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Pramila Jayapal
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- 1Jayapal Slams Trump's Use of Pocket Rescissions▼Ranking Member Jayapal Statement on Trump’s Pocket Rescissions
Representative Pramila Jayapal, the ranking Democrat on the House immigration subcommittee, issued a statement criticizing President Trump's use of pocket rescissions, a budgetary maneuver allowing proposed spending cuts to take effect without a congressional vote if timing rules expire a session. Jayapal's statement condemns the move as an overreach that bypasses Congress's power of the purse. The practice is drawing scrutiny as the administration tests rarely used tools to cut previously approved funding.
- 2Democrats reintroduce bill to halt government facial recognition use▼Sens. Markey, Merkley and Reps. Jayapal, Tlaib, Pressley Reintroduce Legislation to Halt Government Use of Facial Recognition and Other Biometric Technology
Senators Ed Markey and Jeff Merkley, along with Representatives Pramila Jayapal, Rashida Tlaib and Ayanna Pressley, have reintroduced legislation that would stop federal government use of facial recognition and other biometric surveillance technology. The measure, first put forward in earlier sessions of Congress, targets concerns over misidentification, privacy violations and disproportionate policing of communities of color, renewing a debate among civil liberties groups, law enforcement agencies and technology firms.