Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal has represented Washington’s 7th Congressional District, which encompasses most of Seattle, since 2017.
Having come to the United States by herself at the age of 16, she is the first and only South Asian American woman ever elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. She serves on the U.S. House Budget, Foreign Affairs, Judiciary, and Steering and Policy Committees. She is Chair Emerita of the Congressional Progressive Caucus and a leading opponent of Donald Trump and oligarchic attacks on democracy.
She has spent over 20 years leading organizing and advocacy efforts for women’s and immigrant rights and racial and economic justice. She is the author of the Medicare for All Act, the landmark universal healthcare legislation in the United States, and is a forceful proponent for peace, taxing the rich, and protecting poor and working people.
She will be interviewed by Fintan O’Toole, Ireland’s best-known journalist and author of numerous books including We Don’t Know Ourselves: A Personal History of Ireland since 1958.
