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December 11, 2024
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:
December 10, 2024
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:
December 4, 2024
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:
November 20, 2024
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:
November 20, 2024
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:
November 20, 2024
Congressional Democrats observed Transgender Day of Remembrance on Wednesday by introducing a resolution honoring the lives of transgender people lost to violence and pledging to combat the systemic issues fueling the crisis. Led by Washington Rep. Pramila Jayapal, California Rep. Sara Jacobs, Hawaii Sen. Mazie Hirono, and Wisconsin Rep. Mark Pocan, the resolution reflects growing concern over escalating anti-transgender rhetoric and violence, particularly against Black and Latine transgender women.
November 20, 2024
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).
November 19, 2024
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:
November 13, 2024
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:
November 12, 2024
In advance of the December deadline to finish FY25 appropriations, 146 Members of Congress sent a letter to President Biden and Democratic leadership in the House & Senate urging them to reject any attempts to include anti-LGBTQI+ provisions in any final FY25 government funding agreements.