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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.

Quotes by year · 2005–20261,877 total · peak 2019 (311)
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Jul 13, 2025

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

cnn.com
Jul 13, 2025

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

nbcnews.com
Jul 12, 2025

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

huffpost.com
Jul 12, 2025

In the medical area, it was 85 degrees.

cbsnews.com
Jul 12, 2025

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

politico.com
Jul 10, 2025

Grossly robbing the American taxpayers and impacting our military readiness and our ability to make sure that we have the ability to accomplish mission-critical goals.

cbsnews.com
Jul 9, 2025

When you have a prominent candidate who is giving permission to use dangerous rhetoric that potentially incites violence and incites people and creates a permission structure to fan the flames of violence? That’s just completely…

thehill.com
Jul 9, 2025

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

thehill.com
Jul 6, 2025

This is a situation in which they want to bleach America.

breitbart.com
Jul 6, 2025

Again, more Trump lies, more people being thrown into a dire situation where many of them will ultimately die when they’re deported back to countries like Venezuela and Haiti, which clearly don’t have conditions in which it is safe or a…

breitbart.com
Jun 25, 2025

This en bloc doesn't do a single thing to improve this bill. In fact, it makes it worse. It cuts the Veterans Benefits Administration. It discriminates against veterans and doubles down on privatization of VA medical care. Mr. Chair, I…

govinfo.gov
May 21, 2025

When leaving that event, Sarah Milgrim and Yaron Lischinsky, a couple who were Israelis – Sarah was an American – that worked for the Israeli embassy, were gunned down at point blank range in cold blood because they were Jewish, because…

foxnews.com
Feb 17, 2025

Eliminate wasteful spending on unnecessary and outdated research, make DOD more efficient and effective, and protect pets from abuse.

newsweek.com
Jan 21, 2025

I thank Congresswoman Frankel, my friend, for her remarks. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Soto).

govinfo.gov
Jan 21, 2025

Thank you so much, Congresswoman Castor. That was a very special and important tribute. I appreciate it so much. Mr. Speaker, I would like to yield to the Congresswoman from the great State of Florida (Ms. Lois Frankel).

govinfo.gov
Jan 21, 2025

Thank you so much, Mr. Whip, for helping me honor my friend, my sister, Tracie Pough. Mr. Speaker, I recognize the gentlewoman from the great State of Florida (Ms. Castor), my colleague and friend.

govinfo.gov
Nov 14, 2024

There's no question I consider her someone who is likely a Russian asset.

transcripts.cnn.com
Sep 24, 2024

Donald Trump's Project 2025 is a direct attack on women's reproductive freedom and healthcare.

congress.gov
Sep 24, 2024

The most corrosive attack would direct the Justice Department to ban the mailing of abortion pills.

congress.gov
Sep 24, 2024

Project 2025's assault on our basic freedoms doesn't just stop at women's health. It undermines the safety of whole regions of our Nation.

congress.gov
Sep 24, 2024

This isn't about politics; this about control. It's about denying women the ability to make decisions about our own bodies.

congress.gov
Sep 24, 2024

This would effectively end access to a safe, legal procedure that two-thirds of American women who seek an abortion rely on.

congress.gov
Sep 2, 2024

You cant trust a damn word out of that liar's mouth, no matter what he says. Florida is ground zero for his extreme anti-reproductive freedom agenda, and he wants to keep it that way.

transcripts.cnn.com
Jul 8, 2024

Trump's abortion bans have already caused irreversible damage to women's health across the country.

congress.gov
Jul 8, 2024

These dangerous alarming policies will ensure that women are second-class citizens.

congress.gov

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