Press Releases

Today, Congressional Equality Caucus Chair Rep. Mark Takano (CA-39), Ranking Member of the House Committee on the Judiciary Rep. Jamie Raskin (MD-08), and Ranking Member of the House Oversight Committee Rep. Gerald E. Connolly (VA-11) sent a letter to Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Acting Director Charles Ezell, calling on OPM to halt implementation of the anti-trans Executive Order 14168, including by rescinding a January 29, 2025 memorandum on how to carry out the Order:

Today, Rep. Mark Takano (CA-39), Chair of the Congressional Equality Caucus, released the following statement in response to the Trump Administration’s censorship of transgender-inclusive and other LGBTQI+ resources across the federal government:

Today, Congressional Equality Caucus Chair Rep. Mark Takano (CA-39) made the following statement after President Trump issued an Executive Order targeting LGBTQI+ education and students:

Today, Equality Caucus Chair Rep. Mark Takano (CA-39) made the following statement after President Trump issued an Executive Order to target medically necessary health care for transgender individuals under 19 years of age:

Today, Congressional Equality Caucus Chair Rep. Mark Takano (CA-39) released the following statement after President Trump issued an Executive Order that would effectively ban transgender people from serving in the United States military:

Today, Congressional Equality Caucus Chair Rep. Mark Takano (CA-39) released the following statement after President Trump issued several anti-LGBTQI+ Executive Orders on his first day back in office:

Today, Rep. Mark Takano (CA-39), Chair of the Congressional Equality Caucus, released the following statement after House Republicans passed H.R. 28, a federal ban on transgender girls from participating in school sports—one of the first bills to pass the House in the 119th Congress.

Today, the Congressional Equality Caucus announced that the following members will serve as Co-Chairs of the caucus in the 119th Congress: Representatives Mark Pocan (WI-02), Angie Craig (MN-02), Sharice L. Davids (KS-03), Chris Pappas (NH-01), Ritchie Torres (NY-15), Becca Balint (VT-AL), Robert Garcia (CA-42), Eric Sorensen (IL-17), Julie Johnson (TX-32), Sarah McBride (DE-AL), and Emily Randall (WA-06). The CEC previously announced that Representative Mark Takano (CA-39) as Chair for this Congress.