Today, leaders of the Democratic Women’s Caucus joined a press call with the U.S. Department of Labor to discuss the release of a report by the department’s Women’s Bureau on how caring for family has long-term impacts on a woman’s lifetime earnings. DWC Communications Co-Chairs Reps. Shontel Brown and Gwen Moore and DWC Member Rep. Susan Wild, lead of the Child… Read more »
Today, the Chairs of the Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC), the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC), Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), and the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) sent a letter along with 6 Senators and 61 Members of Congress urging Senate Leadership and Senate HELP Committee Leadership to confirm Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su as the next… Read more »
Today, the Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC) endorsed the nomination of Julie Su to serve as Secretary of Labor and urged the Senate to confirm her without delay.
If confirmed, Su would be the first AAPI official—and first AAPI woman—to serve as a Cabinet Secretary in the Biden Administration. Of the 15 Secretary-level Cabinet members, currently only 5 of them are… Read more »
***WATCH A RECORDING OF THE HEARING HERE***
Yesterday, the Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC), DWC Chair Lois Frankel, Representatives Judy Chu, Lizzie Fletcher, and Barbara Lee held a shadow hearing, “Fighting for Bodily Autonomy: The State of a Post-Roe America,” to examine the impacts of the Supreme Court overturning Roe vs. Wade. Despite the vast, disastrous impacts… Read more »
***FIND A VIDEO OF THE MARCH TO THE SENATE HERE***
***FIND A VIDEO FROM CHAIR FRANKEL HERE***
Today, Democratic Women’s Caucus Chair Lois Frankel and ERA Caucus Co-Chairs Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley and Cori Bush led DWC and ERA Caucus members in marching to the Senate chamber to demand passage of S.J.Res. 4, a resolution to remove the arbitrary deadline for ratification… Read more »
Chair Frankel: “The Democratic Women’s Caucus refuses to play politics with women’s livelihoods, and we wholeheartedly oppose this disastrous bill.”
Today, the Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC) formally opposed House Republicans’ debt limit package which includes spending cuts to FY22 funding levels, blocks student loan relief, and includes… Read more »
Today, Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC) Chair Lois Frankel (FL-22) issued the following statement on House Republicans’ debt limit package which includes spending cuts to FY22 funding levels, blocks student loan relief, cuts climate credits from the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and includes unnecessarily stringent Medicaid work requirements.
“Let’s not mince… Read more »
Today, Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC) Chair Lois Frankel and DWC members spoke at the inaugural Care Workers Can’t Wait Summit, hosted by the National Domestic Workers Alliance, SEIU, AFL-CIO, AFT, AFSCME, Community Change, MomsRising, Care in Action, and the Care Can’t Wait coalition.
The lawmakers addressed an historic convening of workers from throughout the… Read more »
***WATCH A LIVE STREAM OF THE EVENT HERE***
Today, leaders from the Pro-Choice Caucus (PCC) and the Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC), joined by leaders from the Congressional Progressive Caucus, led a press conference on Democrats’ continuing fight to protect access to medication abortion.
In advance of the Supreme Court’s deadline at midnight—when their… Read more »
Today, the Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC) Chair Lois Frankel (FL-22) issued the following statement on President Biden’s executive order that includes sweeping directives to expand access to quality, affordable child care and long-term care—while supporting care workers and family caregivers.
The White House has called this executive order the “most… Read more »
