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Secretary of Labor Nominee Lori Chavez-DeRemer Says Her “Guiding Principle Will be President Trump’s Guiding Principle”

(Washington, D.C. Feb. 19, 2025)  Today, the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee held a hearing regarding the nomination of Lori Chavez-DeRemer to lead the Department of Labor. The following is a statement...

NWLC Calls Out Providence Hospital for Trying to Escape Responsibility for Violating California Emergency Abortion Care Laws

Feb. 14, 2025  — Providence St. Joseph Hospital’s attempt to evade responsibility for how it harmed Dr. Anna Nusslock, DC, when she was denied emergency abortion care last year will be the subject of a...

Linda McMahon’s Hearing Confirms Disastrous and Dangerous Vision for Students

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Feb. 13) — Linda McMahon’s testimony today before a Senate panel confirmed what a completely unqualified and dangerous choice she is to serve as the Secretary of Education. Fatima Goss Graves, president and...

NWLC Statement on Confirmation of RFK Jr. to Lead HHS 

Washington, DC (Feb. 13) – The Senate today confirmed Robert F. Kennedy to lead the Department of Health and Human Services.  During his confirmation process, the National Women’s Law Center led efforts with 57 other...

NWLC Responds to Senate GOP Plan to Gut Family Programs

Washington, DC (Feb. 7) –  Senate Republicans today released their budget resolution, advancing Donald Trump’s policy agenda, to continue unprecedented attacks on immigrant families and pave the way to  provide billionaires and mega-corporations with even...

NWLC Statement on Russell Vought’s Confirmation to Lead Office of Management and Budget

Washington, DC – The Senate tonight voted along party lines to confirm Russell Vought as director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Fatima Goss Graves, president and CEO of the National Women’s Law...

NWLC, Public Citizen, & More Than 110 Organizations Call for Investigation of Elon Musk’s Lawless Government Takeover

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) and Public Citizen, along with more than 110 organizations, called on Congress today to swiftly investigate Elon Musk and the lawless takeover of the federal government by...

The Shocking Cost of Infant Care in Every State

Washington, D.C. – The National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) released a new analysis revealing that a family must make more than $180,000 per year to reasonably afford the national cost of infant child care. The federal...

NWLC Slams Trump’s Anti-Trans Order as Sexist Bullying That Harms All Students

WASHINGTON, DC (Feb. 5) - President Trump signed an executive order today, National Girls and Women in Sports Day, wanting to ban trans athletes from participating in school sports. Fatima Goss Graves, president and CEO...

NWLC Statement on Confirmation of Pam Bondi for Attorney General

Washington, DC — Following the Senate’s confirmation of Pam Bondi as Attorney General, Fatima Goss Graves, president and CEO at the National Women’s Law Center, issued the following statement: “Pam Bondi’s confirmation is a grave...

NWLC Sounds Alarm as Head Start Programs Face Payment Delays After Trump’s Funding Freeze

Washington, DC – Some parents are unable to send their children to preschool as Head Start programs nationwide are reporting that they are unable to access critical federal funds — one week after Donald Trump’s...

NWLC Reacts to Senate Advancing RFK Jr. Nomination

WASHINGTON D.C. (Feb. 4) -- Today, the Senate Finance Committee voted to advance Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s nomination to lead the Department of Health and Human Services.   In response, Fatima Goss Graves, president and CEO...

NWLC Reacts to Trump Executive Orders Attacking Public Education

WASHINGTON, DC (Jan. 29) — President Trump signed two executive orders today attacking public education. One of the orders would ban federal funds from being used to teach so-called “discriminatory equity ideology,” and instead distort...

RFK Jr.’s Hearing Confirms He Is Wholly Unfit to Lead HHS and a Grave Threat to Reproductive Health

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Jan. 29) – Today, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s testimony before a Senate committee further reinforced widespread concerns he is wholly unfit to be Secretary of Health and Human Services, the department responsible for...

NWLC Responds to Trump’s Reversal of Unconstitutional OMB Memo

Washington, DC – The Trump administration rescinded an Office of Management and Budget (OMB) memo purporting to halt all federally supported loan and grant programs. This reversal came after immediate public backlash and confusion over the...

Trump’s Attack on Health Care for Trans Youth is Abhorrent

WASHINGTON, DC (Jan. 28) — The Trump administration announced a sweeping and cruel executive order tonight that seeks to prevent transgender youth under the age of 19 from accessing basic health care, with likely impacts...

NWLC Responds to the Firing of Commissioners at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)

WASHINGTON, D.C.  (Jan. 28) — Once again, President Trump has betrayed working people, lawlessly firing Jocelyn Samuels and Charlotte Burrows, commissioners at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). These commissioners, who by statute include representatives...

Coalition Condemns District Court’s Decision to Rescind Strong Title IX Protections for Pregnant and Parenting Students

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Jan. 28) - Today, a coalition of advocacy organizations condemned a district court ruling in the Eastern District of Kentucky that rejected the Title IX rule finalized by the Biden administration that provided...

NWLC Responds to Trump’s Authoritarian Move to Pause Federal Spending

Washington, D.C. – Last night, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released a memo purporting to halt all federally supported loan and grant programs. Since its release last night, the memo has created chaos,...

NWLC Condemns Push to Ban Trans Service Members and Diversity and Inclusion Efforts in the Military

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Jan. 28) - President Trump signed executive orders last night that seek to restrict transgender service members and eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives from the military. This follows the confirmation of Defense...