What’s in Store for Congress in 2026

Concerned Women for America Legislative Action Committee (CWALAC) celebrated huge wins that came out of Congress in 2025. From the first federal school choice provision, defunding the big abortion industry, increasing the Child Tax Credit, to the first federal ban on men in women’s sports (just to name a few), a lot of progress was […]

CWA / YWA at the Texas Youth Summit

The future of America rests in the hearts and minds of the next generation. That’s why organizations like our own Young Women for America (YWA) and others exist to equip students to advocate for Christian truths and conservative policies. It was also the mission of Charlie Kirk, and that fact weighed heavily on us as […]

Senate Hearing Reveals Meta Buried Research into Online Child Abuse

It has been over a year since Mark Zuckerburg stood in front of a room full of grieving parents and apologized for the many children who have been irreversibly harmed by his online platforms. On that day, he promised to make things right, to protect future users from exploitation. But in a Senate hearing last […]

Senate Committee Unanimously Advances Bill to Stop Online Child Exploitation

Earlier this month, the Senate Judiciary Committee advanced a bi-partisan bill aimed at curbing online child exploitation by cracking down on the proliferation of child sexual abuse material (CSAM). According to the FBI, CSAM is defined as any sexually explicit material involving anyone under the age of 18, including images, videos, and any other content […]

Senate Blocks FCC from Increasing Social Media Access on School Buses

Instead of developing a plan to address America’s failing schools and the years of COVID-induced learning loss, the Biden administration passed a last-minute rule to expand access to harmful social media sites on school property. The Senate just voted to halt that. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) partly funds high-speed internet access to school classrooms […]

Poll: South Dakota Parents Overwhelmingly Support Requiring App Store Parental Consent

“Today’s poll results send a clear message to South Dakota legislators: parents want our government to put children first. Major app stores’ convenience should not be the priority. Parents overwhelmingly support requiring companies to obtain parental approval for teens under 16 to download apps. CWA of South Dakota looks forward to supporting this proposal until […]

Guardrails on Screentime in Schools is Good Commonsense Policy

While America’s schoolchildren are playing catch-up from years of COVID-induced learning loss, the federal government keeps expanding access to disruptive social media sites on school property. Sen. Ted Cruz’s (R-Texas) recently introduced legislation, “Eyes on the Board” (S. 3074), would promote learning, and not social media scrolling, within schools. The negative effects of social media […]

Fighting the Government-Big Tech Manipulation

One of the most concerning aspects of President Joe Biden’s Department of Justice’s malicious targeting of parents and others that merely disagree with the government-approved narrative as “domestic terrorists” is that it undermines the actual war against terrorism. The fact is that terrorist organizations like ISIS have pledged harm to our country, and our government […]