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How Has the Affordable Care Act Helped South Florida? Rep. Wasserman Schultz highlighted benefits of Affordable Care Act for South Floridians Rep. Wasserman Schultz talks with South Floridians in Hollywood about what the Supreme Court ruling on the Affordable Care Act means for them. HOLLYWOOD, Fla. – Last Thursday, the Supreme Court upheld the right […]

CBS4 MIAMI HOLLYWOOD (CBSMiami) – Just days after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on the Obama administration’s Affordable Care Act, U.S. Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz joined several South Floridians who will now benefit directly from its passage. At the Broward Community and Family Health Center on Hollywood Boulevard, Wasserman Schultz introduced Carolyn Newman was diagnosed […]

MIAMI (WSVN) — Days after a historic healthcare measure was upheld by the Supreme Court, Florida’s governor and a South Florida congresswoman are debating the measure’s benefits, clearly at odds over two of the plan’s biggest points. Florida is one of the states that sued to block President Obama’s health care reform law, and now […]

WASHINGTON – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-Texas) and Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) today introduced legislation to protect children from sexual exploitation. The Child Protection Act of 2012 (H.R. 6063) increases penalties for the possession of child pornography, raises funding and resources for the Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Forces and provides […]

WASHINGTON – Identity theft has become an epidemic that has affected thousands of Americans across the country.  One piece of legislation aimed at addressing the problem of tax return identity theft is the Stopping Tax Offenders and Prosecuting Identity Theft Act (H.R. 4362), introduced in April by U.S. Reps. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-20) and Lamar […]

WASHINGTON – In response to the GOP contempt vote, U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-20) released the following statement: “Today I opposed the latest act of overt political theater staged by House Republican lawmakers who have made it clear that they would rather cast votes aimed at damaging the president instead of helping the American […]

WASHINGTON – In response to today’s Supreme Court ruling Arizona v. the United States, U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz released the following statement: “I supported the Obama Administration’s decision to question the constitutionality of this law, and I’m pleased that the Supreme Court struck down most of the ill-conceived provisions within this law. However, I […]

WASHINGTON – Earlier today, U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood informed U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-20) that an $18 million transportation TIGER grant she has championed for seven years, the Fort Lauderdale Wave Streetcar Project, would be funded. The money will go toward the first phase of the project that will eventually have streetcars running […]

Rep. Wasserman Schultz to hold Fraud Prevention Seminar for South Florida Seniors Pembroke Pines, Fla. – South Florida has been a hotbed for fraud for years, whether it’s Medicare fraud or Identity theft. On Monday, June 18, U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-20) hosted a Senior Fraud Prevention event with representatives from state and local […]