HuffPost: What Happens To The Women ICE Detains?

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Read the article here. “Your disregard for women’s health and safety is not just a one time instance, the abuse and neglect are part of a larger, systemic failure to treat women with dignity, compassion, and basic medical care.” - A letter from the Democratic Women's Caucus to Trump immigration officials

USA Today: The Excerpt Podcast

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Listen to the segment here. “It actually has been an effort that's been ongoing for years and years, but they've always renewed it and this time a bipartisan group of women from the Democratic Women's Caucus and the Republican Women's Caucus are actually urging one of the House committees to put some money behind it to actually fund the project.”

Democratic Womens Caucus Endorses Resolution to Release Epstein Files; Demands Justice for Victims

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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…

Democratic Womens Caucus Members Push for Explicit Title IX Protections for Women Athletes in Name, Image, Likeness Bill SCORE Act

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Today, Tuesday, July 22, Democratic Women’s Caucus Chair Teresa Leger Fernández (NM-03), Democratic Women’s Caucus Member Lori Trahan (MA-03), and Democratic Women’s Caucus Policy Co-Chairs Deborah Ross (NC-02) and Sydney Kamlager-Dove (CA-37) led 21 Democratic Women’s Caucus Members in a letter to House Committee on Energy and Commerce Chairman Brett…

Bipartisan Group of Congresswomen Call for Funding of Long-Awaited Smithsonian American Womens History Museum

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Monday July 21, Democratic Women’s Caucus Chair Teresa Leger Fernández (NM-03), Republican Women’s Caucus Chair Kat Cammack (FL-03), Democratic Women’s Caucus Vice Chairs Emilia Strong Sykes (OH-13) and Hillary J. Scholten (MI-03), Republican Women’s Caucus Member Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11), Democratic Women’s Caucus Reproductive Health Care Task Force…

Politico: Democratic Women’s Caucus Demands Probe of Treatment of Women in ICE Detention

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Read article here. Must Reads…Democratic Women’s Caucus Demands Probe of Treatment of Women in ICE Detention by Rebecca Beitsch for The Hill: “The Democratic Women’s Caucus is demanding an investigation into the treatment of women in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody, accusing the Trump administration of ‘medical neglect’ in cases that include the loss of one…