Committees and Caucuses

Committee Hearing

Congresswoman Brown speaks at a Committee hearing.

Committees

House Agriculture Committee

House Committee on Oversight and Accountability

Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party

 

Congressional Caucuses and Task Forces

 

House Democratic Caucus

  • Congresswoman Brown is a member of the House Democratic Caucus, which is led by Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries. The Democratic Caucus works with every Democratic member of the House of Representatives to help achieve consensus, bring their ideas and work to the forefront and ensure members have the tools they need to implement their goals.  It is the only subgroup within the House of which every Democrat is a Member.

Congressional Black Caucus

  • The Congressional Black Caucus is an organization representing the African American members of the United States Congress. Its role is to positively influence the course of events pertinent to African-Americans and others of similar experience and situation and achieve greater equity for persons of African descent in the design and content of domestic and international programs and services. Since its establishment in 1971, the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) has been committed to using the full Constitutional power, statutory authority, and financial resources of the federal government to ensure that African Americans and other marginalized communities in the United States have the opportunity to achieve the American Dream. 

New Democrat Coalition

  • The New Democrat Coalition is made up of 97 forward-thinking Democrats who are committed to pro-economic growth, pro-innovation, and fiscally responsible policies. New Democrats are a solutions-oriented coalition seeking to bridge the gap between left and right by challenging outmoded partisan approaches to governing. Within the New Democrat Coalition, Congresswoman Brown is a member of the Farm Bill Task Force, which is focused on advancing Coalition priorities in the Farm Bill. 

Congressional Progressive Caucus

  • The Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) is made up of nearly 100 members standing up for progressive ideals in Washington and throughout the country. Since 1991, the CPC has advocated for progressive policies that prioritize working Americans over corporate interests, fight economic and social inequality, and advance civil liberties. Within the Progressive Caucus, Congresswoman Brown is a member of the CPC's Education, Labor, and Small Business Task Force.  

Congressional Rock and Roll Caucus

  • Congresswoman Brown is the Chair of the Congressional Rock and Roll Caucus, a bipartisan caucus co-led by Congressman David Joyce (R-OH-14), Congressman Bennie Thompson (D-MS-02), Congresswoman Jenniffer González-Colón (R-PR-AL) Congressman Shri Thanedar (D-MI-13), and Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY-11).  The Rock and Roll Caucus aims to celebrate the substantial contributions music has had on our nation and those that it has yet to make. The Caucus highlights the importance of cultural organizations across the United States, like Cleveland’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, that further the positive impacts of music, bring communities together, and support art and music education.

Democratic Women’s Caucus

  • The Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC) is composed of all the Democratic women in the House of Representatives. The DWC is dedicated to the advancement of full equal rights, economic opportunity, improved health and safety, and elimination of laws and policies with discriminatory or disparate impacts for women and girls, and works to achieve these goals through legislation, advocacy, and educational efforts. Congresswoman Brown serves as Co-Chair of the DWC's Communications Task Force, highlighting the key issues facing women and the legislative agenda of the DWC. 

Bipartisan Women's Caucus (formerly the Congressional Caucus for Women's Issues)

  • The Bipartisan Women's Caucus is dedicated to addressing the most pressing issues affecting women across the United States, including financial security, health care access, and supporting women in uniform. The Caucus is four decades old and holds roundtable discussions, informational briefings, and supports legislative efforts. 

Pro-Choice Caucus

  • The Pro-Choice Caucus is a coalition of members of the U.S. House of Representatives who are working to preserve, protect and advance policies that ensure reproductive autonomy for all people. The caucus serves as the first line of defense against anti-abortion legislation, while also advancing a proactive vision of affordable, accessible reproductive health care for all. 

Equality Caucus

  • In the 118th Congress, ten openly LGBTQI+ members of the United States House of Representatives help lead the Congressional Equality Caucus—one as Chair and nine as Co-Chairs. The Equality Caucus Chair and Co-Chairs work together to set the Caucus’ agenda for Congress and fulfill the Caucus’ mission to promote equality for all people regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity, or sex characteristics, including intersex traits.

Black Maternal Health Caucus

  • The Black Maternal Health Caucus is organized around the goals of elevating the Black maternal health crisis within Congress and advancing policy solutions to improve maternal health outcomes and end disparities.

Congressional America250 Caucus

  • The Congressional America250 Caucus is a bipartisan caucus dedicated to planning congressional activities around the 250th anniversary of the founding of our nation, culminating in 2026. 

House Bipartisan Task Force For Combating Antisemitism

  • First established in the 1990s as the Congressional Task Force Against Anti-Semitism and relaunched in the 114th Congress, the House Bipartisan Task Force for Combating Antisemitism ensures that Congress plays a leading role in the fight against antisemitism and protecting the Jewish community against rising threats.

Congressional Caucus on Black-Jewish Relations

  • The purpose of the Caucus on Black-Jewish Relations is to bring together elected leaders from the Black and Jewish communities in a bipartisan fashion to strengthen Black-Jewish relations, bolster mutual understanding, and combat antisemitism and racism.

Congressional Diabetes Caucus

Congressional Caucus on Foster Youth

  • The Caucus provides a forum for Members to discuss the challenges facing all foster youth and work together to develop policy recommendations for improving child welfare outcomes. 

Great Lakes Task Force

  • The House and Senate Great Lakes Task Forces are bipartisan working groups within the Northeast-Midwest Congressional and Senate Coalitions that cooperate to enhance the economic and environmental health of the Great Lakes. Founded in the mid-1980s, the Great Lakes Task Forces work together to advocate for policies and programs that enhance our unique natural resource—the Great Lakes. 

Gun Violence Prevention Taskforce

  • The Gun Violence Prevention Task Force was created in the wake of the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School and works to find commonsense solutions to the ongoing gun violence epidemic. The Task Force leads the effort in the House to devise, develop, and debate legislation to reduce and halt gun violence.

Congressional Heartland Caucus

  • The Heartland Caucus aims to lift the voices of America’s heartland on critical issues, such as manufacturing, labor, the Great Lakes, energy and environment, agriculture, racial equity, rural health care, trade, broadband, and infrastructure.

House Hunger Caucus

  • The House Hunger Caucus is a bipartisan forum for Members and staff to discuss, advance, and engage in the House's work on national and international hunger and food insecurity issues. 

Congressional Labor Caucus

  • The Congressional Labor Caucus advances the needs of working people, unions, and the labor movement in Congress.

Congressional Native American Caucus

  • The Congressional Native American Caucus is a bipartisan coalition of lawmakers that work to advance our nation-to-nation relationships with tribal governments and uphold our federal trust responsibilities to Native Americans through the legislative process. The Caucus works on a bipartisan basis to meet our nation’s moral and legal commitments to American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians across a broad range of policy areas, including but not limited to health, safety, housing, education, economic development, and cultural preservation.