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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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Jan 4, 2021

Finally, I applaud the inclusion of gender-neutral language that embraces all gender identities and reflects that this Chamber is not just a man's world anymore.

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Dec 16, 2020

At best, this behavior is negligent; at worst, it represents a deadly and deliberate strategy that made your family rich while harming hundreds of thousands of people.

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Dec 16, 2020

Purdue Pharma actively thwarted the United States' efforts to ensure compliance and prevent diversion.

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Dec 16, 2020

Around the time I was elected to Congress in 2004, south Florida was overrun by pill mills, so-called clinics where anyone with cash could walk away with dangerously addictive opioids.

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Dec 8, 2020

The termination of this unnecessary fossil fuel project was a big win in the fight to protect our Nation's waterways

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Dec 8, 2020

FERC has created a loophole to allow companies to begin action on the project under what FERC calls, quote, preconstruction activity.

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Dec 8, 2020

I want to talk about one notable case--the story of the Holleran family in Pennsylvania.

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Sep 30, 2020

This committee's investigation shines a spotlight on the ways that drug companies use litigation as a key part of their strategic plans to delay generic entry.

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Sep 30, 2020

Under the settlement, Sun agreed to delay generic entry into the U.S. for six months.

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Sep 30, 2020

My proposal isn't specific to replicate it and bring it back exactly the way it was, but that there does need to be a Select Intelligence Subcommittee Panel recreated.

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Sep 30, 2020

So when it was done away with, it was done away with by the new Republican majority.

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Sep 30, 2020

It is past time that we take back the power that we surrendered.

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Sep 29, 2020

As a breast cancer survivor, the high cost of cancer treatment is very personal to me.

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Sep 29, 2020

Encouraging generic competition is crucial to ensuring that brand-name drugs become more affordable, but some drug companies have resorted to exploitative tactics that delay generic competition.

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Sep 29, 2020

Congress has created--has acted to address inappropriate usage of safety programs through the CREATES Act last year.

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Sep 29, 2020

The FDA very specifically said that they did not think that providing samples to generic manufacturers would create a safety concern.

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Sep 29, 2020

Prevention of generic encroachment just means to delay generic competition.

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Sep 29, 2020

This program is supposed to be used to protect patient safety.

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Sep 28, 2020

The threat of White supremacy has become really more dangerous than ever, and meanwhile, the presence of White supremacists embedded within law enforcement makes it more difficult to detect and counteract threats from violent hate groups.

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Sep 28, 2020

These examples, alone, are too many, and they undermine our Nation's promise of equal justice.

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Sep 21, 2020

I'm concerned about the--what I've seen as a reduction in the prioritization of the continued rights and progress of Afghan women and girls.

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Sep 21, 2020

While we're right to debate how we responsibly withdraw our troops from Afghanistan, I did as a senior member of the Appropriations Committee, and so I'm also concerned about the future of our continued nonmilitary and civilian assistance…

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Sep 21, 2020

Is it a priority of the administration to include in the negotiations and the ongoing assistance that we provide to the Afghan people that there is continued advancement and improvement of the rights of Afghan women and girls?

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Sep 17, 2020

People of faith and across the ideological spectrum recognize that prioritizing the health and safety of pregnant workers should not be a partisan issue. It is past time for workplaces to accommodate our families and protect pregnant…

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Sep 13, 2020

There shouldn't be a woman who comes up to me and says, you know, I'm going to push my 80-year-old mother to vote, and we're going to stand in line, and I don't care how long it takes, because I'm scared that the Postal Service is not…

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