Safety & Freedom From Violence

The House on Tuesday approved a bill directing the Justice Department to release all files related to its investigation into the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, in a near-unanimous vote that was a stunning turn for an effort that Republicans had worked for months to kill. Read more »

Today, Thursday, July 24, the Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC), led by Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (CA-11), endorsed H.Res.581 the Epstein Files Transparency Act, to pursue accountability and justice for the victims of Jeffrey Epstein and his collaborators. As the first woman Speaker of the House, Speaker Emerita Pelosi led the fight for women and children, advocacy she… Read more »

The Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC) led by DWC Members Nanette Barragán (CA-44) and Veronica Escobar (TX-16), Policy Task Force Co-Chairs Sydney Kamlager-Dove (CA-37) and Deborah Ross (NC-02), and New Democrat Coalition Liaison Norma Torres (CA-35) sent a letter to the Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, Inspector General Joseph Cuffari, Comptroller General… Read more »

Democratic Women’s Caucus Chair Teresa Leger Fernández (NM-03) and Senator Mazie Hirono (D-HI) led two letters to the Department of Energy (DOE) condemning the administration’s attempt to rip away opportunities for women and girls through two direct final rules (DFRs). As the Members explain in their letter, the DOE is misusing the federal rulemaking process by hiding… Read more »

Today, Tuesday, June 17, Democratic Women’s Caucus Chair Teresa Leger Fernández (NM-03) released the following statement following the assassination of Minnesota Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman, the shooting of State Senator John Hoffman, and the news that dozens of Democratic Women’s Caucus members and other elected officials were on a target list created by… Read more »

Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC) member Gwen S. Moore (WI-04), DWC Senate Liaison Debbie Dingell (MI-06), and Gun Violence Prevention Task Force Chair Mike Thompson (CA-04) led 57 Members of Congress in a comment letter on an interim final rule (IFR) out of the Department of Justice that could restore gun rights to domestic abusers and individuals who harm women and children.… Read more »

CONTACT:  Lizzie Johnson, lizzie.johnson@mail.house.gov (DWC)  Yesterday, in Newark, New Jersey, masked ICE agents physically assaulted DWC members Bonnie Watson Coleman and LaMonica McIver as they waited to take a tour of Delaney Hall ICE Detention Facility with Rep. Rob Menendez and Mayor Ras Baraka. Democratic Women’s Caucus Chair Teresa Leger… Read more »

DWC Senate Liaison Debbie Dingell (MI-06) and DWC Member Gwen Moore (WI-04) led 34 Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC) members in criticizing the Trump administration’s constant attacks on survivors of domestic violence through their gun policies in a letter to Attorney General Pamela Bondi. Since day one, the administration has rolled back the resources and protections that keep… Read more »

Members said programs on chopping block are not waste, they’re lifelines for women and families.On Friday, February 7, leaders from the Democratic Women’s Caucus hosted a press conference to address the constant attacks on women and families by President Trump, Republicans, and Elon Musk since January 20. DWC Vice Chair Hillary Scholten (MI-03), Communications Task… Read more »

CONTACT:  Lizzie Johnson, lizzie.johnson@mail.house.gov (DWC)Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC) Chair Teresa Leger Fernández (NM-03) released the following statement calling out Republicans’ anti-women agenda, demonstrated by the bills and nominee they raised this week:  “Republicans have wasted no time putting their anti-women agenda on full… Read more »