Political Quotes

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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Aug 19, 2026

lived experience matters, but experience broadly matters.

abcnews.com
Aug 19, 2026

Making life more affordable. I mean, whether it's gas, groceries, utilities, housing, healthcare.

cbsnews.com
Aug 17, 2026

I’m not air dropping myself into this district.

abcnews.com
Aug 17, 2026

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.

abcnews.com
Aug 17, 2026

Trump and DeSantis did this to our community.

abcnews.com
Aug 17, 2026

I fight every single day to help improve the lived experience of the people that I represent.

abcnews.com
Aug 7, 2026

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…

floridaphoenix.com
Aug 7, 2026

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.

floridaphoenix.com
Jul 27, 2026

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.

floridaphoenix.com
Jul 27, 2026

This change will significantly impede efforts to protect and conserve our nation’s threatened and endangered species of fish, wildlife and plants.

floridaphoenix.com
Jul 27, 2026

The rule change directly threatens the unique habitats that support the plants and animals for which our state is renowned.

floridaphoenix.com
Jul 23, 2025

I don’t (know) what the hell they ran for Congress for, but I ran for Congress to make people’s lives better.

usatoday.com
Jul 21, 2025

To not be willing to condemn the term ‘globalize the intifada,’ it just demonstrates his callous disregard for antisemitism, terrorist activity.

breitbart.com
Jul 21, 2025

Anyone that I care about couldn’t possibly distance themselves from him more.

breitbart.com
Jul 18, 2025

I’ll continue to fight these brutal policies, but we can’t do it alone. It takes all of us to defend our freedom.

truthout.org
Jul 13, 2025

They are essentially packed into cages, wall-to-wall humans, 32 detainees per cage.

cnn.com
Jul 13, 2025

They get their drinking water, and they brush their teeth where they poop, in the same unit.

commondreams.org
Jul 13, 2025

The only thing inside those cages are their bunk beds.

commondreams.org
Jul 13, 2025

There are really disturbing, vile conditions and this place needs to be shut the hell down.

nbcnews.com
Jul 12, 2025

They are essentially packed into cages, wall to wall humans, 32 detainees per cage.

politico.com
Jul 12, 2025

There are really disturbing, vile conditions and this place needs to be shut the hell down.

huffpost.com

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