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WASHINGTON – The Breast Health Education and Awareness Requires Learning Young Act, or the EARLY Act, was reauthorized for five years today by the Senate by Unanimous Consent. H.R. 5185 was introduced by Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) and Rep. Renee Ellmers (R-N.C.) in the House and Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and David Vitter (R-LA). […]

WASHINGTON – Congressional Democrats today introduced legislation in response to the Supreme Court’s decision in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby and Conestoga Wood v. Burwell. The Protect Women’s Health from Corporate Interference Act of 2014 would explicitly prohibit for-profit employers that maintain a group health plan for its employees from using religious beliefs to deny employees […]

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama delivered his State of the Union address to Congress this evening, in which he detailed his vision and recommendations for how we can strengthen our economy and create jobs and educational opportunities for all Americans. In the audience at the Capitol this evening was Martin West, a South Florida constituent […]

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Reps. Louise M. Slaughter (D-NY) and Diana DeGette (D-CO), co-chairs of the House Pro-Choice Caucus, joined several other Members, including U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) in speaking out against the extreme legislation advancing today in the House that would ban all abortions after 20 weeks, with no exception to protect […]

MIAMI, Fla. – Last week, U.S. Rep. Trent Franks (R-Ariz.) filed legislation that would restrict a woman’s right to make her own health care decisions. The House Judiciary Committee approved the bill (HR 1797), which would ban abortions after 20 weeks nationwide. It is scheduled for a vote on the House floor this week. On […]

Announcement does nothing to help 1 million denied care by Florida Legislature WASHINGTON – Today the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that it has approved a waiver for the state of Florida to expand a pilot program statewide for private insurers to provide Medicaid plans. It will be a phased implementation, beginning […]

Wasserman Schultz tested BRCA2 positive, a gene at the heart of the case WASHINGTON – Today the United States Supreme Court ruled in the case of Association of Molecular Pathology vs. Myriad Genetics that patents cannot be held on naturally occurring genes. This ruling has broad ramifications for cancer patients, and individuals seeking to learn […]