Healthcare

WASHINGTON, DC — Today, on the two-year mark of the Robb Elementary school tragedy, Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) Chair Nanette Barragán honors the victims of the mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas.

In an op-ed published by El Diario on May 20, 2024, Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) Chair Nanette Barragán (CA-44) highlighted the urgent need for Congress to pass the Right to Contraception Act, especially given the disproportionate impact of reproductive health restrictions on marginalized communities.

Read the full article below or online at El Diario.

If one thing became clear after the repeal of Roe v. Wade by the Supreme Court, and with it, the constitutional right to abortion, it is that the head-on attack on reproductive rights wants to go further to undermine the right to contraception. That's the bad news.

En un artículo de opinión publicado por El Diario el 20 de mayo de 2024, la presidenta del Caucus Hispano del Congreso (CHC), Nanette Barragán, destacó la urgente necesidad de que el Congreso apruebe la Ley del Derecho a la Anticoncepción (The Right to Contraception Act), especialmente dado el impacto desproporcionado de las restricciones de salud reproductiva en las comunidades marginadas.

Lea el artículo completo a continuación o en línea en El Diario.

Si algo quedó claro tras la derogación de Roe v. Wade por la Corte Suprema y con ello el derecho constitucional al aborto, es que el ataque frontal a los derechos reproductivos iría más allá para socavar el derecho a los anticonceptivos. Esa es la mala noticia. 

Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) Chair Nanette Barragán issued the following statement regarding the Biden-Harris administration’s final rule that allows access to affordable healthcare for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients, known as DREAMERS, through the Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplace beginning November 1, 2024. 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) Chair Nanette Barragán announced the CHC endorsement of bipartisan legislation written by Congressman Salud Carbajal (CA-24) to increase access to quality child care and lower cost of care for American families.

WASHINGTON, DC — Today, Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) Chair Nanette Barragán (CA-44) issued the following statement in response to the Arizona Supreme Court decision to uphold a civil war-era near-total abortion ban.

"The decision by the Arizona Supreme Court to uphold the 1864 near-total abortion ban is yet another draconian affront to women's rights. Despite the fact that 70% of Americans believe abortion should be legal, extreme MAGA Republicans and conservative courts remain determined to strip women of their reproductive rights and criminalize abortion nationwide. Today, women across Arizona – including the more than 1 million Latinas in the state – have essentially been told their reproductive rights are second to partisan gamesmanship. 

WASHINGTON, DC — Today, Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) Chair Nanette Barragán (CA-44), issued a statement on behalf of the Members of the CHC in response to the news of Representative Raúl Grijalva's cancer diagnosis:

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC), Nanette Barragán (CA-44) announced her guest for the State of the Union on March 7, 2023, will be Joseph Antonio Cartagena, better known as Fat Joe. A Grammy-nominated artist, entrepreneur, and philanthropist from the South Bronx in New York City, Fat Joe is a leader in the fight for real healthcare price transparency, and an ambassador for nonprofit advocacy organization Power to the Patients.