Press Releases

**Watch the hearing here ** Yesterday, House Democratic Leadership, the House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee, and the Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC) held a hearing on the urgent need to strengthen America’s care economy and extend life-saving health care tax credits that help millions of women and families afford rising health and caregiving costs.  At the hearing,… Read more »

**Watch a video about the hearing here ** Raleigh, N.C — On Friday, October 24, DWC Policy Task Force Co-Chair Deborah Ross (NC-02) hosted the first-ever Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC) Field Hearing. Joined by DWC Chairwoman Teresa Leger Fernández (NM-03) and local experts in the field, the panelists discussed the Trump administration’s unprecedented cuts to the… Read more »

This week, Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC) members continued to fight for affordable health care and the services you need to thrive. Families across the country are continuing to receive notices of health care premiums that have doubled or tripled because Republicans have failed to extend the Affordable Care Act (ACA) premium tax credits. This is placing an especially significant… Read more »

On Monday, October 20, 54 Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC) members, led by Chair Teresa Leger Fernández (NM-03) and Vice Chairs Emilia Sykes (OH-13) and Hillary Scholten (MI-03), sent Speaker of the House Mike Johnson a letter demanding he bring Republicans to the negotiating table to end the government shutdown. If Congress doesn’t reach a bipartisan agreement, women and families will… Read more »

This week, Republicans were still on vacation while Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC) members were fighting for affordable health care for you. It is past time for Speaker Johnson to call the House back into session so Congress can address the Republican health care crisis, swear-in Rep.-Elect Adelita Grijalva, and reopen the government. Here’s what DWC members did this… Read more »

This week, House Armed Services Committee Subcommittee on Military Personnel Ranking Member Chrissy Houlahan (PA-06) and DWC member Maggie Goodlander (NH-02), both veterans, led 92 Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC) members and House Democrats in a letter to Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth expressing deep alarm at his recent remarks and actions targeting women in the military.… Read more »

This week, women across the country received notices with massive premium increases because of the Republican health care crisis. In many cases, premiums are doubling for women and working families. While Republicans are on day 20 of their vacation,  Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC) members are fighting for affordable health care for women and girls all across the country  at… Read more »

Today, Friday, October 10, Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC) Chair Teresa Leger Fernández (NM-03), released the below statement in response to a letter sent from the House Republican Women’s Caucus (RWC) to Democratic women Senators. In their letter RWC members asked that the Democratic Women Senators support the very same programs that the House Republican women had voted… Read more »

On Monday, October 6, 2025, Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC) Chair Teresa Leger Fernández (NM-03) joined Heather Cox Richardson’s “American Conversations” series for a conversation on the Trump administration’s attacks on women and families, and the Democratic Women’s Caucus’ leadership in fighting back and holding the President accountable. Throughout the conversation, Chair Leger… Read more »

Donald Trump and Republicans are more interested in inflicting pain on the American people than lowering health care costs—and they are pressuring Democrats to cave to their partisan spending bill. Because Republicans refused to negotiate a bipartisan deal, the government shut down on October 1st at 12:00 AM ET. Democrats want to quickly reopen the government while addressing the… Read more »