Debbie Wasserman Schultz

Can we expect to see a budget request in line with the IDS or a request of at least $725 million?

Investing in the restoration of the Florida Everglades checks all of those boxes.

I fully support the Biden administration's whole-of-government effort to stop climate change.

Well, if you need assistance, obviously, I would love to be kept apprised.

We need to add resiliency to the grid. We need to harden the grid.

I share the Biden administration's support for a whole-of-government approach to climate change.

We need to use every tool in the toolbox to keep warming below 1.5 degrees Celsius

The future of our country is in good hands with you in the role that you are in

OK. So, if you're not above the law, then I assume you'll be fully complying with FERC's March 2021 order.

In my experience as a legislator, that's not how the eminent domain process is supposed to work.

We have that standard that we're supposed to abide by and we punish Members of Congress when they do not, and we need to make sure that throughout the executive branch that occurs as well.

The Hatch Act is intended to protect our democracy and ensure that government officials don't abuse their power or resources of their position for partisan purposes or to advocate, as you both mentioned, for an outcome in an election.

Should political appointees be exempt from punishment from Hatch Act violations?

The Hatch Act prohibits executive branch employees from using their, quote, official authority or influence for the purpose of interfering with or affecting the results of an election.

I think that is a fair point.

We have to address America's childcare crisis as far as part of pandemic recovery.

If Congress fails to take bold action to address this, that we're going to have many more mothers that are permanently forced out of the workplace.

There's no question about it. 1988 levels is the year I graduated from college, so that is basically my entire adult life.

Since the start of the pandemic, women saw a net loss of more than 5.4 million jobs.

It feels like we are lighting money on fire. This is the classic definition of insanity.

In addition to reports like the biennial High-Risk List and the Lessons Learned program, SIGAR regularly sheds light on areas where our reconstruction efforts in Afghanistan have, unfortunately, come up short.

In Florida, we have strong redistricting standards that were passed by a large majority of Florida voters and placed in our State constitution. I also recognize that strong standards and criteria are provided for in H.R. 1. Would the…

Congress has on numerous occasions, in a bipartisan way, endorsed TPS for Venezuelans.

I have been pleased to see as I--that President Biden has clearly indicated his plans to declare TPS for Venezuelans.

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