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Dem Women’s Caucus & Reproductive Freedom Caucus Urge HHS to Fund Title X Grants to Protect Critical Reproductive Care After Significant Delay

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WASHINGTON, DC – On Monday, March 16,  Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC) Whip Nikema Williams (GA-05), Reproductive Freedom Caucus (RFC) Vice Chair Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07), DWC Reproductive Health Care Task Force and Liaison Judy Chu (CA-28), and DWC & RFC members Sharice Davids (KS-03) and Dina Titus (NV-01) led 128 Members of the DWC and RFC in a letter to Department of Health…

Dem Women’s Caucus & Reproductive Freedom Caucus Condemn Trump Admin’s Attacks on Health Care in HHS Proposed Rule

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WASHINGTON, DC – Friday, March 13, Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC) Chair Teresa Leger Fernández (NM-03), DWC Vice Chair Hillary Scholten (MI-03), Reproductive Freedom Caucus (RFC) Co-Chairs Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) and Diana DeGette (CO-01), and RFC Vice Chairs Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) and Norma Torres (CA-35) sent a letter to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) illustrating…

Dem Members Press WNBA to Finalize CBA with Players Association as Season Nears

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WASHINGTON, DC – Saturday, March 7, 2026, DWC Chair Teresa Leger Fernández (NM-03), DWC Policy Co-Chair Sydney Kamlager-Dove (CA-37), DWC Member Lori Trahan (MA-03), DWC Member Angie Craig (MN-02), DWC Equality Caucus Liaison Julie Johnson (TX-32), and Rep. Greg Stanton (AZ-04), sent a follow up letter to the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) urging them to negotiate in good…

Democratic Women’s Caucus Demands Dept of Education Withdraw Rule that Threatens Support For Women Graduate Students

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WASHINGTON, DC – Tuesday, March 3, Democratic Women’s Caucus Vice Chair U.S. Representative Emilia Sykes (OH-13), led 24 members of the Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC) in a letter demanding Trump’s Department of Education revise a proposed rule that would disproportionately harm funding for women graduate students and worsen workforce shortages in critical professions. In a letter to…

DWC Members are United in Fight for a Better Future for Women; Stand with Epstein Survivors on State of the Union Day

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WASHINGTON, D.C. —Today, Tuesday, February 24, ahead of President’s State of the Union, the Members of the Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC) and their guests have highlighted how life in America today is not working for women, their families, or their communities, and how Trump and Republicans’ policies are making it even worse. Members and guests—including over a dozen Epstein…

Democratic Women’s Caucus Leaders Invite USA Women’s Hockey Team, Team USA Women to Capitol

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Monday, February 23, Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC) Chair Teresa Leger Fernández (NM-03) and DWC member Lori Trahan (MA-03) released the following statement after a viral video showed President Trump mocking the gold medal winning USA Women’s Hockey Team: “The women of Team USA inspired and awed us with their record-breaking performance at the Olympics,…

ICYMI: DWC Members & Workforce Experts Call Out Trump and Republicans’ Attacks on Working Women

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**Watch the discussion here** WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Wednesday, February 4, 2026, Members of the Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC) led by DWC New Member Liaison LaMonica McIver (NJ-10) and DWC member Ilhan Omar (MN-05) hosted experts on women workers for a discussion on how Trump and his administration have failed working women and their families. The panelists and DWC members discussed how…

Democratic Women’s Caucus Demands HHS Withdraw Rule that Undermines Child Care Access

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WASHINGTON, DC – Thursday, February 5, Democratic Women’s Caucus Caregiving Task Force Co-Chairs Debbie Dingell (MI-06), Brittany Pettersen (CO-07), and Lateefah Simon (CA-12), alongside DWC member Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01), led 23 members of the Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC) in a letter demanding Trump’s Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) reverse a proposed rule that will…

ICYMI: Democratic Caucuses Demand Noem's Firing Outside ICE HQ in Washington

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Washington, D.C. –TODAY, Tuesday, February 3, 2026, the Chairs of the Democratic Women's Caucus (DWC), Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC), Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC), the New Democrat Coalition (NDC), and the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) led over 50 Members of the House Democratic Caucus to call for the firing of…

Democratic Women’s Caucus Demands Office of the Inspector General Investigate DOJ’s Failure to Release the Epstein Files

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Thursday, January 29, 67 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 the Acting Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Don R. Berthiaume, demanding a thorough investigation into the release of the Epstein files in accordance with the…