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Pramila Jayapal

U.S. representative from Washington

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I am incredibly concerned about the health and safety of children online. Congress absolutely must pass strong legislation urgently to protect our kids from the Big Tech companies that put out dangerous algorithms that prey on their vulnerabilities, but the Kids Act is not that piece of legislation.

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Pramila Jayapal

U.S. representative from Washington

In a statement published in June 2026, Pramila Jayapal said she voted against the Kids Internet and Digital Safety Act because she wanted stronger legislation requiring companies to prevent harms to children, not just disclose and mitigate them.

U.S. Representative for Washington's 7th congressional districtPublished June 29, 2026 · date of remarks not establishedOfficial congressional office statement

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Representative Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) released the following statement after voting against the Kids Internet and Digital Safety (KIDS) Act, legislation that does not impose strong enough safeguards to protect children online. “I am incredibly concerned about the health and safety of children online. Congress absolutely must pass strong legislation urgently to protect our kids from the Big Tech companies that put out dangerous algorithms that prey on their vulnerabilities, but the Kids Act is not that piece of legislation. I voted no because we have a real opportunity to pass bipartisan legislation that holds these companies to not just be transparent about the harms and mitigate them, but actually to prevent them. “This legislation completely omits the Senate-passed ‘duty of care’ provision, which requires Big Tech to actually fix their algorithms so that kids aren’t exposed to harmful content.

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It qualifies a policy vehicle rather than contradicting her earlier AI-risk framing.
Later in the same statement, Jayapal said the bill omitted a duty-of-care provision and several named harms, that other added provisions did not adequately address AI harms, and that she supported stronger legislation passed by the Senate in the prior session; this reinforces rather than retracts the selected passage.

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We are at an incredibly dangerous moment in this country, where overzealous and overly violent ICE and Border Patrol agents are increasing their use of biometric identification systems. This has become a surveillance state with militarized federal troops on our streets to terrorize and intimidate US citizens and residents alike. We must urgently pass the ICE Out of Our Faces Act to stop the proliferation of this technology, protect our communities, and protect our democracy

Pramila Jayapal

U.S. representative from Washington

In a 2026 congressional news release, Pramila Jayapal said Congress must urgently pass a bill to stop ICE and CBP from acquiring or using facial recognition and other biometric identification systems.

U.S. Representative for Washington's 7th congressional districtPublished February 5, 2026 · date of remarks not establishedOfficial congressional office news release

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Big Brother has no place in a democracy, and we will not allow these Orwellian tools to take root here.” “We are at an incredibly dangerous moment in this country, where overzealous and overly violent ICE and Border Patrol agents are increasing their use of biometric identification systems. This has become a surveillance state with militarized federal troops on our streets to terrorize and intimidate US citizens and residents alike. We must urgently pass the ICE Out of Our Faces Act to stop the proliferation of this technology, protect our communities, and protect our democracy,” said Representative Jayapal. “For years, I’ve been ringing the alarm bells about the dangers of a national surveillance state built on facial recognition technology.

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The quote's characterization of ICE and Border Patrol conduct was not independently adjudicated.
The official release attributes the quotation to Jayapal but does not identify a separate speaking event or say whether she supplied a written statement, so only the publication date is recorded.

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This legislation comes at an inflection point for our country. Artificial intelligence has become a part of our everyday lives and grown into a projected $244 billion industry. A major risk of this new technology is the biases and discrimination that are built into algorithms – denying people housing or jobs based on race or gender. Our bill would place critical guardrails to ensure that the technologies of the future do not harden the injustices of the past

Pramila Jayapal

U.S. representative from Washington

In a 2025 congressional news release, Pramila Jayapal said biased algorithms were a major AI risk because they can deny people housing or jobs based on race or gender, and said her bill would create guardrails against that discrimination.

U.S. Representative for Washington's 7th congressional districtPublished December 2, 2025 · date of remarks not establishedOfficial congressional office news release

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That is why the AI Civil Rights Act is necessary—to invest in an approach rooted in equity that safeguards all of our civil rights and liberties.” “This legislation comes at an inflection point for our country. Artificial intelligence has become a part of our everyday lives and grown into a projected $244 billion industry. A major risk of this new technology is the biases and discrimination that are built into algorithms – denying people housing or jobs based on race or gender. Our bill would place critical guardrails to ensure that the technologies of the future do not harden the injustices of the past,” said Rep. Jayapal. “I represent neighborhoods that know what it feels like to be overpoliced, underinvested, and overlooked. If artificial intelligence is shaping people’s lives, then we must mitigate the harm it causes.

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The official release attributes the quotation to Jayapal but does not say whether she delivered it at the December 2 press conference or supplied it as a written statement, so only the publication date is recorded.
The source's $244 billion projection is included as context but was not independently checked.

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