Rep Jayapal for House Speaker now!
The Issue
To: Representative Pramila Jayapal, the House Democratic Caucus, and Hawaiʻi Representatives Jill Tokuda and Ed Case:
The Demand: https://archive.org/details/pramila-jayapal-for-speaker-petition
We call on Representative Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) to seek the Democratic nomination for Speaker of the House. We urge House Democrats—including Hawaiʻi Representatives Jill Tokuda and Ed Case—to support her nomination in the Democratic Caucus leadership elections on November 18–19 and to vote for her for Speaker on the House floor when the new Congress convenes.[1][2]
The incoming House Democratic majority cannot govern as corporate caretakers while working families face severe economic and constitutional crises. Millions of Americans are crushed by healthcare costs, while billions in public funds underwrite unconditioned foreign weapons pipelines for Israel, unauthorized military actions, and blank checks for private prison corporations fueling an abusive immigration detention apparatus.
Representative Hakeem Jeffries represents a leadership strategy financed in part by Wall Street investors, defense-technology executives, crypto industry interests, and more than $300,000 in healthcare-industry PAC money this cycle.[3–7] Jeffries co-sponsored Medicare for All from 2014 to 2021, stopped after House Democrats elected him leader, and stated in August 2026 that he does not support current Medicare for All legislation.[6] Working people need an unapologetic fighter who will use the Speaker's gavel to advance universal healthcare, reassert Article I legislative authority, and hold power accountable: Nominate and elect Pramila Jayapal.
Constitutional Accountability: Investigate Executive Abuses and Advance Impeachment
Under Article I, Section 2 of the United States Constitution, the House of Representatives holds the sole power of impeachment.[8] A credible congressional majority cannot stand down while constitutional boundaries are dismantled. As Speaker, Pramila Jayapal must lead the House in establishing and empowering a Select Committee to conduct public hearings, enforce subpoenas, and draft Articles of Impeachment on five documented grounds of executive misconduct:
• Suppression of the Epstein Files & Obstruction of Justice: The Epstein Files Transparency Act (P.L. 119-38) requires the release of DOJ's Epstein records while strictly protecting victims and minors.[9] An NPR investigation found DOJ withheld or removed files, including what appear to be more than 50 pages of FBI interviews with a woman who accused Donald Trump of abuse when she was a minor.[10] Investigate whether DOJ violated the law and concealed records for political reasons, while fully preserving statutory protections for victims and minors.
• Due Process Violations & Deaths in ICE Custody: ICE removed thousands of detainees with final removal orders from its public online locator on September 15, making them far harder for families and lawyers to locate.[11] Reuters found the death rate in ICE detention has more than doubled under Trump, and medical experts raised urgent concerns regarding supervision and medical care.[12] Demand accountability for detention practices that deny due process and endanger human life.
• Presidential Profiteering & Foreign Emoluments: The Constitution bars federal officeholders from accepting foreign-government benefits or payments without congressional consent.[13] A federal lawsuit challenges UAE-linked deals with the Trump family's World Liberty Financial—including a $2 billion purchase of its USD1 stablecoin by an Abu Dhabi fund chaired by the UAE's national security adviser—as illegal foreign emoluments.[14]
• Unlawful Impoundment of Appropriated Funds: Congress's nonpartisan watchdog, the Government Accountability Office, determined that the administration violated the Impoundment Control Act of 1974 by illegally withholding NIH research funding (Decision B-337203) and FEMA assistance funds (Decision B-337204.1).[15–17]
• Weaponization of Law Enforcement in Elections: DOJ sued to block certification of Alaska's U.S. Senate race; Judge Sharon Gleason dismissed the suit, ruling the requested relief infeasible.[18] DOJ also issued grand jury subpoenas to Los Angeles County election workers and warned officials they could face criminal exposure for counting certain ballots.[19][20] Investigate and expose the weaponization of federal law enforcement for partisan electoral advantage.
Five Core Reforms in Jayapal's Medicare for All Act (H.R. 3069)[21]
• Costs Less While Guaranteeing Comprehensive Care: Replaces hundreds of duplicate private insurance bureaucracies with a single universal public plan. Eliminates multi-million-dollar CEO salaries, private insurance profits, and marketing waste, putting healthcare dollars directly toward patient care rather than corporate billing overhead.
• Eliminates Deductibles, Copays, and Out-of-Pocket Costs: Ends cost-sharing for covered services, protecting families from crushing medical bills and preventing medical bankruptcies. Prescription drugs, primary care, emergency care, dental, vision, mental health, and reproductive healthcare are free at the point of service.
• Guarantees Freedom of Choice: Abolishes restrictive corporate provider networks. Patients can visit any participating doctor, clinic, or hospital in the country without an insurance bureaucrat or automated prior-authorization algorithm denying coverage.
• Stabilizes Community Health Centers & Neighbor Island Clinics: Replaces the broken fee-for-service model with predictable global operating budgets, keeping rural and community health centers open based on patient need rather than corporate profit margins.
• Lifelong Coverage Independent of Employment: Health coverage is a guaranteed right, decoupled from employer payroll. Working people never lose coverage when changing jobs, getting laid off, striking for fair wages, caregiving, or retiring.
Constitutional War Powers & Human Rights Oversight
• Reassert Congressional War Powers: Defend Congress's constitutional authority to declare war, authorize hostilities, and control military spending. Oppose unauthorized military actions against Iran or wider regional wars, enforce the War Powers Resolution, and prevent unlawful military escalation.[22]
• Enforce Standing Arms Export Laws: Demand full statutory enforcement of the Leahy Law, which bars military assistance to foreign security units credibly implicated in gross violations of human rights, and Section 620I of the Foreign Assistance Act, which bars aid to governments restricting U.S. humanitarian assistance.[23][24]
• End For-Profit Immigration Detention: Advance Jayapal's Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act to cancel federal contracts with private prison corporations, phase out for-profit detention centers, and establish binding civil rights and healthcare standards across all federal facilities.
Call to Action for Hawaiʻi's Congressional Delegation
Representatives Jill Tokuda and Ed Case: Hawaiʻi families need a clear, public commitment before the caucus votes.
• To Representative Jill Tokuda: You are an original co-sponsor of Jayapal's Medicare for All Act (H.R. 3069), representing working families across Kauaʻi, Maui, Molokaʻi, Lānaʻi, Hawaiʻi Island, and rural Oʻahu who are hammered by soaring premiums and severe healthcare shortages.[25] You cannot advance your own platform by voting to empower leadership that has stepped away from your legislation.[6] Stand up for the bill you co-sponsored.
• To Representative Ed Case: Working people in urban Honolulu are struggling under a crushing cost of living, while billions in public funds flow to unconditioned weapons pipelines and overseas military escalations. We ask you to support leadership committed to enforcing the rule of law, lowering healthcare costs, and prioritizing working families.
We call on Representatives Jill Tokuda and Ed Case to publicly commit, before the caucus vote, to supporting Pramila Jayapal for the Democratic nomination for Speaker and voting for her on the House floor.
Sources & Documentation
1. Bloomberg Government, "House Democratic Leadership Elections Set for Nov. 18 and 19," Nov. 4, 2026.
2. ABC7, "Hakeem Jeffries officially launches bid for speaker of the House," Nov. 5, 2026.
3. Sludge, "The Money Behind Hakeem Jeffries," Nov. 4, 2026.
4. OpenSecrets, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries campaign finance summary, 2026 cycle.
5. Federal Election Commission, Jeffries for Congress (Committee C00503052) filings.
6. Snopes, "Unraveling claim Hakeem Jeffries took $300K from healthcare PACs before opposing Medicare for All," Aug. 19, 2026.
7. Notice News, "Hakeem Jeffries takes thousands from insurance industry, drops support for Medicare for All."
8. U.S. Constitution, Article I, Section 2 (The Impeachment Power).
9. Epstein Files Transparency Act, Public Law 119-38 (Nov. 19, 2025).
10. NPR, "Justice Department withheld and removed some Epstein files related to Trump," Feb. 24, 2026.
11. Associated Press, "AP Exclusive: ICE hides locations of thousands of detainees with final removal orders," Sept. 21, 2026.
12. Reuters, "Death rate in ICE immigrant detention centers more than doubles under Trump," June 17, 2026.
13. U.S. Constitution, Article I, Section 9, Clause 8 (Foreign Emoluments Clause).
14. CNBC, "Lawsuit accuses Trump of illegally profiting off foreign crypto deals," Oct. 22, 2026.
15. U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), Decision B-337203, National Institutes of Health—Application of Impoundment Control Act, Aug. 5, 2025.
16. U.S. GAO, Decision B-337204.1, FEMA Fiscal Year 2025 Federal Assistance Appropriations, Sept. 15, 2025.
17. Impoundment Control Act of 1974, 2 U.S.C. ch. 17B.
18. Associated Press, "Judge dismisses lawsuit seeking to block certification of Alaska Senate race," Nov. 2026.
19. OPB / NPR, "Justice Department issues subpoenas to California election workers," Oct. 30, 2026.
20. UPI, "California election workers get subpoenas from federal officials," Oct. 30, 2026.
21. Congress.gov, H.R. 3069, Medicare for All Act (119th Congress, Rep. Pramila Jayapal).
22. War Powers Resolution, 50 U.S.C. § 1541 et seq.
23. Leahy Law (Foreign Assistance Act), 22 U.S.C. § 2378d.
24. Foreign Assistance Act § 620I, 22 U.S.C. § 2378-1.
25. Congress.gov, H.R. 3069 Cosponsors List (Rep. Jill Tokuda, original co-sponsor, Apr. 29, 2025).
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The Issue
To: Representative Pramila Jayapal, the House Democratic Caucus, and Hawaiʻi Representatives Jill Tokuda and Ed Case:
The Demand: https://archive.org/details/pramila-jayapal-for-speaker-petition
We call on Representative Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) to seek the Democratic nomination for Speaker of the House. We urge House Democrats—including Hawaiʻi Representatives Jill Tokuda and Ed Case—to support her nomination in the Democratic Caucus leadership elections on November 18–19 and to vote for her for Speaker on the House floor when the new Congress convenes.[1][2]
The incoming House Democratic majority cannot govern as corporate caretakers while working families face severe economic and constitutional crises. Millions of Americans are crushed by healthcare costs, while billions in public funds underwrite unconditioned foreign weapons pipelines for Israel, unauthorized military actions, and blank checks for private prison corporations fueling an abusive immigration detention apparatus.
Representative Hakeem Jeffries represents a leadership strategy financed in part by Wall Street investors, defense-technology executives, crypto industry interests, and more than $300,000 in healthcare-industry PAC money this cycle.[3–7] Jeffries co-sponsored Medicare for All from 2014 to 2021, stopped after House Democrats elected him leader, and stated in August 2026 that he does not support current Medicare for All legislation.[6] Working people need an unapologetic fighter who will use the Speaker's gavel to advance universal healthcare, reassert Article I legislative authority, and hold power accountable: Nominate and elect Pramila Jayapal.
Constitutional Accountability: Investigate Executive Abuses and Advance Impeachment
Under Article I, Section 2 of the United States Constitution, the House of Representatives holds the sole power of impeachment.[8] A credible congressional majority cannot stand down while constitutional boundaries are dismantled. As Speaker, Pramila Jayapal must lead the House in establishing and empowering a Select Committee to conduct public hearings, enforce subpoenas, and draft Articles of Impeachment on five documented grounds of executive misconduct:
• Suppression of the Epstein Files & Obstruction of Justice: The Epstein Files Transparency Act (P.L. 119-38) requires the release of DOJ's Epstein records while strictly protecting victims and minors.[9] An NPR investigation found DOJ withheld or removed files, including what appear to be more than 50 pages of FBI interviews with a woman who accused Donald Trump of abuse when she was a minor.[10] Investigate whether DOJ violated the law and concealed records for political reasons, while fully preserving statutory protections for victims and minors.
• Due Process Violations & Deaths in ICE Custody: ICE removed thousands of detainees with final removal orders from its public online locator on September 15, making them far harder for families and lawyers to locate.[11] Reuters found the death rate in ICE detention has more than doubled under Trump, and medical experts raised urgent concerns regarding supervision and medical care.[12] Demand accountability for detention practices that deny due process and endanger human life.
• Presidential Profiteering & Foreign Emoluments: The Constitution bars federal officeholders from accepting foreign-government benefits or payments without congressional consent.[13] A federal lawsuit challenges UAE-linked deals with the Trump family's World Liberty Financial—including a $2 billion purchase of its USD1 stablecoin by an Abu Dhabi fund chaired by the UAE's national security adviser—as illegal foreign emoluments.[14]
• Unlawful Impoundment of Appropriated Funds: Congress's nonpartisan watchdog, the Government Accountability Office, determined that the administration violated the Impoundment Control Act of 1974 by illegally withholding NIH research funding (Decision B-337203) and FEMA assistance funds (Decision B-337204.1).[15–17]
• Weaponization of Law Enforcement in Elections: DOJ sued to block certification of Alaska's U.S. Senate race; Judge Sharon Gleason dismissed the suit, ruling the requested relief infeasible.[18] DOJ also issued grand jury subpoenas to Los Angeles County election workers and warned officials they could face criminal exposure for counting certain ballots.[19][20] Investigate and expose the weaponization of federal law enforcement for partisan electoral advantage.
Five Core Reforms in Jayapal's Medicare for All Act (H.R. 3069)[21]
• Costs Less While Guaranteeing Comprehensive Care: Replaces hundreds of duplicate private insurance bureaucracies with a single universal public plan. Eliminates multi-million-dollar CEO salaries, private insurance profits, and marketing waste, putting healthcare dollars directly toward patient care rather than corporate billing overhead.
• Eliminates Deductibles, Copays, and Out-of-Pocket Costs: Ends cost-sharing for covered services, protecting families from crushing medical bills and preventing medical bankruptcies. Prescription drugs, primary care, emergency care, dental, vision, mental health, and reproductive healthcare are free at the point of service.
• Guarantees Freedom of Choice: Abolishes restrictive corporate provider networks. Patients can visit any participating doctor, clinic, or hospital in the country without an insurance bureaucrat or automated prior-authorization algorithm denying coverage.
• Stabilizes Community Health Centers & Neighbor Island Clinics: Replaces the broken fee-for-service model with predictable global operating budgets, keeping rural and community health centers open based on patient need rather than corporate profit margins.
• Lifelong Coverage Independent of Employment: Health coverage is a guaranteed right, decoupled from employer payroll. Working people never lose coverage when changing jobs, getting laid off, striking for fair wages, caregiving, or retiring.
Constitutional War Powers & Human Rights Oversight
• Reassert Congressional War Powers: Defend Congress's constitutional authority to declare war, authorize hostilities, and control military spending. Oppose unauthorized military actions against Iran or wider regional wars, enforce the War Powers Resolution, and prevent unlawful military escalation.[22]
• Enforce Standing Arms Export Laws: Demand full statutory enforcement of the Leahy Law, which bars military assistance to foreign security units credibly implicated in gross violations of human rights, and Section 620I of the Foreign Assistance Act, which bars aid to governments restricting U.S. humanitarian assistance.[23][24]
• End For-Profit Immigration Detention: Advance Jayapal's Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act to cancel federal contracts with private prison corporations, phase out for-profit detention centers, and establish binding civil rights and healthcare standards across all federal facilities.
Call to Action for Hawaiʻi's Congressional Delegation
Representatives Jill Tokuda and Ed Case: Hawaiʻi families need a clear, public commitment before the caucus votes.
• To Representative Jill Tokuda: You are an original co-sponsor of Jayapal's Medicare for All Act (H.R. 3069), representing working families across Kauaʻi, Maui, Molokaʻi, Lānaʻi, Hawaiʻi Island, and rural Oʻahu who are hammered by soaring premiums and severe healthcare shortages.[25] You cannot advance your own platform by voting to empower leadership that has stepped away from your legislation.[6] Stand up for the bill you co-sponsored.
• To Representative Ed Case: Working people in urban Honolulu are struggling under a crushing cost of living, while billions in public funds flow to unconditioned weapons pipelines and overseas military escalations. We ask you to support leadership committed to enforcing the rule of law, lowering healthcare costs, and prioritizing working families.
We call on Representatives Jill Tokuda and Ed Case to publicly commit, before the caucus vote, to supporting Pramila Jayapal for the Democratic nomination for Speaker and voting for her on the House floor.
Sources & Documentation
1. Bloomberg Government, "House Democratic Leadership Elections Set for Nov. 18 and 19," Nov. 4, 2026.
2. ABC7, "Hakeem Jeffries officially launches bid for speaker of the House," Nov. 5, 2026.
3. Sludge, "The Money Behind Hakeem Jeffries," Nov. 4, 2026.
4. OpenSecrets, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries campaign finance summary, 2026 cycle.
5. Federal Election Commission, Jeffries for Congress (Committee C00503052) filings.
6. Snopes, "Unraveling claim Hakeem Jeffries took $300K from healthcare PACs before opposing Medicare for All," Aug. 19, 2026.
7. Notice News, "Hakeem Jeffries takes thousands from insurance industry, drops support for Medicare for All."
8. U.S. Constitution, Article I, Section 2 (The Impeachment Power).
9. Epstein Files Transparency Act, Public Law 119-38 (Nov. 19, 2025).
10. NPR, "Justice Department withheld and removed some Epstein files related to Trump," Feb. 24, 2026.
11. Associated Press, "AP Exclusive: ICE hides locations of thousands of detainees with final removal orders," Sept. 21, 2026.
12. Reuters, "Death rate in ICE immigrant detention centers more than doubles under Trump," June 17, 2026.
13. U.S. Constitution, Article I, Section 9, Clause 8 (Foreign Emoluments Clause).
14. CNBC, "Lawsuit accuses Trump of illegally profiting off foreign crypto deals," Oct. 22, 2026.
15. U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), Decision B-337203, National Institutes of Health—Application of Impoundment Control Act, Aug. 5, 2025.
16. U.S. GAO, Decision B-337204.1, FEMA Fiscal Year 2025 Federal Assistance Appropriations, Sept. 15, 2025.
17. Impoundment Control Act of 1974, 2 U.S.C. ch. 17B.
18. Associated Press, "Judge dismisses lawsuit seeking to block certification of Alaska Senate race," Nov. 2026.
19. OPB / NPR, "Justice Department issues subpoenas to California election workers," Oct. 30, 2026.
20. UPI, "California election workers get subpoenas from federal officials," Oct. 30, 2026.
21. Congress.gov, H.R. 3069, Medicare for All Act (119th Congress, Rep. Pramila Jayapal).
22. War Powers Resolution, 50 U.S.C. § 1541 et seq.
23. Leahy Law (Foreign Assistance Act), 22 U.S.C. § 2378d.
24. Foreign Assistance Act § 620I, 22 U.S.C. § 2378-1.
25. Congress.gov, H.R. 3069 Cosponsors List (Rep. Jill Tokuda, original co-sponsor, Apr. 29, 2025).
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