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On this episode of Madam Congress, DWC Member Emeritas Kathy Manning and Annie Kuster recapped some of the highlights from the 118th Congress and shared their top lessons learned as women in Congress.

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On this episode of Madam Congress, DWC Policy Task Force Co-Chair Sydney Kamlager Dove interviews DWC Member Emerita Barbara Lee about her legendary legacy in Congress and the progress she’s seen over her career in the fight for women and famil

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On this episode of Madam Congress, DWC Member Services Task Force Co-Chair Sara Jacobs and DWC member Suzanne Bonamici share the biggest challenges impacting our country’s child care system and opportunities for improvement.

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On this episode of Madam Congress, DWC Reproductive Health Care Task Force Co-Chair & Liaison Judy Chu and DWC Member Lizzie Fletcher break down the fight for reproductive freedom.

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On the Inaugural episode of Madam Congress, DWC Chair Teresa Leger Fernández and Chair Emerita Lois Frankel break down DWC’s work to fight back against Trump and the Republican Trifecta.

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June 18, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC) members Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) and Brittany Pettersen (CO-07) led 19 Democratic Women’s Caucus colleagues in a letter to U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent urging the Treasury Department to analyze the tariff system’s impact on women and work to address these existing financial inequities immediately.


June 18, 2025

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, in advance of the hearing in the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee on the nomination of Acting EEOC Chair Andrea Lucas to the EEOC, Democratic Women’s Caucus Chair Teresa Leger Fernández (NM-03) and Vice Chairs Hillary Scholten (MI-03) and Emilia Sykes (OH-13) sent a letter calling on the Members of the HELP Committee t


June 17, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. —Democratic Women’s Caucus Chair Teresa Leger Fernández (NM-03) and Senator Mazie Hirono (D-HI) led two letters to the Department of Energy (DOE) condemning the administration’s attempt to rip away opportunities for women and girls through two direct final rules (DFRs).


May 21, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Republican budget is devastating for women and families. It cuts Medicaid, which covers one in five women and 40% of births—the largest single-payer of maternity care in the United States. It defunds Planned Parenthood, which one in three women have used for care. 14 million Americans will lose health care.


May 19, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Democratic Women’s Caucus Chair Teresa Leger Fernández (NM-03) and Vice Chairs Emilia Sykes (OH-13) and Hillary Scholten (MI-03) released the following statement in support of DWC Member Congresswoman LaMonica McIver (NJ-10):