Democratic Caucus Chairs Sound Alarm on Depletion of Child Care Support

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CONTACT:    Lizzie Johnson, (202)-590-6073, lizzie.johnson@mail.house.gov (DWC) September 30, 2024 Today, Monday, September 30, the Chairs of the Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC), Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC), Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC), Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC), New Democrat Coalition,…

Democratic Womens Caucus Promotes Commitment to Americas Women

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CONTACT: Lizzie Johnson, (202)-590-6073, lizzie.johnson@mail.house.gov (DWC)  ***Watch the press conference here*** Today, Friday September 20, the Democratic Women’s Caucus of the United States Congress (DWC) announced its Commitment to America’s Women. The Commitment pledges a steadfast mission to enacting policies for women that restore and protect reproductive…

ICYMI: Democratic Womens Caucus Hosts Press Call Commemorating the First Ever Disabled Womens Equal Pay Day

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CONTACT:  Lizzie Johnson, (202)-590-6073, lizzie.johnson@mail.house.gov (DWC)  **Watch the press call here**  Wednesday, September 18, 2024, the Democratic Women’s Caucus hosted a press call commemorating the first ever Disabled Women’s Equal Pay Day. DWC Policy Co-Chair Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), Jocelyn Frye, President of the National Partnership for…

Democratic Womens Caucus Calls on Speaker Johnson to Rework Farm Bill, Protect Access to SNAP for Women and Children

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CONTACT: Lizzie Johnson, (202)-590-6073, lizzie.johnson@mail.house.gov (DWC)  Today, Tuesday, August 27, Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC) member Rep. Jahana Hayes (CT-05), Chair Lois Frankel (FL-22), Vice Chairs Teresa Leger Fernández (NM-03) and Nikema Williams (GA-05), and Policy Co-Chairs Kathy Manning (NC-06) and Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) led 65 of their DWC colleagues in a…

DWC Welcomes Jennifer Klein of the White House Gender Policy Council, Holds Discussion on the Biden-Harris Administrations Work to Advance Gender Equity and Equality

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CONTACT:   Lizzie Johnson, (202)-590-6073, lizzie.johnson@mail.house.gov (DWC)  On Wednesday, July 31, Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC) members, led by Rep. Judy Chu (CA-28), hosted Jennifer Klein, Assistant to the President and Director of the White House Gender Policy Council, for a discussion on the Biden-Harris Administration and the DWC’s work to advance…

Democratic Womens Caucus Calls for Congress to Close the Wage Gap on Black Womens Equal Pay Day

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Washington, D.C. – Today Democratic Women’s Caucus members Alma S. Adams, Ph.D. (NC-12) and Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12) and Chair Lois Frankel (FL-22) released the following statement after introducing a resolution recognizing Black Women’s Equal Pay Day, the day marking how long into 2024 a Black woman must work to make what the average white man was paid in 2023.