Press Releases

Today, Rep. Mark Pocan (WI-02), Chair of the Congressional Equality Caucus, released the following statement after the House passed the Fiscal Year 2025 National Defense Authorization Act, which contains a ban on medically-necessary care for servicemembers’ transgender dependents:

Today, Rep. Mark Pocan (WI-02), Chair of the Congressional Equality Caucus, released the following statement after the House adopted the rule to consider the Fiscal Year 2025 National Defense Authorization Act, which contains a ban on medically-necessary care for servicemembers’ transgender dependents:

Today, Rep. Mark Pocan (WI-02), Chair of the Congressional Equality Caucus released the following statement ahead of the Supreme Court hearing oral arguments in US v. Skrmetti, a challenge brought against Tennessee’s ban on medically necessary healthcare for young transgender people:

Today, Rep. Mark Pocan (WI-02), Chair of the Congressional Equality Caucus, released the following statement after the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability voted to advance H.R. 8706, the Dismantle DEI Act, out of committee:

Today, Rep. Mark Pocan (WI-02), Chair of the Congressional Equality Caucus, released the following statement after Speaker Johnson announced that transgender people would be banned from using the bathrooms in the Capitol complex that reflect their gender identity:

Today, Representatives Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) and Sara Jacobs (CA-51), the Co-Chairs of the Congressional Equality Caucus’ Transgender Equality Task Force, Senator Mazie Hirono (D-HI), and Representative Mark Pocan (WI-02), Chair of the Congressional Equality Caucus, announced the introduction of a resolution commemorating November 20, 2024, as Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR).

Today, Rep. Mark Pocan (WI-02), Chair of the Congressional Equality Caucus, released the following statement in memory of the victims of the Club Q shooting in Colorado Springs, Colorado:

Following the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights announcement that they had reached a resolution in their Title IX Sexual Harassment Investigation of Owasso Public Schools in Oklahoma, Rep. Mark Pocan (WI-02), Chair of the Congressional Equality Caucus, released the following statement: