WASHINGTON, D.C. — Chair of the Democratic Women’s Caucus Teresa Leger Fernández (NM-03) and Vice Chairs Emilia Sykes (OH-13) and Hillary Scholten (MI-03) released the following statement calling for the House Committee on Ethics to immediately investigate Representative Max Miller (OH-07) after reports of domestic violence and child abuse:
“The recent reports of domestic violence and… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Wednesday, July 15, Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC) Chairwoman Teresa Leger Fernandez (NM-03), Vice Chairs Hillary Scholten (MI-03) & Emilia Sykes (OH-13), and Policy Task Force Co-Chairs Deborah Ross (NC-02) & Sydney Kamlager-Dove (CA-37), submitted a public comment letter opposing a proposed rule that would alter how federal grants are administered. The… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Tuesday, July 14, Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC) members, led by the Committee on Agriculture Ranking Member & DWC member Angie Craig (MN-02) and Committee on Agriculture Vice Ranking Member & DWC Communications Task Force Co-Chair Shontel Brown (OH-11), called on the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to reverse its decision rejecting the nominations of four qualified women farmers to the United Soybean Board (USB). Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Thursday, July 2, 79 members of the Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC) and the Democratic Caucus, led by DWC Reproductive Healthcare Task Force Co-Chairs Kelly Morrison (MN-03) and Judy Chu (CA-28) sent a letter to Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, demanding the immediate reversal of the administration’s cancellation of 53 active Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program (TPP) grants, totaling to $68 million in funding Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. —Today, Tuesday, June 30, 40 members of the Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC), led by Policy Task Force Co-Chairs Deborah Ross (NC-02) and Sydney Kamlager-Dove (CA-37) sent a letter to President Trump, HHS Secretary Kennedy, and NIH Director Bhattacharya, expressing continued concern with the administration's failure to address cuts to women’s health research and restrictions on research grants that use terms such as “women” and “female.” Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. —Today, Wednesday, June 24, 2026, marks four years since Trump’s Supreme Court ruled on Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, overturning Roe v. Wade and stripping the right to abortion care from the American people. Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC) Chair Teresa Leger Fernández (NM-03) and Vice Chairs Emilia Sykes (OH-13) and Hillary Scholten (MI-03) issued the… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Wednesday, June 24, the Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC), led by Chair Teresa Leger Fernández (NM-03) and Policy Task Force Co-Chairs Deborah Ross (NC-02) and Sydney Kamlager-Dove (CA-37), released its Women’s Healthcare Legislative Slate. The second of a series of legislative packages corresponding to DWC’s Better Future Agenda, the Women’s Healthcare Slate is a… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Tuesday, June 23, 2026, 36 members of the Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC) led by DWC members Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01) and Adelita Grijalva (AZ-07) sent a letter to Department of Education Secretary Linda McMahon calling out the Department of Education’s failure to enforce Title IX protections for students who have been sexually harassed, sexual assaulted, and faced… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Thursday, June 11, 38 members of the Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC) led by DWC Caregiving Task Force Co-Chairs Debbie Dingell (MI-06), Brittany Pettersen (CO-07), and Lateefah Simon (CA-12), DWC Chair Teresa Leger Fernández (NM-03), and DWC member Kristen McDonald Rivet (MI-08) sent a letter to Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Tuesday, June 9, 2026 128 members of the Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC) and House Democratic Caucus led by DWC Executive Steering Committee Member Debbie Dingell (MI-06) with co-leads DWC Vice Chairs and House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Members Emilia Sykes (OH-13) and Hillary Scholten (MI-03) and DWC Chair Teresa Leger Fernandez (NM-03) sent… Read more »
