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Pramila Jayapal

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Pramila Jayapal
Official portrait, 2019
Pramila Jayapal
Born9/21/1965
BirthplaceMadras, Madras State (now Chennai, Tamil Nadu), India
NationalityAmerican
OccupationPolitician, civil rights activist
Known forFirst Indian American woman in the U.S. House of Representatives; founder of OneAmerica; Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus
EducationGeorgetown University (BA)
Northwestern University (MBA)
Children2
Websitejayapal.house.gov

Indian American Asian American [1] Congressional Progressive Caucus,Mark Pocan [2] [3] Tamil Nadu)[4] Susheela Jayapal,[5] [6] [7] [4] Bachelor of Arts [4] Master of Business Administration [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] <ref>"Pramila Jayapal wins six-candidate primary for WA State Senate". NRI Pulse. Retrieved 2026-02-24.<Adam Kline <ref>"Washington legislature election results". The Seattle Times. Retrieved 2026-02-24.<Rebecca Saldaña.<ref Jim McDermott,<ref <ref>"About Me". Office of Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal. Retrieved 2026-02-24.<<ref <ref>"Jayapal Conducts Oversight at Northwest Detention Center". Office of Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal. 2026-02-20. Retrieved 2026-02-24.<Congressional Progressive Caucus Mark Pocan Raúl Grijalva <ref>"Congressional Progressive Caucus". Congressional Progressive Caucus. Retrieved 2026-02-24.<Greg Casar.<ref <ref>"Rep. Jayapal alleges she was forced to wait hours to speak to detainees at ICE facility". KOMO News. Retrieved 2026-02-24.<<ref>"Ranking Member Jayapal Demands Answers on the Expansion of Immigration Detention in WA". Office of Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal. 2026-02-23. Retrieved 2026-02-24.<<ref>"Jayapal Demands ICE Review Rodney Taylor's Request for Release". Office of Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal. 2026-02-18. Retrieved 2026-02-24.<Ed Markey Sara Jacobs <ref>"Jayapal, Markey Introduce Landmark Trans Bill of Rights". Office of Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal. 2026-02-11. Retrieved 2026-02-24.<Pam Bondi'<ref>"Rep. Pramila Jayapal talks about AG Pam Bondi's contentious DOJ oversight hearing". NPR. 2026-02-12. Retrieved 2026-02-24.<Jamie Raskin Jeffrey Epstein <ref>"Jayapal, Raskin, Garcia Demand DOJ End Its Outrageous Secret Surveillance of Members Reviewing Epstein Files". Office of Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal. 2026-02-13. Retrieved 2026-02-24.<<ref>"Women Disobey Protest Washington". Fortune. Retrieved 2026-02-24.<<ref>"Women's March Arrests D.C.". The New York Times. Retrieved 2026-02-24.<State of the Union <ref>"Jayapal Announces Epstein Survivor Marijke Chartouni as State of the Union Guest". Office of Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal. 2026-02-23. Retrieved 2026-02-24.<<ref Susheela Jayapal,<ref <ref>"Official Website". Office of Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal. Retrieved 2026-02-24.<<ref>"About Me". Office of Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal. Retrieved 2026-02-24.<<ref>"History". OneAmerica. Retrieved 2026-02-24.<<ref>"Rep. Pramila Jayapal talks about AG Pam Bondi's contentious DOJ oversight hearing". NPR. 2026-02-12. Retrieved 2026-02-24.<<ref>"History". OneAmerica. Retrieved 2026-02-24.<<ref>"Jayapal Conducts Oversight at Northwest Detention Center". Office of Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal. 2026-02-20. Retrieved 2026-02-24.<Aruna Miller Suzan DelBene Marie Gluesenkamp Perez Kim Schrier Norma Torres Marilyn Strickland <refe

  1. ↑ "About Pramila". Office of Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal. Retrieved 2026-02-24.
  2. ↑ "Congressional Progressive Caucus". Congressional Progressive Caucus. Retrieved 2026-02-24.
  3. ↑ "Jayapal Conducts Oversight at Northwest Detention Center". Office of Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal. 2026-02-20. Retrieved 2026-02-24.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "JAYAPAL, Pramila". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 2026-02-24.
  5. ↑ "About Pramila". Office of Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal. Retrieved 2026-02-24.
  6. ↑ "Indian-American Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal's parents: She's interested in social justice". Firstpost. Retrieved 2026-02-24.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "About Pramila Jayapal". Pramila Jayapal official site. Retrieved 2026-02-24.
  8. ↑ "History". OneAmerica. Retrieved 2026-02-24.
  9. ↑ "Pramila Jayapal leaving OneAmerica". OneAmerica. Retrieved 2026-02-24.
  10. ↑ "Income Inequality Advisory Committee". City of Seattle. Retrieved 2026-02-24.
  11. ↑ "Murray makes police chief pick". Seattle Weekly. Retrieved 2026-02-24.
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