Healthcare

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.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the Chairs of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC), Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC), and Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) led 101 Members of Congress in aletter to House of Representati

WASHINGTON, D.C.— Today, Congressional Hispanic Caucus Chair Nanette Barragán, Congressional Black Caucus Chair Steven Horsford, and Democratic Women’s Caucus Chair Lois Frankel led a letter to Congressional leadership calling for additional emergency funding in the next short-term spending bill and full funding for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children program (WIC) in the final FY 2024 agriculture appropriations legislation.

WASHINGTON D.C. – Today, Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) Chair Nanette Barragán issued the following statement in response to the U.S. government reaching a settlement in a class action lawsuit filed by families who were separated at the U.S.-Mexico border during the Trump administration: