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July 22, 2026
After two Republican-sponsored anti-LGBTQI+ amendments were adopted to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027 and the bill was passed through the House, Congressional Equality Caucus Chair Rep. Mark Takano released the following statement:
July 22, 2026
After the GOP-controlled House Ways and Means Committee advanced H.R. 9722—a bill that would exempt religious nonprofits from longstanding requirements for 501(c)(3) organizations in order to empower them to discriminate—out of committee, Chair of the Congressional Equality Caucus Rep. Mark Takano released the following statement:
July 22, 2026
The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday rejected an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act that would have codified a ban transgender servicemembers in the military.
July 21, 2026
After the Republican-controlled House Education and Workforce Committee advanced two bills on Tuesday—H.R. 8781 and H.R. 4986—out of committee, Rep. Mark Takano, Chair of the Congressional Equality Caucus, released the following statement:
July 16, 2026
Kowtowing to the president in his ongoing anti-LGBTQ+ crusade, Republicans in the House of Representatives for a second year in a row stacked the State Department’s annual funding appropriation bill with multiple “poison pills” aimed at gay and trans people. The provisions have been denounced by Democrats.
July 15, 2026
After the House of Representatives passed H.R. 8595, the National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2027, which contained six anti-LGBTQI+ riders, Congressional Equality Caucus Chair Rep. Mark Takano released the following statement:
July 15, 2026
After the Republican-controlled House Judiciary Committee advanced H.R. 7651, a bill that would restrict parents’ rights to make the best medical decisions for their children by banning transgender-related healthcare for young people—while also bankrupting countless healthcare providers, Congressional Equality Caucus Chair Rep. Mark Takano released the following statement:
July 14, 2026
After the Trump Administration officially rescinded a Biden-era rule designed to provide meaningful access to safe and affirming placements for LGBTQI+ youth in foster care, Equality Caucus Chair Rep. Mark Takano (CA-39) and Co-Chair Rep. Angie Craig (MN-02) released the following statements:
June 30, 2026
Following the Supreme Court’s ruling in West Virginia v. BPJ and Little v. Hecox, Congressional Equality Caucus Chair Rep. Mark Takano released the following statement:
June 25, 2026
After the Republican-controlled Committee on Education and Workforce voted to advance H.R. 5505, the so-called “Equal Campus Access Act,” out of committee and adopted an anti-trans amendment to H.R. 2555, the “Freedom of Association in Higher Education Act of 2026,” Congressional Equality Caucus Chair Rep. Mark Takano released the following statement: