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* House Pro-Choice Caucus<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://houseprochoicecaucus-degette.house.gov/about-pcc/members|title=Members|date=August 19, 2021|website=House Pro Choice Caucus}}</ref>
 
=== Political positions= ==
Hayes voted for both the [[First impeachment of Donald Trump|first]] and [[second impeachment of Donald Trump]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lessard |first1=Rick |title=CT lawmakers react to President Trump's second impeachment |url=https://www.fox61.com/article/news/politics/national-politics/ct-leaders-react-to-president-trumps-second-impeachment/520-2b3f2801-4622-4b16-90f6-c615c53bcbc1 |access-date=22 June 2022 |work=fox61.com |date=January 13, 2021}}</ref>
 
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Hayes was among the 46 Democrats who voted against final passage of the [[Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023]] in the House.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4029522-republicans-and-democrats-who-bucked-party-leaders-by-voting-no/|title=Republicans and Democrats who bucked party leaders by voting no|first=Jared|last=Gans|date=May 31, 2023|access-date=June 6, 2023|work=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]}}</ref>
 
==== Syria= ===
In 2023, Hayes voted against H.Con.Res. 21 which directed President [[Joe Biden]] to remove U.S. troops from [[Syria]] within 180 days.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/118-2023/h136 | title=H.Con.Res. 21: Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of … -- House Vote #136 -- Mar 8, 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2023-03-08/house-votes-down-bill-directing-removal-of-troops-from-syria |title=House Votes Down Bill Directing Removal of Troops From Syria |date=March 8, 2023 |agency=Associated Press}}</ref>
 
==== Trans issues= ===
During the [[United States House Committee on Education and the Workforce]] hearings regarding H.R. 734, a federal trans and intersex sports ban,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/republican-transgender-sports-national-ban-b2296944.html|title='Cowardly': House GOP revives national ban of trans women and girls from team sports|date=March 8, 2023|website=The Independent}}</ref> Hayes criticized the bill, stating "82% of trans youth have considered suicide and 40% have attempted suicide. This hearing, this legislation, this conversation further puts a target on the backs of students who are in the scariest times of their lives."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.k12dive.com/news/committee-advances-parents-rights-womens-sports-bill/644555/|title=House committee advances bills on parents' rights, women's sports|website=K-12 Dive}}</ref>
 
=== Israel's right to defend itself ===
Hayes supports Israel's right to defend itself. In 2023, she voted with an overwhelming bipartisan majority to provide Israel with whatever support is necessary in the "barbaric war" in Gaza started by Hamas and other terrorists following the [[2023 Hamas attack on Israel|2023 Hamas terrorist attack on Israel]] on October 7.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Demirjian |first=Karoun |date=2023-10-25 |title=House Declares Solidarity With Israel in First Legislation Under New Speaker |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/25/us/politics/house-israel-vote.html |access-date=2023-10-30 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Washington |first=U. S. Capitol Room H154 |last2=p:225-7000 |first2=DC 20515-6601 |date=2023-10-25 |title=Roll Call 528 Roll Call 528, Bill Number: H. Res. 771, 118th Congress, 1st Session |url=https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2023528 |access-date=2023-10-30 |website=Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives |language=en}}</ref>
 
==Personal life==