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{{short description|U.S. Representative from Washington}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
|name         = Pramila Jayapal
| name               = Pramila Jayapal
|image         = File:Pramila Jayapal 115th Congress photo.jpg
| image               = Pramila Jayapal, official portrait, 116th Congress.jpg
|state         = [[Washington (state)|Washington]]
| office              = Chair of the [[Congressional Progressive Caucus]]
|district      = {{ushr|WA|7|7th}}
| term_start          = January 3, 2021
|term_start    = January 3, 2017
| term_end            =
|term_end      =  
| predecessor         = [[Raúl Grijalva]]
|predecessor  = [[Jim McDermott]]
| successor          =
|successor    =  
| state1              = [[Washington (state)|Washington]]
|state_senate1 = Washington
| district1          = {{ushr|WA|7|7th}}
|district1    = [[Washington's 37th legislative district|37th]]
| term_start1        = January 3, 2017
|term_start1  = January 12, 2015
| term_end1          =
|term_end1    = December 12, 2016
| predecessor1        = [[Jim McDermott]]
|predecessor1  = [[Adam Kline]]
| successor1          =
|successor1    = [[Rebecca Saldaña]]
| state_senate2      = Washington
|birth_date   = {{birth date and age|1965|09|21}}
| district2          = [[Washington's 37th legislative district|37th]]
|birth_place   = [[Chennai]], [[Tamil Nadu]], India
| term_start2        = January 12, 2015
|death_date   =  
| term_end2          = December 11, 2016
|death_place   =  
| predecessor2        = [[Adam Kline]]
|party         = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| successor2          = [[Rebecca Saldaña]]
|spouse       = Steve Williamson
| birth_date         = {{birth date and age|1965|9|21}}
|children     = 1
| birth_place         = [[Chennai]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]
|education     = [[Georgetown University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br>[[Northwestern University]] ([[Master of Business Administration|MBA]])
| death_date         =
|website       = {{url|jayapal.house.gov|House website}}
| death_place         =
| party               = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| spouse             = Steve Williamson
| children           = 2
| relatives          = [[Susheela Jayapal]] (sister)
| education           = [[Georgetown University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br>[[Northwestern University]] ([[Master of Business Administration|MBA]])
| website             = {{url|jayapal.house.gov|House website}}
| citizenship        = India (1965–2000)<br>United States (2000–present)
}}
}}
'''Pramila Jayapal''' ({{IPAc-en|p|r|ə|ˈ|m|ɪ|l|ə|_|ˈ|dʒ|aɪ|ə|p|ɑː|l}}; born September 21, 1965) is an [[Americans|American]] politician and activist. She is the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representative]] from {{ushr|WA|7}} since 2017. She is a member of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]]. She is the first [[Indian Americans|Indian-American]] woman to serve in the House of Representatives.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Beekman|first1=Daniel|last2=Thomson|first2=Lynn|last3=Rowe|first3=Claudia|title=Jayapal becomes the first Indian-American and First Tamil woman elected to Congress|url=http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/us-congress-7th-district-pramila-jayapal-brady-walkinshaw/|accessdate=November 9, 2016|work=Seattle Times|date=November 9, 2016}}</ref>  
'''Pramila Jayapal''' ({{IPAc-en|p|r|ə|ˈ|m|ɪ|l|ə|_|ˈ|dʒ|aɪ|ə|p|ɑː|l}} {{Respell|prə|MILL|ə|_|JY|ə|pahl}}; born September 21, 1965) is an American politician serving as the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. representative]] from {{ushr|WA|7}} since 2017. A member of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]], she represents most of [[Seattle]], as well as some suburban areas of [[King County, Washington|King County]]. Jayapal represented the [[Washington's 37th legislative district|37th legislative district]] in the [[Washington State Senate]] from 2015 to 2017. She is the first [[Indian Americans|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 Americans|Asian American]] to represent [[Washington (state)|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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://weareoneamerica.org/pramila-jayapal-leaving-oneamerica|title=Pramila Jayapal Leaving OneAmerica |publisher=OneAmerica|date=July 8, 2017|access-date=March 28, 2018|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170708024020/https://weareoneamerica.org/pramila-jayapal-leaving-oneamerica|archive-date=July 8, 2017}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|title=Caucus Members|url=https://cpc-grijalva.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=71&sectiontree=2,71|publisher=Congressional Progressive Caucus|access-date=January 30, 2018|archive-date=April 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190427164818/https://cpc-grijalva.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=71&sectiontree=2,71|url-status=live}}</ref> She serves on both the [[United States House Committee on the Judiciary|Judiciary Committee]] and [[United States House Committee on the Budget|Budget Committee]].<ref name="Jayapal About">{{cite web|last1=Jayapal|first1=Pramila|title=About|url=https://jayapal.house.gov/about|website=Pramila Jayapal|publisher=House of Representatives|access-date=April 27, 2018|archive-date=November 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115164104/https://jayapal.house.gov/about-me/|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
== Early life and education ==
Jayapal was born in [[Chennai]], [[India]], to Maya Jayapal, a writer, and MP Jayapal, a marketing professional. She spent most of her childhood in [[Indonesia]] and [[Singapore]].<ref name="about">{{cite web|url=http://pramilajayapal.com/about/|title=About|publisher=Pramila Jayapal|access-date=February 3, 2015|archive-date=February 4, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150204075929/http://pramilajayapal.com/about/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="pramila jaypal">{{cite web|url=https://www.firstpost.com/living/indian-american-congresswoman-pramila-jayapals-parents-shes-interested-in-social-justice-3112814.html/|title=Indian American Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal's parents: 'She's interested in social justice'|website=firstpost|access-date=November 20, 2016|archive-date=November 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115164116/https://www.firstpost.com/living/indian-american-congresswoman-pramila-jayapals-parents-shes-interested-in-social-justice-3112814.html/|url-status=live}}</ref> She immigrated to the U.S. in 1982, at age 16, to attend college. She earned a [[Bachelor of Arts]] from [[Georgetown University]] and a [[Master of Business Administration]] from [[Northwestern University]].<ref name="story">{{cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/pramila.jayapal1/posts/10154898514503621 |title=Pramila Moves to West Seattle |publisher=Pramila Jayapal |access-date=June 22, 2017 |archive-date=November 15, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115164118/https://www.facebook.com/pramila.jayapal1/posts/10154898514503621 |url-status=live }}</ref>
 
Jayapal worked for [[Paine Webber|PaineWebber]] as a [[financial analyst]] after graduating from college. At PaineWebber, she began to work on development projects from [[Chicago]] to [[Thailand]]. Later, she briefly worked in sales and marketing for a medical company before moving into the public sector in 1991.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://jayapal.house.gov/about|title=About|date=December 3, 2012|work=Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal|access-date=May 3, 2018|language=en|archive-date=November 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115164142/https://jayapal.house.gov/about-me/|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
== Early career ==
 
===Advocacy work===
Jayapal founded Hate Free Zone after the 2001 [[September 11 attacks]] as an advocacy group for immigrant groups. Hate Free Zone registered new American citizens to vote and lobbied on immigration reform and related issues. It successfully sued the [[George W. Bush administration|Bush Administration]]'s Immigration and Naturalization Services to prevent the deportation of over 4,000 [[Somalis]] across the country.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.weareoneamerica.org/history|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161118162657/https://www.weareoneamerica.org/history |archive-date=November 18, 2016 |title=History |publisher=OneAmerica. weareoneamerica.org|access-date=November 18, 2016}}</ref> The group changed its name to OneAmerica in 2008.<ref name="seeks"/><ref name="change">{{cite news|url=http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2008024796_hatefree30.html|newspaper=[[Seattle Times]]|title=Hate Free Zone gets new name, OneAmerica, With Justice for All|first=Aria|last=Shephard|date=June 30, 2008|access-date=February 3, 2015|archive-date=February 4, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150204084334/http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2008024796_hatefree30.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Jayapal stepped down from her leadership position in May 2012. In 2013, she was recognized by the [[White House]] as a "Champion of Change."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://legacy.king5.com/story/news/local/2014/08/04/13251780/|title=Seattle woman honored as 'Champion of Change' at White House|date=May 6, 2013|website=KING5|access-date=April 29, 2016|archive-date=May 8, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160508111836/http://legacy.king5.com/story/news/local/2014/08/04/13251780/|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
On June 29, 2018, Jayapal participated in [[Women Disobey]] and the sit-in at the [[Hart Senate Office Building]] to protest the [[Trump administration]]'s [[Immigration policy of Donald Trump#Zero-tolerance policy and family separation on the Mexico border|“zero-tolerance” approach to illegal immigration]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://fortune.com/2018/06/29/women-disobey-protest-washington/|title=Nearly 600 Arrested in Washington #WomenDisobey Protest|last=Reints|first=Renae|date=June 29, 2018|work=Fortune|access-date=July 21, 2018|language=en|archive-date=November 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115164105/https://fortune.com/2018/06/29/women-disobey-protest-washington/|url-status=live}}</ref> The protest resulted in the arrest of over 500 people, including Jayapal. She said she was "proud to have been arrested" for protesting the administration's "inhumane and cruel" policy.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/29/us/politics/womens-march-arrests-dc.html |title=Hundreds Arrested During Women's Immigration Protest in Washington |last=Niraj |first=Chokshi |date=June 29, 2018 |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=July 1, 2018 |quote=On Thursday afternoon, Ms. Jayapal said she was “proud to have been arrested” in protesting the administration’s “inhumane and cruel” policy. |archive-date=November 15, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115164111/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/29/us/politics/womens-march-arrests-dc.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
 
=== Washington legislature ===
[[File:Nation 150th in Seattle - Pramila Jayapal 04 (22224280385).jpg|thumb|left|Jayapal speaks in [[Seattle]] in 2015]]
Jayapal served on the Mayoral Advisory Committee that negotiated Seattle's $15 minimum wage<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.seattle.gov/Documents/Departments/IncomeInequalityAdvisoryCommittee/one-pager.pdf|title=Mayor's Income Inequality Advisory Committee|access-date=April 30, 2020|archive-date=November 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115164103/http://www.seattle.gov/Documents/Departments/IncomeInequalityAdvisoryCommittee/one-pager.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> and co-chaired the mayor's police chief search committee, which resulted in the unanimous selection of the city's first female police chief.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://archive.seattleweekly.com/food/952585-129/murray-makes-police-chief-pick-its|title=Murray Makes Police Chief Pick: It's Kathleen O'Toole!|newspaper=[[Seattle Weekly]]|access-date=November 18, 2016|archive-date=November 18, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161118101007/http://archive.seattleweekly.com/food/952585-129/murray-makes-police-chief-pick-its|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
After State Senator [[Adam Kline]] announced his retirement in early 2014, Jayapal entered the race to succeed him. She was endorsed by Seattle Mayor [[Ed Murray (Washington politician)|Ed Murray]]<ref name="seeks">{{cite news|url=http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2023099010_pramilajayapalxml.html|agency=Seattle Times|title=Seattle activist Pramila Jayapal seeks state Senate seat|date=March 10, 2014|access-date=February 3, 2015|first=Lornet|last=Turnbull|archive-date=February 4, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150204084349/http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2023099010_pramilajayapalxml.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and won more than 51% of the vote in the August 5 primary, out of a field of six candidates.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nripulse.com/pramila-jayapal-wins-six-candidate-primary-for-wa-state-senate/|agency=Nri Pulse|title=Pramila Jayapal wins six-candidate primary race for WA state senate|access-date=February 3, 2015|date=August 13, 2014|archive-date=November 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115164206/https://www.nripulse.com/pramila-jayapal-wins-six-candidate-primary-for-wa-state-senate/|url-status=live}}</ref> She defeated fellow Democrat Louis Watanabe in November.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2024953461_elexlegislaturexml.html|agency=Seattle Times|title=Democrats trailing in state Senate races|date=November 5, 2014|access-date=February 3, 2015|archive-date=December 11, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141211083221/http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2024953461_elexlegislaturexml.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
In the Washington State Senate, Jayapal was the primary sponsor of SB 5863, which directs the Washington State Department of Transportation to administer a pre-apprenticeship program targeting women and people of color; the bill passed into law in July 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://app.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5863&year=2015|title=SB 5863 - Concerning highway construction workforce development|website=app.leg.wa.gov|access-date=November 18, 2016|archive-date=November 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115164135/https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5863&Year=2015&Initiative=false|url-status=live}}</ref> She co-sponsored a bill to test and track thousands of police department [[rape kit]]s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://app.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6484&year=2015|title=SB 6484 - Protecting victims of sex crimes|website=app.leg.wa.gov|access-date=November 18, 2016|archive-date=November 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115164136/https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=6484&Year=2015&Initiative=false|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
Jayapal endorsed [[United States Senate|Senator]] [[Bernie Sanders]] for [[President of the United States]] in the [[Democratic Party presidential primaries, 2016|2016 Democratic primaries]].<ref name="auto2">{{cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/09/politics/bernie-sanders-seattle-rally |title=Sanders' biggest rally yet comes with an undercurrent of racial issues |website=[[CNN]] |first=Dan |last=Merica |date=August 9, 2015 |access-date=August 21, 2015 |archive-date=November 15, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115164107/https://www.cnn.com/2015/08/09/politics/bernie-sanders-seattle-rally |url-status=live }}</ref>
 
== U.S. House of Representatives ==
 
=== Elections ===
In January 2016, Jayapal declared her candidacy for Congress in [[Washington's 7th congressional district]], after Representative [[Jim McDermott]] announced his retirement.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=http://www.seattlepi.com/local/politics/article/Pramila-Jayapal-enters-U-S-House-race-with-blast-6775454.php|title=Pramila Jayapal enters U.S. House race with blast at 'the 1 percent'|last=Connelly|first=Joel|date=January 21, 2016|work=[[Seattle Post-Intelligencer]]|access-date=March 24, 2016|archive-date=November 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115164120/https://www.seattlepi.com/local/politics/article/Pramila-Jayapal-enters-U-S-House-race-with-blast-6775454.php|url-status=live}}</ref> In April, she was endorsed by [[Bernie Sanders]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Beekman|first1=Daniel|title=Boost from Bernie Sanders plays into Seattle race for Congress|url=http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/boost-from-bernie-sanders-playing-into-seattle-race-for-congress/|access-date=August 1, 2016|work=The Seattle Times|date=July 6, 2016|archive-date=November 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115164158/https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/boost-from-bernie-sanders-playing-into-seattle-race-for-congress/|url-status=live}}</ref> On August 2, Jayapal finished first in the top-two primary, alongside state representative [[Brady Walkinshaw]], also a Democrat.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://results.vote.wa.gov/results/20160802/CongressionalDistrict7.html|title=Congressional District 7|website=results.vote.wa.gov|access-date=November 17, 2016|archive-date=November 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115164125/https://results.vote.wa.gov/results/20160802/congressionaldistrict7.html|url-status=live}}</ref> This was the first time in the state's history that a federal seat was contested by two Democrats. Both identified as progressive Democrats.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kuow.org/post/jayapal-claims-victory-over-walkinshaw-house-battle-progressives|title=Jayapal claims victory over Walkinshaw in House battle of progressives|website=kuow.org|access-date=May 1, 2018|archive-date=November 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115164110/https://kuow.org/stories/jayapal-claims-victory-over-walkinshaw-house-battle-progressives/|url-status=live}}</ref> The 7th is the most Democratic district in the [[Pacific Northwest]], and the seat was all but certain to stay in Democratic hands even if a Republican took the second spot in the primary.
 
In the final weeks of the race, Jayapal and her supporters contested claims from Walkinshaw that she had not advanced enough legislation.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/misogyny-and-racism-sure-but-not-in-seattle-congressional-race/|title=Misogyny and racism, sure - but not in Seattle congressional race|date=October 25, 2016|access-date=November 7, 2016|agency=The Seattle Times|archive-date=November 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115164122/https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/misogyny-and-racism-sure-but-not-in-seattle-congressional-race/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/7th-congressional-district-race-overstated-accusations-about-pramila-jayapal/|title=7th Congressional District race: Overstated accusations about Pramila Jayapal|date=October 28, 2016|newspaper=The Seattle Times|access-date=November 18, 2016|archive-date=November 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115164122/https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/7th-congressional-district-race-overstated-accusations-about-pramila-jayapal/|url-status=live}}</ref> Jayapal won the general election with 56% of the vote.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://results.vote.wa.gov/results/current/CongressionalDistrict7.html |title=Congressional District 7 |website=results.vote.wa.gov|access-date=November 14, 2016}}</ref>
 
===Tenure===
[[File:-Handsoff Budget Rally (34028902814).jpg|thumb|Hands Off Budget rally in Washington, D.C., May 24, 2017]]
 
Jayapal became the first [[Indian Americans|Indian-American]] woman to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Beekman|first1=Daniel|last2=Thomson|first2=Lynn|last3=Rowe|first3=Claudia|title=Jayapal becomes the first Indian-American and First Tamil woman elected to Congress|url=http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/us-congress-7th-district-pramila-jayapal-brady-walkinshaw/|access-date=November 9, 2016|work=Seattle Times|date=November 9, 2016|archive-date=November 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115164203/https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/us-congress-7th-district-pramila-jayapal-brady-walkinshaw/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/house/446898-pramila-jayapal-becomes-first-south-asian-american-woman-to-preside-over-house |title=Pramila Jayapal becomes first South Asian American woman to preside over House |publisher=TheHill |access-date=June 6, 2019 |archive-date=November 15, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115164138/https://thehill.com/homenews/house/446898-pramila-jayapal-becomes-first-south-asian-american-woman-to-preside-over-house |url-status=live }}</ref>
 
On January 6, 2017, Jayapal objected to Georgia's 16 [[electoral votes]], which [[Donald Trump]] had won by over 200,000 votes.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/elections/2016/results/georgia|title=Georgia Election Results 2016 – The New York Times|access-date=November 10, 2016}}</ref> Because no senator joined her objection, the objection was dismissed.<ref>https://www.cnn.com/2017/01/06/politics/electoral-college-vote-count-objections/index.html</ref>
 
Jayapal and Representative [[Jamie Raskin]] introduced the Trump Transparency Package, a series of bills aimed at promoting transparency and eliminating conflicts of interest in the Trump White House.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://jayapal.house.gov/media/press-releases/jayapal-raskin-introduce-trump-transparency-package|title=Jayapal, Raskin Introduce Trump Transparency Package|date=May 17, 2017|work=Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal|access-date=June 23, 2017|language=en|archive-date=November 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115164130/https://jayapal.house.gov/2017/05/17/jayapal-raskin-introduce-trump-transparency-package/|url-status=live}}</ref> Jayapal and her fellow co-chairs of the United for Climate and Environmental Justice Task Force also introduced a package of [[environmental justice]] bills to fight the [[Effects of global warming|impact of climate change]] on [[Effects of global warming on humans|frontline communities]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://jayapal.house.gov/media/press-releases/jayapal-diaz-barrag-n-mceachin-introduce-environmental-justice-bill-package|title=Jayapal, Diaz Barragán, McEachin Introduce Environmental Justice Bill Package|date=June 2, 2017|work=Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal|access-date=June 23, 2017|language=en|archive-date=November 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115164129/https://jayapal.house.gov/2017/06/02/jayapal-diaz-barrag-n-mceachin-introduce-environmental-justice-bill-package/|url-status=live}}</ref> She supports [[universal health care]] and co-sponsored the Expanded and Improved Medicare For All Act.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/676/cosponsors?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%5B%22medicare+for+all%22%5D%7D&r=1&overview=closed#tabs|title=Cosponsors: H.R.676 — 115th Congress (2017-2018)|work=Congress.gov|access-date=February 9, 2018|archive-date=November 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115164111/https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/676/cosponsors?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%5B%22medicare+for+all%22%5D%7D&r=1&overview=closed#tabs|url-status=live}}</ref> On April 16, 2018, Jayapal joined [[Justice Democrats]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://twitter.com/justicedems/status/985943292301934592|title=Justice Democrats on Twitter|work=Twitter|access-date=May 16, 2018|archive-date=November 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115164128/https://pbs.twimg.com/hashflag/config-2020-11-15-16.json|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
During Trump's inauguration, Jayapal met with constituents in her congressional district instead of attending the ceremony.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thestranger.com/slog/2017/01/15/24802584/seattle-congresswoman-pramila-jayapal-wont-be-attending-the-inauguration|title=Seattle Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal Won't Be Attending the Inauguration|work=[[The Stranger (newspaper)|The Stranger]]|access-date=June 22, 2017|language=en|archive-date=November 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115164133/https://www.thestranger.com/slog/2017/01/15/24802584/seattle-congresswoman-pramila-jayapal-wont-be-attending-the-inauguration|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[The Nation]]'' called her "a leader of the resistance," quoting Minority Leader [[Nancy Pelosi]] calling Jayapal "a rising star in the Democratic caucus."<ref name="The Nation">{{Cite news|url=https://www.thenation.com/article/resistance-is-not-enough/|title=Pramila Jayapal Wants Democrats to Know That Resistance Is Not Enough|work=The Nation|access-date=June 22, 2017|issn=0027-8378|archive-date=November 15, 2020|last1=Walsh|first1=Joan|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115164123/https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/resistance-is-not-enough/|url-status=live}}</ref> In September, Representative [[Don Young]] apologized to her after calling her "young lady" in an exchange that went [[viral video|viral]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/09/08/rep-don-young-apologizes-irate-retort-female-colleague/646588001/|title=Rep. Don Young apologizes for irate retort to female colleague|work=[[USA Today]]|access-date=November 17, 2017|archive-date=November 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115164158/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/09/08/rep-don-young-apologizes-irate-retort-female-colleague/646588001/|url-status=live}}</ref> Jayapal has described facing sexism from colleagues in Congress.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://thehill.com/homenews/house/357918-rep-pramila-jayapal-takes-sexist-arrows-and-fights-back|title=Rep. Pramila Jayapal takes sexist arrows and fights back|work=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]|access-date=November 17, 2017|archive-date=November 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115164127/https://thehill.com/homenews/house/357918-rep-pramila-jayapal-takes-sexist-arrows-and-fights-back|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
Jayapal is a co-sponsor of legislation intended to make public colleges and universities tuition-free for most families and to significantly reduce student debt.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://jayapal.house.gov/media/press-releases/jayapal-and-sanders-introduce-college-all-act|title=Jayapal and Sanders Introduce College for All Act|date=April 3, 2017|work=Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal|access-date=June 23, 2017|archive-date=November 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115164128/https://jayapal.house.gov/2017/04/03/jayapal-and-sanders-introduce-college-all-act/|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
Jayapal voted against a House resolution condemning the [[U.N. Security Council]] [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 2334|resolution]] on [[Israeli settlement]]s built on the [[Israeli-occupied territories|occupied Palestinian territories]] in the [[West Bank]].<ref>{{cite web |title=AAI Thanks 80 Representatives For Standing Against Illegal Israeli Settlements |url=http://www.aaiusa.org/aai_thanks_80_representatives_for_standing_against_illegal_israeli_settlements |publisher=Arab American Institute |access-date=February 12, 2019 |archive-date=July 13, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190713152455/https://www.aaiusa.org/aai_thanks_80_representatives_for_standing_against_illegal_israeli_settlements |url-status=dead }}</ref> In July 2019, she voted against a House resolution condemning the [[Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions]] movement targeting Israel. The resolution passed 398–17.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-resolution/246|title=H.Res.246 - 116th Congress (2019-2020): Opposing efforts to delegitimize the State of Israel and the Global Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions Movement targeting Israel.|last=Schneider|first=Bradley Scott|date=July 23, 2019|website=www.congress.gov|access-date=July 24, 2019|archive-date=July 24, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190724073952/https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-resolution/246|url-status=live}}</ref>
[[File:Pramila Jayapal 115th Congress photo.jpg|thumb|upright|left|Jayapal's freshman portrait]]
On April 25, 2018, 57 members of the House of Representatives, including Jayapal,<ref name="holocaust"/> released a condemnation of [[Holocaust denial|Holocaust distortion]] in [[Ukraine]] and [[Poland]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Congress members urge U.S. stand against Holocaust denial in Ukraine, Poland |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/congress-members-urge-us-stand-against-holocaust-denial-in-ukraine-poland/ |work=[[The Times of Israel]] |date=April 25, 2018 |access-date=February 12, 2019 |archive-date=January 19, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190119175753/https://www.timesofisrael.com/congress-members-urge-us-stand-against-holocaust-denial-in-ukraine-poland/ |url-status=live }}</ref> They criticized Poland's [[Act on the Institute of National Remembrance|new Holocaust law]], which would criminalize accusing Poles (as a nation{{refn| group=nb|The [[Amendment to the Act on the Institute of National Remembrance|Polish law in question]] said "Whoever claims, publicly and contrary to the facts, that the Polish Nation or the Republic of Poland is responsible or co-responsible for Nazi crimes committed by the Third Reich <...> shall be liable to a fine or imprisonment for up to 3 years". Following the international outcry and pressure, the criminal offense was replaced with civil offense in the law.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Hackmann |first1=Jörg |url=https://www.polishjews.org.au/wp-content/uploads/Hackmann_Defending_Good_Name.pdf |title=Defending the "Good Name" of the Polish Nation: Politics of History as a Battlefield in Poland, 2015–18 |journal=Journal of Genocide Research |date=2018 |volume=20 |issue=4 |pages=587–606 |doi=10.1080/14623528.2018.1528742|s2cid=81922100 }}</ref>}}) of complicity in the [[Holocaust]],<ref>{{cite news |title=It's now a crime in Poland to suggest Poles were complicit in the Holocaust |url=https://news.vice.com/en_us/article/evm83w/its-now-a-crime-in-poland-to-suggest-poles-were-complicit-in-the-holocaust |work=Vice News |date=March 1, 2018 |access-date=February 12, 2019 |archive-date=November 15, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115164138/https://www.vice.com/en/article/evm83w/its-now-a-crime-in-poland-to-suggest-poles-were-complicit-in-the-holocaust |url-status=live }}</ref> and Ukraine's [[Ukrainian decommunization laws|2015 memory laws]] glorifying the [[Ukrainian Insurgent Army]] (UPA) and its pro-[[Nazi]] leaders, such as [[Roman Shukhevych]].<ref name="holocaust">{{cite web|url=http://defendinghistory.com/57-members-of-us-house-of-representatives-condemn-holocaust-distortion-in-ukraine-and-poland/94506|title=57 Members of US House of Representatives Condemn Holocaust Distortion in Ukraine and Poland|date=April 25, 2018|work=Defending History|access-date=February 12, 2019|archive-date=January 10, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190110015637/http://defendinghistory.com/57-members-of-us-house-of-representatives-condemn-holocaust-distortion-in-ukraine-and-poland/94506|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
In February 2019, Jayapal sponsored and introduced the Medicare for All Act of 2019 with more than 100 co-sponsors. The bill would create a publicly financed comprehensive, universal and guaranteed health care insurance system for every U.S. resident. It represented the continuation of progressives' long-term campaign in Congress to introduce a system of guaranteed health care.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/1384|title=H.R.1384 - 116th Congress (2019-2020): Medicare for All Act of 2019|first=Pramila|last=Jayapal|date=December 10, 2019|website=www.congress.gov|access-date=August 1, 2020|archive-date=November 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115164154/https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/1384|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/the-health-202/2019/03/11/the-health-202-jayapal-s-medicare-for-all-bill-reflects-influence-of-hard-line-progressive-groups/5c82a8d61b326b2d177d6037/|first=Paulina|last=Firozi|date=March 11, 2019|title=The Health 202: Jayapal's Medicare-for-all bill reflects influence of hard-line progressive groups|website=Washington Post|access-date=August 1, 2020|archive-date=November 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115164211/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/the-health-202/2019/03/11/the-health-202-jayapal-s-medicare-for-all-bill-reflects-influence-of-hard-line-progressive-groups/5c82a8d61b326b2d177d6037/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2021, Jayapal introduced similar legislation for the 117th Congress.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Jayapal|first=Pramila|date=March 17, 2021|title=H.R.1976 - 117th Congress (2021-2022): To establish an improved Medicare for All national health insurance program.|url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1976|access-date=March 21, 2021|website=www.congress.gov}}</ref>
 
In April 2019, after the House passed the resolution withdrawing American support for the [[Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen|Saudi-led coalition in Yemen]], Jayapal was one of nine lawmakers to sign a letter to Trump requesting a meeting with him and urging him to sign "Senate Joint Resolution 7, which invokes the [[War Powers Resolution|War Powers Act of 1973]] to end unauthorized US military participation in the Saudi-led coalition's armed conflict against [[Yemen]]'s Houthi forces, initiated in 2015 by the Obama administration." They asserted the "Saudi-led coalition's imposition of an air-land-and-sea blockade as part of its war against Yemen’s Houthis has continued to prevent the unimpeded distribution of these vital commodities, contributing to the suffering and death of vast numbers of civilians throughout the country" and that Trump's approval of the resolution through his signing would give a "powerful signal to the Saudi-led coalition to bring the four-year-old war to a close".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.sfgate.com/technology/businessinsider/article/Bernie-Sanders-Rand-Paul-Ro-Khanna-and-a-13746342.php|title=Bernie Sanders, Rand Paul, Ro Khanna, and a bipartisan group of lawmakers sent a letter to Trump imploring him to end US support for Saudi Arabia in Yemen|first=John|last=Haitiwanger|date=April 5, 2019|newspaper=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]|access-date=April 6, 2019|archive-date=April 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190406051042/https://www.sfgate.com/technology/businessinsider/article/Bernie-Sanders-Rand-Paul-Ro-Khanna-and-a-13746342.php|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
In December 2019, Jayapal introduced a bill to urge [[India]] to lift curbs on communications in Kashmir. These curbs were introduced as part of [[revocation of the special status of Jammu and Kashmir]] in August 2019.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Basu |first1=Nayanima |title=Why US Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal's Kashmir resolution doesn't have many takers |url=https://theprint.in/diplomacy/why-us-congresswoman-pramila-jayapals-kashmir-resolution-doesnt-have-many-takers/345492/ |work=ThePrint |date=January 7, 2020 |access-date=April 14, 2020 |archive-date=November 15, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115164225/https://theprint.in/diplomacy/why-us-congresswoman-pramila-jayapals-kashmir-resolution-doesnt-have-many-takers/345492/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Later that month, the [[Minister of External Affairs (India)|Foreign Minister of India]] canceled a meeting with U.S. lawmakers, citing Jayapal's inclusion on the invitee list.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Chaudhury |first1=Dipanjan Roy |title=External affairs minister cancels meeting with US lawmakers over Pramila Jayapal's presence |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/world-news/india-scraps-meeting-with-us-lawmakers-over-kashmir-criticism/articleshow/72897242.cms |work=[[The Economic Times]] |date=December 21, 2019 |access-date=April 14, 2020 |archive-date=November 15, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115164214/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/world-news/india-scraps-meeting-with-us-lawmakers-over-kashmir-criticism/articleshow/72897242.cms |url-status=live }}</ref> The bill has seen no movement since its introduction in Congress.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Jayapal |first1=Pramila |title=Actions - H.Res.745 - 116th Congress (2019-2020): Urging the Republic of India to end the restrictions on communications and mass detentions in Jammu and Kashmir as swiftly as possible and preserve religious freedom for all residents. |url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-resolution/745/all-actions?overview=closed&KWICView=false |website=www.congress.gov |date=December 6, 2019 |access-date=April 14, 2020 |archive-date=November 15, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115164145/https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-resolution/745/all-actions?overview=closed&KWICView=false |url-status=live }}</ref>
 
On January 20, 2020, Jayapal endorsed Senator [[Bernie Sanders]] in the [[2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries|2020 Democratic presidential primaries]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/rep-jayapal-a-leading-liberal-endorses-sanders-for-president/2020/01/19/d1bdb3c0-3a35-11ea-bb7b-265f4554af6d_story.html|title=Rep. Jayapal, a leading liberal congresswoman, endorses Sanders for president|first1=Sean|last1=Sullivan|first2=Jeff|last2=Stein|date=January 19, 2020|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|access-date=January 19, 2020|archive-date=November 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115164237/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/rep-jayapal-a-leading-liberal-endorses-sanders-for-president/2020/01/19/d1bdb3c0-3a35-11ea-bb7b-265f4554af6d_story.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.axios.com/bernie-sanders-pramila-jayapal-endorsement-4b033fc4-cc78-4e45-a666-6b99a1d05cd6.html|title=Bernie Sanders endorsed by key progressive Rep. Pramila Jayapal|first=Rebecca|last=Falconer|website=[[Axios (website)|Axios]]|access-date=February 10, 2020|archive-date=November 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115164245/https://www.axios.com/bernie-sanders-pramila-jayapal-endorsement-4b033fc4-cc78-4e45-a666-6b99a1d05cd6.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
Jayapal supports decreasing [[Military budget of the United States|U.S. military spending]].<ref>{{cite news |title=We can pay for a coronavirus stimulus package. Just trim 10 percent off the military budget |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/we-can-pay-coronavirus-stimulus-package-just-trim-10-percent-ncna1234475 |work=[[NBC News]] |date=July 21, 2020 |access-date=July 29, 2020 |archive-date=November 15, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115164206/https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/we-can-pay-coronavirus-stimulus-package-just-trim-10-percent-ncna1234475 |url-status=live }}</ref> She, [[Barbara Lee]] and [[Mark Pocan]] attempted to reduce the size of the $740 billion [[National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021]], but their motion was rejected 93-324.<ref>{{cite news |first=John|last=Nichols|title=We Can No Longer Afford the Military-Industrial Complex |url=https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/house-senate-defense-spending/ |work=[[The Nation]] |date=July 22, 2020 |access-date=July 29, 2020 |archive-date=August 18, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200818020757/https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/house-senate-defense-spending/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
 
Jayapal is a supporter of Illinois Rep. [[Jesús "Chuy" García]]'s [[New Way Forward Act]], which calls for immigration reform.<ref name="peop_Reps">{{Cite web| title = Reps introduce New Way Forward Act to fight criminalization of immigrants| last = Sources| first = World Combined| work = People's World| date = February 10, 2020| access-date = August 2, 2020|url=https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/reps-introduce-new-way-forward-act-to-fight-criminalization-of-immigrants/| archive-date = November 15, 2020| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115164244/https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/reps-introduce-new-way-forward-act-to-fight-criminalization-of-immigrants/| url-status = live}}</ref>{{better source needed|date=August 2020}}<ref name="cong_H.R.">{{Cite web| title = H.R.5383 - 116th Congress (2019-2020): New Way Forward Act| work = congress.gov| access-date = August 2, 2020|url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/5383| archive-date = November 15, 2020| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115164158/https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/5383| url-status = live}}</ref>
 
Jayapal is also a supporter of the [[Equal Rights Amendment]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Suk|first=Julie Chi-hye|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1126670619|title=We the Women: the Unstoppable Mothers of the Equal Rights Amendment|publisher=Skyhorse Publishing}date=2020|isbn=978-1-5107-5591-8|location=New York City|oclc=1126670619}}</ref>
 
In September 2021, [[BuzzFeed]] reported that 14 former staffers had described Jayapal's congressional office as a volatile and dysfunctional workplace. Jayapal's office responded with a statement calling the allegations "sexist", "ugly stereotypes", and lacking context.<ref>{{cite news |last=Baird |first=Addy |last2=Villa |first2=Lissandra |url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/addybaird/pramila-jayapal-staff-treatment |title=She’s One Of Congress’s Leading Progressives — Just Not In Her Own Office, Staffers Say |work=[[BuzzFeed News]] |publisher=[[BuzzFeed]] |date=September 13, 2021 |accessdate=September 14, 2021 }}</ref>
 
=== Leadership posts ===
* Senior Whip, [[Democratic Caucus of the United States House of Representatives]]
* Vice Ranking Member, [[United States House Committee on the Budget]]
* Chair, [[Congressional Progressive Caucus]]
* Co-chair and co-founder, United for Climate and Environmental Justice Task Force
* Chair, Immigration Task Force, [[Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus]] (CAPAC)
* Co-chair, Women's Working Group on Immigration Reform
* DNC Transition Team Member
 
=== Committee memberships ===
* [[United States House Committee on the Judiciary|Committee on the Judiciary]]
** [[United States House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship|Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship]]
** [[United States House Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial and Administrative Law|Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial and Administrative Law]]
* [[United States House Committee on Education and Labor|Committee on Education and Labor]]
** [[United States House Education Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Investment|Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development]]
** [[United States House Education Subcommittee on Workforce Protections|Subcommittee on Workforce Protections]]
* [[United States House Committee on the Budget|Committee on the Budget]]
 
===Caucus memberships===
* [[Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Members|url=https://capac-chu.house.gov/members|publisher=Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus|access-date=May 24, 2018|archive-date=May 24, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190524203506/https://capac-chu.house.gov/members|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Medicare for All Caucus]]
* [[Congressional Freethought Caucus]]
* [[Congressional LGBTQ+ Equality Caucus]] (vice chair)
* [[Congressional Progressive Caucus]] (chair)<ref>{{cite web |author1=News Release |title=Jayapal Elected Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus |url=https://jayapal.house.gov/2020/12/09/jayapal-elected-cpc-chair/ |website=Jayapal.House.Gov |access-date=March 13, 2021 |date=September 12, 2020}}</ref>
 
==Personal life==
Jayapal initially lost her [[Green Card]] when she gave birth prematurely in India during a visit with her husband, unable to return in time to maintain Permanent Resident status.<ref>{{cite news |work=[[News India Times]] |url=http://epaper.newsindia-times.com/2017_07_14/index.html#7 |date=July 14, 2017 |title=Rep. Pramila Jayapal Urges President Trump to Open Doors To Immigrants |quote=Not only did she go through the gamut of visas, F1, F1B, etc., but she lost her Green Card when her child was born prematurely during a visit to India with her American husband, and could not come back to the U.S. on time to keep the permanent residence visa valid. |access-date=October 2, 2020 |archive-date=November 15, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115164215/http://epaper.newsindia-times.com/2017_07_14/index.html#7 |url-status=live }}</ref> She later became a U.S. citizen in 2000.<ref name="change" /> She is the author of ''Pilgrimage: One Woman's Return to a Changing India'', published in March 2000.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-58005-032-6|title=Nonfiction Book Review: Pilgrimage: One Woman's Return to a Changing India by Pramila Jayapal|magazine=[[Publishers Weekly]]|access-date=April 29, 2016|archive-date=November 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115164207/https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-58005-032-6|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/pramila-jayapal-talks-about-her-book-pilgrimage-one-womans-return-to-a-changing-india/1/232127.html|title=Pramila Jayapal talks about her book Pilgrimage: One Woman's Return to a Changing India|last=Stephen|first=David|date=June 25, 2001|website=[[India Today]]|access-date=April 29, 2016|archive-date=November 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115164251/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/society-the-arts/books/story/20010625-pramila-jayapal-talks-about-her-book-pilgrimage-one-womans-return-to-a-changing-india-775010-2001-06-25|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
Jayapal lives in [[Seattle]] with her husband, Steven R. Williamson.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/pramila.jayapal1/posts/10154898514503621|title=Pramila Jayapal|website=[[Facebook]]|language=en|access-date=June 22, 2017|archive-date=November 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115164118/https://www.facebook.com/pramila.jayapal1/posts/10154898514503621|url-status=live}}</ref> Janak, Jayapal's child from a previous marriage, is [[Non-binary gender|gender non-binary]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/video/rep-pramila-jayapal-reveals-her-child-came-out-as-gender-nonbinary-in-emotional-speech-1469960259508|title=Watch: Rep. Jayapal tearfully reveals child came out as gender nonbinary|website=[[NBC News]]|language=en|access-date=June 14, 2019|archive-date=November 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115164159/https://www.nbcnews.com/video/rep-pramila-jayapal-reveals-her-child-came-out-as-gender-nonbinary-in-emotional-speech-1469960259508|url-status=live}}</ref> She also has a stepson, Michael.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://jayapal.house.gov/about-me/</ref> In 2019, Jayapal publicly wrote that she had chosen to [[Abortion|abort]] a pregnancy because the pregnancy would risk her and the unborn child's health.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/13/opinion/pramila-jayapal-abortion.html|title=Opinion {{!}} Rep. Pramila Jayapal: The Story of My Abortion|last=Jayapal|first=Pramila|date=June 13, 2019|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=June 14, 2019|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=November 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115164200/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/13/opinion/pramila-jayapal-abortion.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
Jayapal's older sister [[Susheela Jayapal|Susheela]] has served on the [[Multnomah County (Oregon)|Multnomah County]] Commission since 2019.<ref>{{cite news |first1=Beth| last1=Nakamura | first2=Betsy|last2=Hammond|title=Jayapal sworn in as Oregon's first Indian American to hold elected county office |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2019/01/jayapal-sworn-in-as-oregons-first-indian-american-to-hold-elected-office.html |newspaper=[[The Oregonian]] |access-date=February 2, 2020 |archive-date=November 15, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115164312/https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2019/01/jayapal-sworn-in-as-oregons-first-indian-american-to-hold-elected-office.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
 
Jayapal tested positive for [[COVID-19]] on January 11, 2021. In a statement released after her diagnosis, she criticized her Republican colleagues for refusing to wear masks when members of Congress were placed on lockdown during the [[2021 United States Capitol attack]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Traister |first1=Rebecca |title=Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal Has Tested Positive for Covid |url=https://www.thecut.com/2021/01/rep-jayapal-tests-positive-for-covid-after-capitol-riots.html |access-date=January 11, 2021 |work=[[The Cut (website)|The Cut]] |date=January 11, 2021 |language=en-us}}</ref>
 
== Electoral history ==
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|candidate=Pramila Jayapal|party=Democratic Party (United States)|votes=82,753|percentage=42.11}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|candidate=Brady Walkinshaw|party=Democratic Party (United States)|votes=41,773|percentage=21.26}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Democratic Party (United States)|candidate=Joe McDermott|votes=37,495|percentage=19.08}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate=Craig Keller|votes=16,058|percentage=8.17}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate=Scott Sutherland|votes=9,008|percentage=4.58}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Democratic Party (United States)|candidate=Arun Jhaveri|votes=3,389|percentage=1.72}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Independent politician|candidate=Leslie Regier|votes=2,592|percentage=1.32}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Democratic Party (United States)|candidate=Don Rivers|votes=2,379|percentage=1.21}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Independent politician|candidate=Carl Cooper|votes=1,056|percentage=0.54}}
{{Election box total no change|votes=196,503|percentage=100.00}}
{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin no change|title=Washington's 7th Congressional District election, 2016}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|candidate=Pramila Jayapal|party=Democratic Party (United States)|votes=212,010|percentage=55.98}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Democratic Party (United States)|candidate=Brady Walkinshaw|votes=166,744|percentage=44.02}}
{{Election box total no change|votes=378,754|percentage=100.00}}
{{Election box hold with party link without swing|winner=Democratic Party (United States)}}
{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin no change|title=Washington's 7th Congressional District nonpartisan blanket primary election, 2018}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|candidate=Pramila Jayapal''' (incumbent)|party=Democratic Party (United States)|votes=189,175|percentage=82.7}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|candidate=Craig Keller|party=Republican Party (United States)|votes=39,657|percentage=17.3}}
{{Election box total no change|votes=228,832|percentage=100.0}}
{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin no change|title=Washington's 7th Congressional District election, 2018}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|candidate=Pramila Jayapal|party=Democratic Party (United States)|votes=329,800|percentage=83.6}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate=Craig Keller|votes=64,881|percentage=16.4}}
{{Election box total no change|votes=394,681|percentage=100.0}}
{{Election box hold with party link without swing|winner=Democratic Party (United States)}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change|title=Washington's 7th Congressional District nonpartisan blanket primary election, 2020}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|candidate=Pramila Jayapal|party=Democratic Party (United States)|votes=240,801|percentage=79.98}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate=Craig Keller|votes=24,477|percentage=8.13}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Rick Lewis|votes=13,885|percentage=4.61}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate=Scott Sutherland|votes=11,332|percentage=3.76}}{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Democratic Party (United States)|candidate=Jack Hughes-Hageman|votes=10,052|percentage=3.34}}{{Election box write-in with party link no change|candidate= |votes=537|percentage=0.18}}{{Election box total no change|votes=301,084|percentage=100}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change|title=Washington's 7th Congressional District election, 2020}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|candidate=Pramila Jayapal|party=Democratic Party (United States)|votes=387,109|percentage=83.0}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate=Craig Keller|votes=78,240|percentage=16.8}}
{{Election box write-in with party link no change|votes=1,113|percentage=0.2}}
{{Election box total no change|votes=466,462|percentage=100.0}}
{{Election box hold with party link without swing|winner=Democratic Party (United States)}}
{{Election box end}}
 
=== See also ===
* [[List of Asian Americans and Pacific Islands Americans in the United States Congress]]
* [[Women in the United States House of Representatives]]
 
==Notes==
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==References==
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==External links==
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* [https://jayapal.house.gov/ Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal] official U.S. House website
* [http://www.pramilaforcongress.com/ Campaign website]
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* {{C-SPAN|pramilajayapal}}
* [https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/04/opinion/immigration-naturalization.html "The Country I Love,"] op-ed by Jayapal published in the ''[[New York Times]]'' about her path to American citizenship
 
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