oday, CPC Member Rep. Rashida Tlaib (MI-13), along with Congressional Progressive Caucus Co-Chairs Rep. Mark Pocan (WI-02) and Rep. Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), sent the attached letter to FCC Chairman Ajit Pai and Assistant Attorney General Makan Delrahim. The letter expresses the Caucus' strong opposition to the proposed Sprint-T-Mobile merger, which would cost jobs and raise prices on consumers.
Congressional Progressive Caucus Co-Chairs Call for Resignation of Labor Secretary Alex Acosta
February 27, 2019
Washington, D.C. -- Congressman Mark Pocan (WI-02) and Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), co-chairs of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, released the following statement calling for the resignation or removal of Secretary of Labor Alex Acosta:
Congressional Progressive Caucus Applauds Introduction of Medicare For All Legislation
February 27, 2019
Washington, D.C. – Congressional Progressive Caucus Co-Chairs Mark Pocan (WI-02) and Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) released the following statement celebrating the introduction of Rep. Jayapal's Medicare For All Act of 2019:
CPC Co-Chairs Respond to the House Vote to Fund the Government
February 14, 2019
Today, Congressional Progressive Caucus Co-Chairs Mark Pocan (WI-02) and Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) issued the following statement after the House voted to keep the federal government open.
CPC Celebrates Landmark Achievement to Reassert Congressional War Powers and End Conflict in Yemen
February 13, 2019
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressional Progressive Caucus Co-Chairs Mark Pocan (WI-02) and Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) applauded the House passage of H.J.Res. 37 by a 248-177 margin, to direct the President to end unauthorized U.S. hostilities in Yemen.
CPC Statement on Ilhan Omar
February 12, 2019
Today, Congressional Progressive Caucus Co-Chairs Mark Pocan (WI-02) and Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) responded to President Trump's comments urging Representative Ilhan Omar to resign from Congress.
Today, Representative Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) led the Chairs of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, Congressional Hispanic Caucus, Congressional Black Caucus, and Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, in a letter to House Democrats urging them to re-open the government and not to trade immigration poison pills for the President's vanity wall. The letter was also signed by Congresswoman Karen Bass (CA-37), Congressional Black Caucus Chair; Congressman Joaquin Castro (TX-20), Congressional Hispanic Caucus Chair; Congresswoman Judy Chu (CA-27), Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus Chair; and Congressman Mark Pocan (WI-02), Co-Chair of CPC.
Today, Congressional Progressive Caucus Co-Chairs Mark Pocan (WI-02) and Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) released the following statement after membership on the exclusive committees in the 116th Congress was finalized:
Today, Congressional Progressive Caucus Co-Chairs Mark Pocan (WI-02) and Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) released the following statement after membership on the exclusive committees in the 116th Congress was finalized:
CPC Applauds Court Decision on 2020 Census Citizenship Question
January 15, 2019
Today, Congressional Progressive Caucus Co-Chairs Mark Pocan (WI-02) and Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) released the following statement on the federal court decision blocking the Trump Administration's decision to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census.
