{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://cherfilus-mccormick.house.gov/media/press-releases/congresswoman-sheila-cherfilus-mccormick-and-democratic-womens-caucus-leaders", "Congresswoman Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick and Democratic Women\u2019s Caucus Leaders Push Back Against Proposal to Eliminate DOL\u2019s Women\u2019s Bureau", "2023-11-08", "2023", "2023-11", "Democrat", "House", "FL", "Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick", "C001127", "cherfilus-mccormick.house.gov", "cherfilus-mccormick", "https://cherfilus-mccormick.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 Today, Congresswoman Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Democratic Women\u2019s Caucus (DWC) Chair for Diversity & Inclusion, along with DWC Chair Lois Frankel (D-FL) and Vice Chairs Teresa Leger Fern\u00e1ndez (D-NM) and Nikema Williams (D-GA), urged the House Appropriations Committee to reconsider House Republicans\u2019 proposal to eliminate the U.S. Department of Labor\u2019s Women\u2019s Bureau \u2014 the only federal agency mandated to represent the needs of working women.\n\n\u201cThe elimination of the Women\u2019s Bureau would be a tremendous setback for the more than 77 million working women across the country,\u201d said Congresswoman Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick. \u201cSince its inception, this agency has been at the forefront of ensuring that women have a real shot at the American Dream. These proposed funding cuts would deal a devastating blow to a growing sector of the U.S. workforce.\u201d\n\n\u201cRepublicans are on a quest to diminish women\u2019s economic independence,\u201d said DWC Chair Lois Frankel. \u201cTheir mission includes cruel restrictions on reproductive freedom, cutting child care assistance, and defunding the Department of Labor Women\u2019s Bureau whose goal is to advance employment opportunities for women.\u201d\n\n\u201cWe write today to urge you to restore funding for the Department of Labor\u2019s Women\u2019s Bureau in the House Fiscal Year 2024 (FY24) Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (LHHS) Appropriations Bill. The Women\u2019s Bureau has been creating access to better and safer jobs for women for the past century. However, the proposed House budget would eliminate the Women\u2019s Bureau completely, which would have a devastating impact on women and families across the country,\u201d wrote the Members.\n\n\u201cThere is no justification to eliminate the Women\u2019s Bureau. The termination of the Women\u2019s Bureau would strip the federal government of the only agency mandated by Congress to represent the needs and interests of working women. We urge you to reconsider this cut and restore funding for the Women\u2019s Bureau as the FY24 LHHS bill moves forward,\u201d added the Members.\n\n\u201cIf Congress defunds the Women\u2019s Bureau at the Department of Labor, it\u2019s another step backward toward equality,\u201d said National Organization for Women (NOW) National President Christian F. Nunes. \u201cSince 1920, this bureau has been the government\u2019s only resource that understands the true challenges working women face. The bureau\u2019s data around equal pay and childcare costs and its grant programs, not only educates but empowers working women. There is absolutely no reason for eliminating the Women\u2019s Bureau. NOW thanks Representatives Cherfilus-McCormick and Frankel for their leadership and implores the House Appropriations leadership not to deny support to more than 50 percent of the American workforce as they contribute their share to the U.S. economy.\u201d\n\n\u201cThe U.S. Department of Labor\u2019s Women\u2019s Bureau has played an essential role in improving the status of working women and moms throughout our history, and that work is especially important right now as women \u2013 and especially women of color and moms \u2013 face a devastating wage gap, a child care crisis, and harms caused by our failure to provide paid family and medical leave,\u201d said Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner, Executive Director and CEO, MomsRising. \u201cDefunding the Women\u2019s Bureau would send a chilling message to everyone who cares about women and our economy and would rob the country of a powerful advocate for workforce fairness and opportunity. We urge you to reconsider this cut and restore its funding.\u201d\n\n\u201cSlashing all funding for the Department of Labor\u2019s Women\u2019s Bureau would be devastating for all women, particularly women of color, and their families. As the only federal bureau with the sole mission of focusing on the interests of women in the workforce, its elimination could hurt women\u2019s labor force participation, and make it harder for women to have access to workplaces that are safe and free from discrimination,\u201d said Jocelyn Frye, President of the National Partnership for Women & Families. \u201cThe National Partnership for Women & Families is proud to stand with lawmakers urging House Appropriations leadership to demonstrate their commitment to women in the workplace and restore funding for the Women\u2019s Bureau immediately.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T01:01:09Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://cherfilus-mccormick.house.gov/media/press-releases/congresswoman-sheila-cherfilus-mccormick-and-democratic-womens-caucus-leaders"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.589501742273569, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}