DWC in the News

Read the article here.  This week, a group of House Republicans used a committee vote on a bill intended to establish a location for the forthcoming Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum to pass an amendment stipulating that the museum must not include transgender women in its exhibitions or content...Members of the Democratic Women’s Caucus called the… Read more »

Read the article here.  The letter, first shared with NPR, was drafted by the House Democratic Women's Caucus and Reproductive Freedom Caucus and sent to Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Monday. "We call on HHS to immediately award a one-year full funding extension to all current Title X grantees as the funding process cannot be effectively executed before their… Read more »

Read the article here. Democrats strongly oppose the bill, with the additional argument that it will disenfranchise voters. The No. 2 Democrat in the House, Minority Whip Rep. Katherine Clark (Mass.), along with other members of the Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC), have also argued that the bill will make it harder for women to vote. Read more »

Read the article here.  And over 20 members of the Democratic Women’s Caucus are worried that degrees left out of the professional definition, like advanced nursing and social work credentials, will disproportionately harm women. Read more »

Read the article here.  On Tuesday evening, we (RepresentWomen) hosted a national public webinar on the rebranded SAVE America Act with members of the Democratic Women’s Caucus—Chair Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández, Reps. Delia Ramirez (D-Ill.) and Valerie Foushee (D-N.C.) —alongside election experts from FairVote and the Brennan Center for Justice. Hundreds of people joined from… Read more »

Read the article here. “This is not about protecting our elections. Republicans are not truly afraid of noncitizens voting, which we all know is already illegal, already grounds for deportation," Clark said at a press conference, flanked by fellow members of the Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC).   Read more »

Read the article here. The Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC) on Thursday condemned a proposed rule by the Trump administration to effectively rescind a Biden-era federal rule designed to make child care more affordable and accessible. Read more »

Watch the video here.  As Chair of the Democratic Women's Caucus, I know that pregnancy can be joyful. As a woman who almost died on an operating table when I was pregnant, I also know how complicated pregnancies can be, and that's why I am so mad about these bills. Read more »

Read the article here.  The House Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC) commended the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for lifting the black box warning on estrogen-based products for hormone replacement therapy (HRT). Read more »

Read the article here.  They are asking the Department of Homeland Security to release them from detention and not to deport them while their applications for refuge in the U.S. remain under review. Reps. Sydney Kamlager-Dove of California, Gwen Moore of Wisconsin, and Pramila Jayapal of Washington State led the letter, with 21 other members of the Democratic Women’s Caucus signing on. Read more »