Pramila Jayapal
Pramila Jayapal 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.
Some of the key events about Pramila Jayapal
- 1986Immigrated to the United States at the age of 16 to attend college
- 1990Graduated from Georgetown University with a bachelor's degree in English and Economics
- 1997Founded Hate Free Zone, later renamed OneAmerica, to advocate for immigrant rights
- 2000Earned a Master of Business Administration from Northwestern University
- 2014Elected to the Washington State Senate, becoming the first South Asian American to serve in the chamber
- 2016Elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, representing Washington's 7th congressional district
- 2016Arrested during a protest against deportations at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in Seattle
- 2017Arrested while protesting for immigration reform at the U.S. Capitol
- 2018Criticized for using the term "internment camps" to describe migrant detention facilities
- 2019Introduced the Medicare for All Act in the House of Representatives
- 2019Faced backlash for suggesting that U.S. foreign aid to Israel should be leveraged to influence Israeli policy
- 2020Elected as Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus
- 2020Criticized for supporting a resolution that some viewed as dismissive of India's concerns about Kashmir
- 2021Published her memoir "Use the Power You Have: A Brown Woman's Guide to Politics and Political Change"
- 2021Accused of pushing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to delay a vote on the bipartisan infrastructure bill
- 2022Received criticism for a tweet that some interpreted as downplaying the January 6 Capitol attack
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