Press Releases
March 1, 2024
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the Congressional Equality Caucus released the following statement in response to the Department of Education’s letter to the Human Rights Campaign announcing it is opening an investigation into the Owasso Public Schools, where Nex Benedict attended school:
March 1, 2024
Today, Rep. Mark Pocan (WI-02), Chair of the Congressional Equality Caucus, released the following statement after receiving a written response from the Fellowship Foundation in which they were unwilling to denounce Uganda's Anti-Homosexuality Act:
February 12, 2024
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the Congressional Equality Caucus published its report, Obsessed: House Republicans’ Relentless Attacks Against the LGBTQI+ Community in 2023, and released the following statement:
January 30, 2024
WASHINGTON, DC — Today, Congressional Equality Caucus Chair Rep. Mark Pocan (WI-02) sent a letter to Katherine Crane, President of the Fellowship Foundation (also known as The Family), regarding the Foundation’s potential involvement in legislation abroad that imposes the death penalty for LGBTQI+ people, including the Ugandan Anti-Homosexuality Acts (AHA), and their involvement with both international and domestic anti-LGBTQI+ causes.
January 12, 2024
Today, the Congressional Equality Caucus (CEC) released the following statement supporting the Congressional Black Caucus’s (CBC’s) call for American business leaders to honor their commitments to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI):
December 13, 2023
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the Congressional Equality Caucus released the following statement on the one-year anniversary of President Biden signing the Respect for Marriage Act (H.R. 8404) into law.
November 20, 2023
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Representatives Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) and Sara Jacobs (CA-51), the Co-Chairs of the Congressional Equality Caucus’ Transgender Equality Task Force, and Senator Mazie Hirono (HI) announced the introduction of a resolution commemorating November 20, 2023, as Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR).
November 19, 2023
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the Congressional Equality Caucus released the following statement on the first anniversary of the Club Q shooting in Colorado Springs.
November 3, 2023
Today, the Congressional Equality Caucus released the following statement condemning House passage of H.R. 4821, the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024.
November 1, 2023
Today, as the House continues consideration of FY 2024 appropriations bills, 163 Members of Congress sent a letter to President Biden and Democratic leadership in the House and Senate urging them to reject any funding agreement that includes anti-LGBTQI+ provisions.