Press Releases

**Watch here**On Tuesday, March 11, Democratic Women’s Caucus Chair Teresa Leger Fernández’s (NM-03) and Vice Chairs Emilia Sykes (OH-13) and Hillary Scholten (MI-03) joined Mika Brzezinski and Ali Vitali on Morning Joe to discuss Trump, Republicans’ and Elon Musk’s attacks on women and families, including Trump’s tariffs, Elon Musk’s… Read more »

Democratic Women’s Caucus Chair Teresa Leger Fernández (NM-03) released the below statement on Republicans’ government funding bill, which Republicans voted to pass off the House floor today. “Republicans’ disastrous funding bill is yet another attack on women and families. Our communities know that Musk is already destroying federal programs, cutting… Read more »

Please see here data compiled by the House Committee on the Budget about the ways that the Republican budget resolution will harm women and families in every community across America.  Read more »

Today, Saturday March 8, International Women’s Day, Democratic Women’s Caucus Chair Teresa Leger Fernández (NM-03) released the following statement: “International Women’s Day is traditionally a celebration of the world’s women and a day to recommit to advocating for women’s rights. Today, we’re engaged in an all out fight for our… Read more »

Democratic Women’s Caucus members led by Chair Teresa Leger Fernández (NM-03), Vice Chairs Emilia Sykes (OH-13) and Hillary Scholten (MI-03), and Policy Task Force Co-Chairs Deborah Ross (NC-02), and Sydney Kamlager-Dove, led 44 DWC members in a letter to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to demand that the workers the Trump administration fired from the Office… Read more »

**Livestream link HERE**TODAY, Tuesday, March 4, leaders from the Democratic Women’s Caucus, including Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (MA-05), DWC Chair Teresa Leger Fernández (NM-03), DWC Vice Chair Emilia Sykes (OH-13), DWC Vice Chair Hillary Scholten (MI-03), and DWC Policy Task Force Co-Chair Sydney Kamlager-Dove (CA-37) and Sarah Wroblewski, parent of Declan, a four year… Read more »

TODAY, Tuesday, March 4, the Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC) announced dozens of members will wear pink and focus on Trump’s betrayal of America’s women in favor of billionaires in their rebuttal to President Trump’s Joint Address tonight. Many members will also bring guests directly impacted by Trump and Republicans’ betrayal of women and… Read more »

Today, Friday February 28, Democratic Women’s Caucus Chair Teresa Leger Fernández (NM-03) joined an amicus brief led by Ranking Member of the House Financial Services Committee Maxine Waters (CA-43) in conjunction with House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (NY-08), Assistant Leader Joe Neguse (CO-02), Ranking Member of the Judiciary Committee Jamie Raskin (MD-08), and the… Read more »

Yesterday, Tuesday, February 25, Republicans passed a budget resolution with more than $880 billion in cuts to Medicaid that will destroy programs that support women and families. They are cutting health care and nutrition for women and children so that they can give $4.5 trillion in tax breaks to billionaire donors and big corporations. Democratic Women’s Caucus Chair… Read more »

Please see here data compiled by the House Committee on the Budget about the ways that the Republican budget resolution will harm women and families in every community across America.  Read more »