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June 30, 2026
CEC Chair Rep. Mark Takano: “We have already seen the harms of these categorical bans on all girls, and this ruling will continue those harms in all of the states that have enacted these categorical bans.”
June 25, 2026
CEC Chair Rep. Mark Takano: “Republicans are too obsessed with making life hell for minorities to care about improving education in America.”
June 22, 2026
68 Members of Congress: “We urge the FCC to abandon any efforts to seek to impose higher ratings on programs or content warnings because the program includes transgender characters or topics.”
June 12, 2026
In remembrance of the 49 lives taken at Pulse Nightclub, an LGBTQI+ club in Orlando, Florida, Rep. Mark Takano (CA-39), Chair of the Congressional Equality Caucus, released the following statement:
June 4, 2026
CEC Chair Rep. Mark Takano: “We’ve beat these riders before, and we’re going to do everything in our power to make sure we beat them again.”
June 3, 2026
Congressman Mark Takano of California, who serves as the chair of the Congressional Equality Caucus and who is gay, sharply criticized Ogles.
June 1, 2026
CEC Chair Rep. Mark Takano: “Pride Month is more than rainbows and parades, it is a protest—a demand for fairness, dignity, and equality under the law”
June 1, 2026
GOP hard-liners who promised voters they’d use their new majority in Washington to enact anti-trans legislation are increasingly frustrated their leaders don’t seem to share the same commitment.
May 21, 2026
Chair Takano: “Republicans in Congress are choosing to politicize an otherwise overwhelmingly bipartisan issue in order for the most extreme of their party to curry favor with Donald Trump, an anti-women’s rights and anti-equality extremist”
May 21, 2026
CEC Chair Rep. Mark Takano: “Censoring American history doesn’t change what happened—it dooms future generations to forget and potentially repeat the mistakes of the past.”