DWC in the News

Read the article here. "Accountability can happen. We can hold men accountable when they abuse women, and we're going to do more of it," said Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández, who chairs the Democratic Women's Caucus. Read more »

Read the article here. The episode underscores how the DWC has asserted itself as a key enforcer of accountability in misconduct cases, pushing leadership and rank-and-file Democrats to act swiftly even when it involves their own. Their response mirrors the caucus’s broader focus on survivor advocacy, including its work around survivors of Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual violence, and signals… Read more »

Listen to the podcast here.  And quickly I'll add that Teresa Leger Fernández, the Chair of the Democratic Women's Caucus, was one of those voices saying, “I will vote to expel Swalwell,” given Gonzales also comes up for expulsion. If you have a leader of a caucus, an important and influential caucus like the DWC saying that, I think that shows substantial support.    Read more »

Read the article here. “This is not a partisan issue,” Jayapal said Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press," adding that it was important to send a message to staffers on Capitol Hill that their bosses cannot treat them in the ways Swalwell and Gonzales were alleged to have done. “Men in power rely on the silence of the women they have abused,” Fernández, who is chair of the Democratic… Read more »

A letter written by leaders of the Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC) outlines the group’s appropriations priorities for fiscal 2027, days after the White House unveiled its budget requests. The letter, sent Tuesday to House Appropriations Committee Chair Tom Cole (R-Okla.) and ranking member Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) and shared with The Hill, urges the panel to prioritize investments that… Read more »

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 »