Press Releases

CONTACT:  lizzie.johnson@mail.house.gov (DWC) April 3, 2025 Democratic Women’s Caucus Reproductive Health Care Task Force Chair & Liaison Judy Chu (CA-28), Reproductive Freedom Caucus Co-Chairs Diana DeGette (CO-01) & Ayanna Pressley (MA-07),  Democratic Women’s Caucus Chair Teresa Leger Fernández (NM-03), Reproductive Freedom Caucus Vice… Read more »

Today, Democratic Women’s Caucus Chair Teresa Leger Fernández (D-NM), Member Services Task Force Co-Chair Melanie Stansbury (D-NM), Representative Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), and Committee on Education & Workforce Ranking Member Bobby Scott (D-VA), led 236 colleagues in a letter to President Donald Trump in response to his unprecedented and unlawful… Read more »

Democratic Women’s Caucus members 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 (CA-37) led 49 of their colleagues in sending a letter to Speaker Mike Johnson expressing their grave concerns with the SAVE Act and demanding he does not to… 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 (CA-37) sent a letter to President Trump and Acting Commissioner of the Social Security Administration (SSA) Mr. Leland Dudek demanding that they reinstate… 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 (CA-37) sent a letter to President Trump demanding that he end his see-saw tariff policies that are raising costs for women and families. Tariffs, when used… Read more »

Today, Thursday March 20, Democratic Women’s Caucus Chair Teresa Leger Fernández (NM-03) released the below statement on the Trump Administration’s illegal Executive Order to dismantle the Department of Education: “Trump and Musk’s destruction of the Department of Education is a disaster for families and students across the country, from preschool… Read more »

**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 »