DWC in the News

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… Read more »

Read the article here. When Rep. Emilia Sykes met with Democratic leaders about the pervasiveness of sexual harassment on Capitol Hill, she made one thing very clear to Hakeem Jeffries: this could not just be a women’s issue. ‘This could all be eliminated and we wouldn’t even be here if these members were not abusing their power, and so we need to get to the root cause,’ the Ohio… Read more »

Read the article here. House Speaker Mike Johnson and Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries announced a task force ‘to make Congress a safer work environment’ following several high-profile cases. Read more »

Read the article here. For the first time, twelve congresswomen reveal how they’re banding together after the Trump administration came for one of their own: Rep. LaMonica McIver… Meanwhile, the Democratic Women’s Caucus group chat—“probably the fastest place to tap into a network that gets galvanized super quick,” according to Omar—was lighting up. What do you need? How can we help? Read more »

Read the article here. Julie Groce testified in front of the Democratic Women’s Caucus alongside two other mothers with MomsRising. Groce said she felt compelled to share what her family has been experiencing and believed it resonated with lawmakers. Read more »

Read the article here. The House Democratic Women’s Caucus in a new letter to the EEOC’s chair called the agency’s lawsuit alleging a Coca-Cola distributor discriminated against men through a women’s networking event a “political stunt” and urged the commission to abandon the litigation. Read more »

Read the article here. Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández, Chair of the Democratic Women’s Caucus, which is heading the discussions to update the ethics process, told NOTUS that while she wants changes to happen in a bipartisan way, House Republicans have told her that they haven’t communicated with Johnson on the issue. Read more »

Read the article here. Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández (New Mexico), who chairs the Democratic Women’s Caucus, has called for speeding up how the Ethics Committee investigates sexual misconduct cases. She said Gonzales’s acknowledgement of an affair with a staffer who later set herself on fire and died should have been enough to remove him from office under House rules. Read more »

Read the article here. Last week, the Democratic Women’s Caucus and House Democratic Caucus sent a letter to House Speaker Mike Johnson (R) urging him not to bring an amended version of H.R. 1329, the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum Act, to the House floor for a vote. Read more »

Read the article here. During a Democratic Women’s Caucus roundtable with young adult women on Thursday, Rep. Janelle Bynum (D-Ore.) said that young adults “shouldn’t have to wait another 20 years to buy a home” after they get their first job. Read more »