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Read the article here. Scholten, vice chair of the Democratic Women's Caucus, said the group was preparing a letter to send to Trump on Day One to request a meeting to find ways to work together after Trump in his campaign claimed he was a champion of women and women's rights. Read more »

I am the Chair of the Democratic Women’s Caucus. We are 96 women strong this year and we’re going to make sure that we call Trump out when his policies hurt American women, including immigrant women, and that’s what his policies we do. If he deports everybody he says he wants to deport, who is going to be caring for our children? Who is going to be caring for our elderly? Many immigrant… 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 »

Watch video here. We’re going to welcome Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernandez of New Mexico to the show, she’s also the Chair of the Democratic Women’s Caucus. Thanks for joining us, Hi Anna, thanks for having me, and thank you for covering this in depth. I know it's something that is very hard to deal with as someone who saw 341,000 acres of my own hometown go up in flames a while… Read more »

CONTACT:    Lizzie Johnson, lizzie.johnson@mail.house.gov (DWC)Today, Thursday, January 9, Americans across the country honored President Carter’s life and legacy through a national day of mourning and at his state funeral in Washington, D.C. After attending the funeral, Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC) Chair Teresa Leger Fernández (NM-03) released… Read more »

CONTACT:  Lizzie Johnson, (202)-590-6073, lizzie.johnson@mail.house.gov (DWC)Today, Friday January 3, the Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC) celebrated its largest membership ever, 96 Democratic women strong, following the swearing in of the 119th Congress. In December, DWC members elected Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández (NM-03) to serve as  DWC Chair and Rep. Emilia Sykes… Read more »

CONTACT:    Lizzie Johnson, (202)-590-6073, lizzie.johnson@mail.house.gov (DWC)Today, Friday, January 3, Democratic Women’s Caucus Chair Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández (NM-03) released the following statement on Republicans’ proposed rules package for the 119th Congress. “It's disappointing, though not surprising, that Republicans’… Read more »