WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Wednesday, July 15, Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC) Chairwoman Teresa Leger Fernandez (NM-03), Vice Chairs Hillary Scholten (MI-03) & Emilia Sykes (OH-13), and Policy Task Force Co-Chairs Deborah Ross (NC-02) & Sydney Kamlager-Dove (CA-37), submitted a public comment letter opposing a proposed rule that would alter how federal grants are administered. The rule would give ... Read More »
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Tuesday, July 14, Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC) members, led by the Committee on Agriculture Ranking Member & DWC member Angie Craig (MN-02) and Committee on Agriculture Vice Ranking Member & DWC Communications Task Force Co-Chair Shontel Brown (OH-11), called on the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to reverse its decision rejecting the nominations of four... Read More »
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Thursday, July 2, 79 members of the Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC) and the Democratic Caucus, led by DWC Reproductive Healthcare Task Force Co-Chairs Kelly Morrison (MN-03) and Judy Chu (CA-28) sent a letter to Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, demanding the immediate reversal of the administration’s cancellation of 53 active Teen... Read More »
WASHINGTON, D.C. —Today, Tuesday, June 30, 40 members of the Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC), led by Policy Task Force Co-Chairs Deborah Ross (NC-02) and Sydney Kamlager-Dove (CA-37) sent a letter to President Trump, HHS Secretary Kennedy, and NIH Director Bhattacharya, expressing continued concern with the administration's failure to address cuts to women’s health research and restrictions on res... Read More »
WASHINGTON, D.C. —Today, Wednesday, June 24, 2026, marks four years since Trump’s Supreme Court ruled on Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, overturning Roe v. Wade and stripping the right to abortion care from the American people. Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC) Chair Teresa Leger Fernández (NM-03) and Vice Chairs Emilia Sykes (OH-13) and Hillary Scholten (MI-03) issued the following st... Read More »
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Wednesday, June 24, the Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC), led by Chair Teresa Leger Fernández (NM-03) and Policy Task Force Co-Chairs Deborah Ross (NC-02) and Sydney Kamlager-Dove (CA-37), released its Women’s Healthcare Legislative Slate. The second of a series of legislative packages corresponding to DWC’s Better Future Agenda, the Women’s Healthcare Slate is a diverse s... Read More »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Tuesday, June 23, 2026, 36 members of the Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC) led by DWC members Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01) and Adelita Grijalva (AZ-07) sent a letter to Department of Education Secretary Linda McMahon calling out the Department of Education’s failure to enforce Title IX protections for students who have been sexually harassed, sexual assaulted, and faced other forms o... Read More »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Thursday, June 11, 38 members of the Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC) led by DWC Caregiving Task Force Co-Chairs Debbie Dingell (MI-06), Brittany Pettersen (CO-07), and Lateefah Simon (CA-12), DWC Chair Teresa Leger Fernández (NM-03), and DWC member Kristen McDonald Rivet (MI-08) sent a letter to Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in opposition... Read More »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Tuesday, June 9, 2026 128 members of the Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC) and House Democratic Caucus led by DWC Executive Steering Committee Member Debbie Dingell (MI-06) with co-leads DWC Vice Chairs and House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Members Emilia Sykes (OH-13) and Hillary Scholten (MI-03) and DWC Chair Teresa Leger Fernandez (NM-03) sent Speaker Johnson... Read More »
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC) led by DWC Vice Chair Emilia Sykes (OH-13) hosted a press conference to honor fallen servicewomen, servicewomen, and women veterans. The event replaced the Bipartisan Women’s Caucus’ 28th Annual Women In Military Service Wreath Laying Ceremony, historically held at Arlington National Cemetery. The wreath laying ceremony was canceled thi... Read More »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Monday, June 1, 2026, 33 Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC) members led by DWC Executive Steering Committee member Debbie Dingell (MI-06) and DWC member Gwen Moore (WI-04) sent a letter to U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Markwayne Mullin urging him to immediately reinstate protections to help immigrant survivors escape abuse, stay safe, and seek justice with... Read More »
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the House of Representatives rejected the Republican, partisan version of H.R. 1329, the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum Act in a bipartisan vote of 216-204. The Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC) and House Democrats called for the bill to be returned to the original bipartisan version. Earlier this week, the DWC announced formal opposition to the bill. DWC Chair... Read More »
Read the article here. The Democratic Women’s Caucus called the new version of the bill ‘hyperpartisan,’ and members of their party began pulling their support. ‘It was a simple bill — you kind of ruined it with your trans obsession and your culture wars,’ Representative Teresa Leger Fernández, Democrat of New Mexico and the chairwoman of the Democratic Women’s Caucus, said on the House floor this... Read More »
WATCH THE SEGMENT HERE WASHINGTON, D.C. — This morning, on MS NOW’s Morning Joe, Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC) Chair Teresa Leger Fernández (NM-03) and Republican Women’s Caucus (RWC) Chair Kat Cammack (FL-03) appeared together for their first joint interview since announcing their bipartisan partnership between the DWC and RWC to combat sexual misconduct in Congress. During the interview, Chair... Read More »
WASHINGTON, D.C. —Today, the Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC) announced their formal opposition to H.R. 1329 the Smithsonian Women’s History Museum Act, as amended by Republicans. The bill is set to be voted on this week. DWC Chair Teresa Leger Fernández (NM-03) and Vice Chairs Hillary Scholten (MI-03) and Emilia Sykes (OH-13) released the below statement on DWC’s formal opposition to this bill: “F... Read More »
