Pramila Jayapal

Progressive

Democrat

House Representative

Washington - District 7

Current Position: US House Representative WA-7

Running For: House Representative - District 7

Policy Positions

For affordable housing investment; lead sponsor of the Housing is a Human Right Act
For a wealth tax on the ultra-rich; lead sponsor of the Ultra-Millionaire Tax Act to raise $3 trillion over 10 years from the top 0.05% of earners
For decreasing U.S. military spending; attempted to reduce the size of the $740 billion National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021
Against Trump's 2025 budget reconciliation bill ('one big, beautiful bill'); publicly opposed and mocked it as 'one big, beautiful betrayal'

For increasing the federal minimum wage to $15; lead sponsor of the Raise the Wage Act
For expanding workers' rights and union organizing; lead sponsor of the PRO Act

For universal healthcare; sponsored and introduced Medicare for All Act to create a publicly financed, comprehensive, universal healthcare insurance system for every U.S. resident

For free public college; co-sponsors legislation to make public colleges and universities free for most families and significantly reduce student debt

For climate and environmental justice legislation; co-introduced a package of environmental justice bills to fight the impact of climate change on frontline communities; supported the Inflation Reduction Act as the largest-ever climate action investment

For transgender and nonbinary protections; lead sponsor of the Trans Bill of Rights to provide comprehensive protections for transgender and nonbinary people
For the Equal Rights Amendment

For banning members of Congress and their families from trading stocks; supports a stock trading ban and is an original cosponsor of the bipartisan Restore Trust in Congress Act

For immigrant rights; lead sponsor of the Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act to protect civil and human rights of immigrants; protested Trump administration's zero-tolerance immigration policy and was arrested doing so
Against U.S. military support for the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen; signed letter urging Trump to invoke the War Powers Act to end U.S. military participation
Against supplying cluster munitions to Ukraine; opposed Biden administration's decision to provide cluster munitions to Ukraine
Against the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) resolution; voted against a House resolution condemning the BDS movement targeting Israel

For gun safety legislation; supported the Safer Communities Act, described as the first major gun safety law in over thirty years