Congresswoman Nita Lowey (D-NY), Ranking Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee, today introduced an emergency supplemental appropriations bill to mount a robust response to the Zika virus at home and abroad. Joining Lowey were Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Ranking Democrat on the Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Subcommittee, and Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz […]
Pembroke Pines, FL – U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-23) issued the following statement after the Florida Supreme Court halted a Florida state law that requires women to visit a doctor 24 hours before an abortion: “People have the right to make their own health care decisions. The Florida’s Supreme Court’s decision to halt the […]
Pembroke Pines, FL – U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-23) issued the following statement today in celebration of Earth Day: “Earth Day is a yearly symbol of the promise we make to one another to protect our environmental treasures for this and future generations – and that we may only have one shot to get […]
Pembroke Pines, FL- U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-23) issued the following statement in observance of Passover: “Sundown marks the beginning of Passover, a holiday of reflection, storytelling, and a recommitment to the values of freedom and liberty. We retell the story of Jews who were held as slaves in Egypt and the miraculous story […]
Washington, DC – U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-23) and The National Association to PROTECT Children issued the following statement after the U.S. Department of Justice released their 2016 National Strategy for Child Exploitation and Interdiction: “In 2008, when I authored the PROTECT Our Children Act and Congress passed it into law, I knew we […]
Washington, DC – U.S. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-23) issued the following statement today in response to the ongoing crises in Puerto Rico: “As the House of Representatives concludes its first week back from the spring recess, my Republican colleagues are up to their obstructionist antics even more so than usual, and this time at the […]
Appropriations Democrats Offer Amendment to Provide $1.9 Billion Emergency Funding for Zika Response Emergency Funding Would Enable Robust Response At Home and Abroad to Protect Pregnant Women, Babies, American Communities Majority’s Inaction “Unconscionable”, “Shameful”, “Unacceptable” Congresswoman Nita Lowey (D-NY), Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), and Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) today offered an amendment to the FY2017 […]
Washington, DC – U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-23) issued the following statement in observance of Equal Pay Day, which marks how far into the new year that an average woman would have to work in order to earn the same wages the average man earned in 2015: “Today marks one of the most troubling […]
Debbie Wasserman Schultz’s Campaign at Home Ally Mutnick Local Democrats in Florida’s 23rd Congressional District say Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz has nothing to fear in her primary, despite her challenger’s eye-popping fundraising haul. Nova Southeastern University law professor Tim Canova, a first-time candidate, shocked the party this week when he announced that he had raised […]