Today, Democratic Women’s Caucus Lois Frankel issued the following statement applauding President Biden’s executive order to strengthen access to contraception. The executive order directs a range of agencies to work to ensure women with private insurance have their contraception covered under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) protections, strengthens coverage of contraception… Read more »
***WATCH A RECORDING OF THE HEARING HERE***
This week, the Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC), held a shadow hearing, “The State of Child Care in America: Addressing the Looming Funding Cliffs for Women and Families,” chaired by Rep. Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01) and Rep. Rashida Tlaib (MI-12). Despite the steep impact the child care crisis and funding cliffs have on… Read more »
ICYMI, last week, Democratic Women’s Caucus members of the House Appropriations Committee spoke out and fought back against Republican efforts to attack reproductive rights via the annual appropriations bill.
During the hearings, DWC members spoke out against a harmful amendment to the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill, which… Read more »
Today, the lead sponsors of the Women’s Health Protection Act (WHPA) Rep. Judy Chu, Rep. Lois Frankel, Chair of the Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC), Rep. Ayanna Pressley, and Rep. Veronica Escobar released the following statements on the discharge petition filed by House Democrats. The discharge petition, which was filed this morning, would force a vote on WHPA—even… Read more »
Today, the Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC) Chair Lois Frankel, Vice Chairs Nikema Williams and Teresa Leger Fernández, and Policy Co-Chairs Ayanna Pressley and Kathy Manning made clear to House Armed Service Committee (HASC) leadership that they strongly oppose any efforts to attack reproductive health care in the NDAA—and the inclusion of any such provision could… Read more »
The Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC) sent a letter to House Agriculture Committee leadership laying out their 2023 Farm Bill priorities, and making clear the must-pass bill is an opportunity to tackle urgent issues facing women—including by expanding access to child care and maternal care in rural America, addressing high rates of intimate partner violence for rural women, and… Read more »
This week, the Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC) joined advocates and moms from the National Women’s Law Center, MomsRising, Community Change Action and Zero to Three to call on House Republicans to prevent a devastating default and stop holding the American economy hostage.
At the press conference, lawmakers and advocates made clear that the cuts House Republicans have… Read more »
As the nation marks Older Americans Month, the Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC) Chair Lois Frankel, and DWC members Reps. Rosa DeLauro, Gwen Moore, Suzanne Bonamici, Judy Chu, Sydney Kamlager-Dove, Madeleine Dean, and Betty McCollum joined the U.S. Department of Labor Women’s Bureau for a roundtable discussion on older women in today’s workforce and… Read more »
***PHOTOS OF THE EVENT CAN BE FOUND HERE***
Today, the Democratic Women’s Caucus hosted a reception with the crew of NASA’s Artemis II mission, which includes several notable milestones, including Christina Hammock Koch, who will be the first woman to travel to the moon, and Victor Glover who will be the first Black astronaut to travel to the moon.
At… Read more »
Today, the Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC) Chair Lois Frankel, DWC Policy Task Force Co-Chair Kathy Manning, DWC Member and Ranking Member of the Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health Anna Eshoo, and DWC Vice Chairs Nikema Williams and Teresa Leger Fernández sent a letter to AmerisourceBergen CEO Steven Collis urging him to provide the full list of states and… Read more »
