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Congresswoman Cherfilus-McCormick, Democratic Womens Caucus Leaders Send Letter to Republican Committee Chairs on Underrepresentation of Women Witnesses in the House

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. D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC) Chair for Diversity & Inclusion, along with DWC Chair Lois Frankel (D-FL) and Vice Chairs Teresa Leger Fernández (D-NM) and Nikema Williams (D-GA), pushed House Republican Committee Chairs to seek more women panelists and better prioritize gender parity among Committee…

Dem Womens Caucus Calls on Speaker McCarthy to Fund Child Care Before Looming Cliff on September 30th

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DWC Members: “Addressing this crisis should not be a partisan issue. Working parents are watching closely, and they do not want to see this looming child care crisis ignored.” Today, Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC) leaders Chair Lois Frankel, Vice Chairs Nikema Williams and Teresa Leger Fernández, Policy Chairs Ayanna Pressley and Kathy Manning, and…

Dem Womens Caucus and Dads Caucus Rally for Child Care Action

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***PHOTOS CAN BE FOUND HERE*** Today, the Democratic Women’s Caucus and the Dads Caucus held a press conference outside the Capitol urging Speaker Kevin McCarthy and House Republican leadership to act—including by holding a floor vote on the Child Care Stabilization Act—before the looming child care funding cliff on September 30th.   We are rapidly…

Dem Womens Caucus Requests Strategy Meeting with White House Officials on Child Care Funding Emergency

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Today, Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC) leaders Chair Lois Frankel, Vice Chairs Nikema Williams and Teresa Leger Fernandez, Policy Co-Chairs Ayanna Pressley and Kathy Manning, and Reps. Suzanne Bonamici and Sara Jacobs issued the following statement asking White House officials to strategize with them about the looming child care crisis with emergency child care funding set…

Democratic Womens Caucus Joins Department of Labor to Kick Off National Breastfeeding Month with PUMP Act Push

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The Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC) Communications Co-Chair Rep. Gwen Moore and DWC Member Rep. Val Hoyle, House lead of the AIR PUMP Act, hosted a press call to kick off National Breastfeeding Month (August) and International Breastfeeding Week (August 1-7) and highlight new workplace rights available to women because of the Providing Urgent Maternal Protections (PUMP) for…

Dem Womens Caucus Leadership Urges Speaker McCarthy to Reverse Course, Stop Partisan Attacks on Women in Appropriations Bills

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DWC Leaders: House Republicans’ Extreme Appropriations Bills “Betray Women Across the Country” Today, Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC) Chair Lois Frankel and Vice Chairs Nikema Williams and Teresa Leger Fernández issued the following statement urging House Republican leadership to reverse course and reject extreme attacks on women’s rights and…

Dem Womens Caucus Leadership Announces Opposition to House Republicans NDAA, Which Includes Attack on Abortion Access

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Today, Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC) Chair Lois Frankel, Vice Chairs Nikema Williams and Teresa Leger Fernández, and Chief Whip Lucy McBath announced their formal opposition to extreme House Republicans’ National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which includes a cruel, harmful amendment to roll back a Department of Defense (DoD) policy helping servicewomen travel to get the…

Dem Womens Caucus Statement on FDA Approval of Over-the-Counter Birth Control Pill

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First-Ever Approval of Over-The-Counter Oral Contraception to Help Millions, Save Lives Today, Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC) Chair Lois Frankel issued the following statement in response to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announcing the first-ever approval of an over-the-counter birth control pill. “The first-ever approval of an over-the-counter birth control pill is a…

Dem Womens Caucus Leaders on Dobbs Anniversary: Were Not Backing Down from the Fight to Protect Abortion Rights

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Today, Democratic Women’s Caucus Chair Lois Frankel and Vice Chairs Nikema Williams and Teresa Leger Fernández issued the following statements in advance of the anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Whole Women’s Health, which overturned Roe v. Wade and ripped away the constitutional right to abortion. Despite House Republicans’…