Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-WA, speaks during the House Judiciary Subcommittee hearing on Antitrust, Commercial and Administrative Law on Online Platforms and Market Power in the Rayburn House office Building, July 29, 2020 on Capitol Hill in Washington, WASHINGTON - A second lawmaker said early Tuesday that she tested positive for COVID-19 after sheltering in place with several others during the deadly Capitol siege by a mob of President Donald Trump’s supporters.Rep.
Pramila Jayapal, a Washington state Democrat, received the positive test Monday night. Jayapal, 55, said in a statement that she started quarantining immediately after the attack, "fearing and foreseeing exactly what would occur given the number of maskless lawmakers sitting in.