NBC6 (WTVJ-MIAMI) Rep. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz Advocates Safe Swimming in Broward Plantation school teaches children, adults how to swim in 5 days By Betty Yu Summer is unofficially underway, and that means kids will be spending more time in the pool. Broward County leads the country in drowning deaths in children under the age of four, […]
WASHINGTON — An estimated 120,000 Holocaust survivors live in the United States today, at an average age of 80; 3 in 5 survivors are women; and approximately two thirds of Holocaust survivors live alone. Many rely on local agencies to help them afford basic necessities such as food and health care, which is why U.S. […]
Sun-Sentinel By Mike Clary SUNRISE – Those who knew Bill Kling agree that in dedicating more than three decades of his life to the cause of military veterans, the tireless community activist never sought recognition or glory. But Kling, the longtime head of the Broward County Veterans Council who died last year at the age […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-23) released the following statement regarding Angelina Jolie’s announcement that she recently underwent a double mastectomy after learning she carries the BRCA-1 gene mutation: “Today, we learned that actress and human rights advocate Angelina Jolie underwent a preventative double mastectomy after learning she carries a genetic mutation, BRCA-1, […]
Top 50 most influential Jews 2013: Places 1-10 By JERUSALEM POST STAFF Jack Lew went from White House chief of staff to US secretary of the treasury, but he’s still every bit as influential. 10. DNC chairwoman Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz Debbie Wasserman Schultz wears many hats: congresswoman, mom, chief deputy whip in the House […]
NEW YORK TIMES MOTHERLODE – ADVENTURES IN PARENTING BLOG How Debbie Wasserman Schultz Does It By DEBBIE WASSERMAN-SCHULTZ and KJ DELL’ANTONIA Friday, April 19, 2013, Weston, Fla. 9:30 p.m.: Coming home from the airport, I call Steve, my husband, to be rescued from a staffer’s car stuck in an exceptionally long guard gate line. As […]
WASHINGTON – On Monday, more than 150 leading women’s, worker, and civil rights organizations from across the country sent a letter to the U.S. House of Representatives stating their opposition to the Working Families Flexibility Act (also known as the ‘comp time’ bill) – which is slated to be voted on in the House this […]
SUN SENTINEL FLORIDA POLITICS BLOG Wasserman Schultz says Scott needs to “get off the sidelines” on health care BY Kathleen Haughney TALLAHASSEE — U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Weston, blasted House Speaker Will Weatherford for letting the Tea Party run the agenda in the House and said Gov. Rick Scott needed to “get off the […]