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Committees and Caucuses

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

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.

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.

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. 

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.

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.

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 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. 

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.