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Also in attendance were Representative Jesus Garcia, Democrat of Illinois’ 4th District; Representative Greg Stanton, Democrat of Arizona’s 4th District; and Representative Sydney Kamlager-Dove, Democrat of California’s 37th District.
The Town Hall will feature special remarks from U.S. Congresswoman Kamlager Dove and U.S. Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib followed by a Social Justice Power Talk with National Council of Negro Women (NCNW) President and CEO Rev. Shavon Arline Bradley, Rainbow PUSH Past President Rev. Freddy Haynes III, NAACP Vice Chair Karen Boykin-Towns.
Congresswoman Sydney Kamlager-Dove, alongside 12 other members of Congress, sent a letter to President Joe Biden on Thursday, July 11, urging him to posthumously award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Rev. James Lawson.
U.S. Congresswomen Young Kim (CA-40) and Sydney Kamlager-Dove (CA-37) represented the United States Congress at the Parliament (P20) 1st Meeting of Women Parliamentarians in Maceió, Brazil from July 1-2, 2024. They were designated by House Speaker Mike Johnson (LA-04) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (NY-08).
Representatives Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, Chellie Pingree and Sydney Kamlager-Dove announce a new caucus aimed at limiting the impact of fast fashion.
Representative Sydney Kamlager-Dove, from the United States, was one of those who advocated for more women to be included in the debate on climate change, since there is little participation of them today. She also said that the political response to the environmental crisis must focus on marginalized groups, such as poor women and girls.
Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-Calif.) said firefighter pay increase from the infrastructure law has been an important hiring and retention tool for the Forest Service, but warned the agency still faces vacancies in fire-related positions and general staffing gaps in non-fire positions.
Republican U.S. Rep. Matt Rosendale wants to outlaw IVF, and two Los Angeles members of Congress aren’t having it.
Democratic U.S. Reps. Jimmy Gomez and Sydney Kamlager-Dove told Los Angeles magazine that Rosendale’s stance is “disgusting” and that Republicans “will stop at nothing to control women.”
For the first time ever, the United States government will have a caucus focused solely on fashion.
The caucus, led by Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-Maine), will focus on encouraging the apparel industry to re-use, repair, and recycle textiles. The group is concerned about the lack of recycling infrastructure for clothing and aims to promote the use of more sustainable fibers like hemp and wool. Pingree founded the caucus along with Reps.