Making life more affordable. I mean, whether it's gas, groceries, utilities, housing, healthcare.
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
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Debbie Wasserman Schultz is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Florida's 23rd congressional district since 2005. A member of the Democratic Party, she has held various leadership roles, including serving as the chair of the Democratic National Committee from 2011 to 2016. Throughout her tenure, Wasserman Schultz has focused on issues such as healthcare, education, and women's rights, advocating for policies that aim to improve the lives of her constituents. She has been an outspoken advocate for gun control and has worked on legislation addressing the needs of veterans and military families.
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August 19, 2026
Lived experience matters, but experience broadly matters.
— Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Our campaign galvanized an unstoppable coalition of energized congregations, unions, LGBTQ+ advocates and proud Black, Caribbean and Hispanic communities, and we did it in the face of a rushed, brazenly illegal Republican gerrymander.
I’ll be damned if I’m going to let them steal Broward’s political power, de-unify us and prevent us from standing up for our community’s values.
I fight every single day to help improve the lived experience of the people that I represent.
That’s why I’m running: to deliver resources to the people of Broward who know and trust me and want me to keep fighting for them.
I’ve talked with so many District 20 voters across Broward in this campaign, and they want someone who’s experienced and well positioned in Congress to make groceries, housing and healthcare more affordable, and who will take on Trump and…
This rule will significantly weaken the ESA and usher in the often-irreversible loss of habitat, hastening the extinction of plants and animals that are a vital part of our state’s culture and tourism economy.
The rule change directly threatens the unique habitats that support the plants and animals for which our state is renowned.
This change will significantly impede efforts to protect and conserve our nation’s threatened and endangered species of fish, wildlife and plants.
I have argued time and again on this House floor that Congress is not equipped to be making medical decisions, particularly specific medical decisions that affect a unique group of patients. I certainly hope that this trial results in…
I rise in support of these amendments en bloc. This en bloc contains noncontroversial amendments that raise awareness on the programs that we all care about. It includes the need to address a variety of medical care issues at the VA…
As we mark Jewish American Heritage Month, I urge my colleagues not only to support this measure, but to take this opportunity to engage with their Jewish and non-Jewish constituents during the month of May to educate them about Jewish…
I hope I am wrong about the President's motivations, and he brings Congress a real strategy to transition Venezuela to democracy. I hope he was moved by Maria Corina Machado's vision and not just her Nobel Prize. I am a show-me person, not…
I don’t (know) what the hell they ran for Congress for, but I ran for Congress to make people’s lives better.
Anyone that I care about couldn’t possibly distance themselves from him more.
To not be willing to condemn the term ‘globalize the intifada,’ it just demonstrates his callous disregard for antisemitism, terrorist activity.
I’ll continue to fight these brutal policies, but we can’t do it alone. It takes all of us to defend our freedom.
They get their drinking water, and they brush their teeth where they poop, in the same unit.





