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After the House of Representatives passed a bill to prohibit Medicaid from covering the cost of medically-necessary healthcare for young transgender people, Congressional Equality Caucus Chair Rep. Mark Takano (CA-39) released the following statement:

After the House of Representatives passed Marjorie Taylor Greene’s bill to throw parents and doctors who provide lifesaving, medically-necessary healthcare to young trans people in prison, Congressional Equality Caucus Chair Rep. Mark Takano (CA-39) released the following statement:

Today, Rep. Mark Takano (CA-39), the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs and Chair of the Congressional Equality Caucus, voted against the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2026. He released the following statement explaining his position:

Today, Tuesday, November 25, Democratic Women’s Caucus Chair Teresa Leger Fernández (NM-03), Congressional Equality Caucus Chair Mark Takano (CA-39), Congressional Hispanic Caucus Chair Andriano Espaillat (NY-13), Congressional Black Caucus Chair Yvette D. Clarke (NY-09), and Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus Chair Grace Meng (NY-06) led 74 House Democrats in a letter to U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Chair Andrea Lucas, expressing urgent concern about her intent to rescind the EEOC’s Enforcement Guidance on Harassment in the Workplace. This comprehensive guidance, published in 2024, covers more than 75 instances of harassment for employers to reference, including examples involving survivors of gender-based violence and pregnant workers, in order to help foster a safe and inclusive workplace.

Today, Congressional Equality Caucus Chair Rep. Mark Takano (CA-39), Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus Chair Rep. Grace Meng (NY-06), House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Rep. Jamie Raskin (MD-08), Congressional Hispanic Caucus Chair Rep. Adriano Espaillat (NY-13), Democratic Women’s Caucus Chair Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández (NM-03), and Congressional Black Caucus Chair Rep. Yvette Clark (NY-09) led 105 Members of Congress in sending an oversight letter to Department of Justice regarding its work to prevent hate crimes and enforce hate crime laws.

U.S 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 Takano (CA-39), Chair of the Congressional Equality Caucus, announced the introduction of a resolution commemorating November 20, 2025, as Transgender Day of Remembrance.

On November 19, 2022, five innocent clubgoers were murdered at Club Q, an LGBTQI+ nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colorado. In remembrance of the victims of this terrible hate crime, Congressional Equality Caucus Chair Rep. Mark Takano (CA-39) released the following statement:

As Congress returns to normal business this week after the government shutdown, 213 Members of Congress—led by Equality Caucus Co-Chair Rep. Sarah McBride (DE-AL) and Chair Rep. Mark Takano (CA-39)—sent a letter to Speaker Mike Johnson condemning the rise in anti-transgender rhetoric from Members of Congress and urging the enforcement of the House’s rules of decorum. The letter signers represent the diversity of the Democratic caucus, including rank-and-file members, leadership—including Leader Hakeem Jeffries (NY-08), Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (MA-05), House Democratic Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar (CA-33)—every member of the Congressional Equality Caucus, and members of every major House Democrat ideological caucus.