On Thursday, Congresswoman Jackie Speier (CA-14), Co-Chair of the Democratic Women’s Caucus, and Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (NY-12), Chairwoman of the Oversight and Reform Committee, unveiled a resolution recognizing that the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) has met all legal requirements to be recognized as the 28th Amendment to the Constitution. …
Read More »Congresswoman Jackie Speier Will Not Seek Re-Election
Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA) announced on Tuesday that she would not run for re-election, a decision that ends the congressional career of one of the House’s leading women’s rights champions. “It’s time for me to come home. Time for me to be more than a weekend wife, mother and friend,” …
Read More »Democratic Women’s Caucus Introduce Equal Pay Bill for National Teams
Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Patty Murray (D-Wash.) and House Democratic Women’s Caucus co-Chairs Jackie Speier (D-Calif.), Brenda Lawrence (D-Mich.) and Lois Frankel (D-Fla.) and Vice Chairs Veronica Escobar (D-Texas) and Sylvia Garcia (D-Texas), introduced the Even Playing Field Act to ensure equal pay, investment and working conditions for U.S national …
Read More »Democrats Introduce Legislation To Honor Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Democratic Women’s Caucus Co-Chairs Congresswomen Jackie Speier (CA-14), Lois Frankel (FL-21), and Brenda Lawrence (MI-14), and Vice Chair Congresswoman Veronica Escobar (TX-16), were joined by Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (IL-08) to celebrate the start of Women’s History Month by introducing a bill to honor the legacy of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. …
Read More »Congresswoman Calls On President Biden To Issue Executive Order To Identify White Supremacy As A “Critical Threat”
In a letter addressed to President Joe Biden, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, and Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines, Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA) has called on the 46th President of the United States to authorize an “executive order identifying white supremacy and violent extremism as a critical threat.” In doing so, …
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