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JAYAPAL, Pramila

JAYAPAL, Pramila
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JAYAPAL, Pramila
1965–

Office

Representative

State/Territory

Washington

Party

Democrat

Congress(es)

115th (2017–2019), 116th (2019–2021), 117th (2021–2023), 118th (2023–2025), 119th (2025–2027)

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Concise Biography

JAYAPAL, Pramila, a Representative from Washington; born in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, September 21, 1965; A.B., Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., 1986; M.B.A., Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill., 1990; financial analyst; nonprofit executive; member of the Washington state senate, 2015-2016; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Fifteenth and to the four succeeding Congresses (January 3, 2017-present).

View Record in the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress

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Bibliography / Further Reading

"Pramila Jayapal" in Asian and Pacific Islander Americans in Congress, 1900-2017. Prepared under the direction of the Committee on House Administration by the Office of the Historian and the Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives. Washington: Government Publishing Office, 2018.

Jayapal, Pramila. Pilgrimage: One Woman’s Return to a Changing India. Seattle: Seal Press, 2000.

Jayapal, Pramila. Use the Power You Have: A Brown Woman’s Guide to Politics and Political Change. New York: The New Press, 2020.

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Committee Assignments

Committee Name & Date Congresses Congresses
Budget
[1974-Present]
93rd Congress-Present
115th (2017–2019) – 117th (2021–2023);
119th (2025–2027)
115th (2017–2019) –
117th (2021–2023);
119th (2025–2027)
Judiciary
[1813-Present]
13th Congress-Present
115th (2017–2019) – 119th (2025–2027)
115th (2017–2019) –
119th (2025–2027)
Education and Labor
[1867–1883; 1947–1995; 2007–2011; 2019–2023]
40 through 47th Congresses; 80th through 103rd Congresses; 110th through 111th Congresses; 116th through 117th Congresses
(See also the following standing committees: Education; Labor; Economic and Educational Opportunities; Education and the Workforce)
116th (2019–2021) – 117th (2021–2023)
116th (2019–2021) –
117th (2021–2023)
Select Committee on Economic Disparity and Fairness in Growth
[2021–2023]
117th Congress
117th (2021–2023)
117th (2021–2023)
Education and the Workforce
[1997–2007; 2011–2019; 2023–2025]
105th through 109th Congresses; 112th Congress through 115th Congress; 118th Congress
(See also the following standing committees: Education and Labor; Education; Economic and Educational Opportunities; Labor)
118th (2023–2025)
118th (2023–2025)
Foreign Affairs
[1822-1975; 1979-1995; 2007-Present]
17th through 93rd Congresses; 96th through 103rd Congresses; 110th Congress-Present
(See also the following standing committee: International Relations)
119th (2025–2027)
119th (2025–2027)
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