Rachel, we are…
We have to have the Department of Justice actively go out and prosecute in these cases, but -- to uphold our constitutional right, but also, Joy, we need to pass the Women`s Health Protection Act.
We believe that the Department of Justice can challenge anybody who is trying to undermine constitutional rights under the cover of a state law that is unconstitutional.
This is not anyone else`s decision. If I choose to have a child or not to have -- to terminate my pregnancy or to keep my pregnancy all the way, then that is my decision.
We have urged them to do it. The chairman of the Judiciary Committee is very clear on this.
We need a president who refuses to sign an infrastructure bill until meaningful voting rights legislation is passed.
I happen to be one of them, Joy. I spoke out about it publicly a couple of years ago because of all these restrictive laws that were coming up. This is not something where we are in the minority.
These are bounty hunters, Joy. I mean, they were allowing people to say that they’re going to get $10,000 for a successful lawsuit for undermining constitutional rights.
Not a single Republican voted for the American Rescue Plan, which is one of the most popular bills that we have ever passed in recent history.
The great thing about every single thing we're talking about in this reconciliation bill and the Jobs and Families Plan, it is unbelievably popular, including with Trump Republicans.
3.5 is not just a number that was pulled out randomly, it is actually what we need, if we are going to deliver on these priorities.
This is what we promised to the American people. Its investments in roads and bridges, it's childcare, it's paid leave, it's free community college, it's health care.
We have to make sure that the reconciliation bill is passed before we will vote on a bipartisan deal.
You kill or undermine the $3.5 trillion infrastructure -- reconciliation package, the whole thing is going to collapse.
I thank Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernandez. It has been a joy in Congress to have the gentlewoman's voice, to have her passion, and to have her advocacy. This is what makes me so proud to be the chair of the Congressional Progressive…
Their behavior and their lies about January 6th, about COVID, about masks, about vaccines are fueling a rise in cases across the country, which is fueling a rise in deaths across the country.
We said three months ago -- the Progressive Caucus said three months ago that we were not going to vote for any bipartisan deal unless there was a reconciliation deal that had our five priorities and it passed.
It’s not, Chris. And you know, I’ll tell you, I was just on the floor tonight with a colleague, a Democratic colleague, and I think we’ve all kind of had it because there is this -- I mean, the country has to reckon with what happened on…
What if teachers got vaccinated? It would take less time, and then they wouldn’t have to throw little temper tantrums on the floor.
Progressives have been clear from the beginning. A small and narrow, bipartisan infrastructure bill does not have a path forward in the House of Representatives, unless it has a reconciliation package with our priorities alongside it.
Our Bankruptcy Code presents a last resort to bring indebted businesses and their creditors to an agreement that is fair for all parties involved.
This is the opportunity for us to invest in all the things that are going to make Americans feel differently about their lives, not just the fact that they`re going to have good green jobs and highways and roads and transit that we`re…
We`ll do it by ourselves if we need to do it that way, because we can through budget reconciliation.
Well, I think you have to understand why, and I really appreciated the way he put it. There is so much need out there. I mean, today, Lawrence, 60 -- families of 60 million kids are going to get checks somewhere between $300 and $350 per…
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