Press Releases

CPC Calls on National Labor Relations Board to Withdraw Anti-Worker Proposed Rule on Joint Employer Status

January 11, 2019

Congressional Progressive Caucus Co-Chairs Mark Pocan (WI-02) and Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) led 48 House Democrats in writing to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), calling for the agency to withdraw "The Standard for Determining Joint Employer Status" proposed rule, which would overturn the Obama-era Browning-Ferris standard of joint-employment. This new pro-corporate rule would undermine workers' rights to collectively bargain with their true employer while exempting corporations from their legal obligations to their employees.

CPC: We Cannot Turn a Blind Eye to Massive Pentagon Waste

November 19, 2018

Following news that the Pentagon failed its first ever agency-wide audit, Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva, Rep. Mark Pocan, and Rep. Barbara Lee said it is past time to end the culture of waste, fraud and abuse at the Pentagon and to have real transparency on how this funding is being spent.

CPC Statement Demanding Removal of CFPB Fair Lending Chief

October 10, 2018

U.S. Representatives Mark Pocan (WI-02) and Raúl M. Grijalva (AZ-03), Co-Chairs of the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC), today called on Acting Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Mick Mulvaney, to fire Eric Blankenstein, a high level appointee at CFPB tasked with enforcing anti-discrimination laws, following the Washington Post's recent report detailing Blankenstein's history of racist and sexist writing.

CPC Urges Withdrawal of Judge Kavanaugh's Nomination and Vows to Exercise House Oversight on Perjury Allegations

October 5, 2018

Congressional Progressive Caucus Co-Chairs Mark Pocan (WI-02) and Raúl M. Grijalva (AZ-03), along with CPC First Vice Chair Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) led a letter to President Trump calling for the withdrawal of Judge Kavanaugh's nomination to the Supreme Court. The group of 39 Democrats, including eight CPC Members who serve on the House Judiciary Committee, further committed to exercising constitutional oversight to investigate evidence of possible perjury committed by Judge Kavanaugh. Lying under oath to the Senate would be a federal crime.

CPC Commends Exclusion of Big Pharma Bailout in Opioid Crisis Response Act

September 28, 2018

Following today's passage of the Opioid Crisis Response Act in the House of Representatives, Congressional Progressive Caucus Co-Chairs Mark Pocan (WI-02) and Raúl M. Grijalva (AZ-03), along with CPC Vice-Chair and Health Task Force Chair Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), released the following statement celebrating the exclusion of a proposed multi-billion-dollar bailout of the pharmaceutical industry from the final bill.
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