DWC in the News

Watch the video here. We actually attended the Democratic Women's Caucus presser. Let's just listen to one of the Democrats describe the impact that these cuts are going to have. >> [Democratic Whip Katherine Clark speaking:] Hospitals are closing. Maternity care deserts are growing. Medicaid is being gutted by a trillion dollars. Think about what that means to the American… Read more »

Read the article here. “During a government shutdown, women suffer,” Democratic Women’s Caucus Chair Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-N.M.) said at a Facebook event. Read more »

Read the article here. On Tuesday night, members of the House Democratic Women’s Caucus held a protest, marching to Johnson’s office to demand he swear in Grijalva. Read more »

Read the article here. Members of the House Democratic Women’s Caucus marched through the Capitol on Tuesday evening and to Johnson’s office with Grijalva, chanting “Swear her in.” Read more »

Watch the video here. [Speaking to DWC Senate Liaison Debbie Dingell] I watched colleagues of yours with the Democratic Women's Caucus go to his office yesterday and try to pressure him to swear her in. Read more »

Read the article here. Two women veterans in Congress led nearly 100 House Democrats in sending a letter to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Tuesday, calling his recent comments about women in the military deeply harmful and demanding more transparency. The leaders of the effort, Reps. Chrissy Houlahan and Maggie Goodlander, called for the reinstatement of an independent advisory… Read more »

Read the article here. Chanting “swear her in,” members of the Democratic Women’s Caucus and others walked into the office and then exited. Johnson was not in his office at the time, according to two people granted anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss his whereabouts. Read more »

Watch the video here. Today, Adelita Grijalva and other members of the Democratic Women's Caucus marched on the speaker’s house to say, “here she is, swear her in right now,” which he could do in a pro forma session. Read more »

Read the article here. While Republican members of Congress are calling on Democrats to support their budget, the Democratic Women’s Caucus is demanding changes to the bill to undo funding cuts to healthcare services. Read more »

Read the article here. In July, the Democratic Women’s Caucus sent a letter to members of congress associated with the bill, and a couple months later, Burke and Drake spoke about the issue in a congressional briefing hosted by the caucus. Read more »