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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.

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Oct 6, 2021

These so-called audits aren't about unearthing facts. They are about ginning up justification for repressive voting rights laws.

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Oct 4, 2021

Yes. And it feels like that, that window of opportunity is shrinking so quickly.

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Oct 4, 2021

investing in climate resilience is definitely one of them.

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Oct 4, 2021

I really think FEMA, we need to step up and we need to look at these foundations and reports that are coming out.

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Oct 4, 2021

I'm obviously quite familiar with the experience of the impact of natural disasters and the aftermath.

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Oct 4, 2021

Families have been torn apart and are in crisis.

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Sep 30, 2021

Here we go again. Just last week we were here urging our Republican colleagues to help us avert a government shutdown. Now, wait for it. We are back because congressional Republicans refused to pass the government funding bill since it…

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Sep 29, 2021

These grotesque Texas and Florida bills, in particular, pose some of the greatest threats to abortion access in U.S. history.

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Sep 29, 2021

Dr. Skop, your testimony that suggests that most women have plenty of time within that six-week limitation is divorced from reality, from biology, and science, and you know it.

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Sep 29, 2021

I am concerned that anti-abortion extremists will use social media companies, like Twitter and Facebook, to coordinate the harassment and bounty hunting of women seeking abortion.

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Sep 29, 2021

Forcing women to give birth from a pregnancy conceived from rape is forcing women to repeatedly be re-victimized by their rapist, and that is outrageous and unacceptable.

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Sep 28, 2021

The decision by the Biden Administration to release the National Strategy document explicitly focused on fighting domestic extremism was an unprecedented decision made in response to what was clearly an alarming surge in domestic terror…

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Sep 28, 2021

this last slide that would show that we have domestic terrorism investigations that have more than doubled since 2017, from 1,000 to 2,700 cases.

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Sep 24, 2021

It is past time we took the power to make deeply personal healthcare decisions out of Governors' mansions and State legislatures and put them back where they belong, in the hands of patients and their doctors. Just this week, my home State…

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Sep 21, 2021

If we don't pass this CR and disaster relief supplemental, we will have a cascade of nightmare occurrences. The Federal Government and so many programs that help our constituents will simply shut down. The United States will default on its…

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Aug 4, 2021

Florida is one of the most dangerous and least prepared places to be in America right now. And there’s really no one more to blame for that reality than Governor Ron DeSantis.

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Jul 28, 2021

The Texas legislation that we are discussing today, my friends, would create criminal penalties for local election officials who send absentee ballot applications to all registered voters.

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Jul 28, 2021

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding, and I congratulate the gentlewoman on presenting her first bill as a cardinal on the Appropriations Committee. This is a long time coming, and it is a pleasure to work with her. The bill invests in…

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Jul 27, 2021

I thank Chair DeLauro for her leadership during this process and for yielding. The Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies division of the bill highlights our continued commitment to our servicemembers and to their…

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Jul 26, 2021

will you commit to conducting an updated assessment of the potential scale and impacts of an attack on electrical distribution systems and report your findings back to Congress?

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Jul 26, 2021

even if a cyber attack on the grid's distribution system did not impact the bulk power system, such an attack could still have significant national consequences.

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Jul 26, 2021

distribution utilities are not subject to any Federal cybersecurity regulations.

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Jul 26, 2021

the electricity in many large cities across the United States is provided by a single distribution utility.

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Jul 20, 2021

Yesterday, the White House released interim guidance to begin implementing the Justice40 Initiative, and this was a seminal moment for the environmental justice movement which has been decades in the making.

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Jul 20, 2021

I believe we desperately require a whole-of-government approach to confront inequality and injustice, as well as the most challenging environmental problems of our time.

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