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April 14, 2025CONTACT:  Lizzie Johnson, lizzie.johnson@mail.house.gov (DWC)  Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC) members Ilhan Omar (MN-05) & Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01) and Servicewomen, Women Veterans, and Military Families Task Force Chair Chrissy Houlahan (PA-06) led 48 DWC members in a letter to U.S Department of Labor (DOL) Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer urging her… 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 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 »

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 »

**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, 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 »