Press Releases
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 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”
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.”
May 20, 2026
CEC Chair Rep. Mark Takano: “Republicans claim to be the party of small government, but they have no problem bringing the full force of the federal government down against children.”
May 20, 2026
On May 20, 2026, CEC Chair Rep. Mark Takano spoke on the floor of the House against H.R. 2616. Below are his remarks as delivered:
May 20, 2026
In celebration of the life, work, and memory of former Congressman Barney Frank, the first member of Congress to voluntarily come out as gay and co-founder of the Congressional Equality Caucus (CEC), CEC Chair Rep. Mark Takano released the following statement:
April 30, 2026
Radical, unprecedented Trump Administration policies effectively ban ALL foreign assistance funding unless recipients conform to anti-abortion, anti-DEI, anti-trans policies.
March 31, 2026
Following the Supreme Court’s ruling in Chiles v. Salazar, a case on the constitutionality of Colorado’s ban on licensed mental health professionals engaging in conversion therapy for minors, Congressional Equality Caucus Chair Rep. Mark Takano released the following statement: