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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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Sep 25, 2024

I make a point of order. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman will state her point of order.

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Sep 24, 2024

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Sep 24, 2024

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

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Sep 23, 2024

I thank the ranking member for yielding and for his strong support of this legislation and his poignant and important words. I thank him for taking the time to go into some detail about the experience of his own Jewish community in his…

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Sep 17, 2024

I don't have any additional speakers. I yield myself the balance of my time to close. Mr. Speaker, do you know what is a stubborn thing? Math. Math is a stubborn thing. As I have mentioned earlier, this bill falls short of supporting the…

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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.

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Jul 9, 2024

Due to official committee business, I was unable to vote at the start of the series. Had I been present, I would have voted YEA on Roll Call No. 340.

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Jul 8, 2024

When Donald Trump's Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, millions of Americans lost the right to make their own healthcare decisions.

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Jul 8, 2024

Well, I am glad that in this Committee we are finally exposing what the real weaponization of government is, was under former President Trump and would be again.

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Jul 8, 2024

Project 2025 is an explicit 900-page playbook for a second Trump term and it is clear that it targets women.

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Jul 8, 2024

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

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Jul 8, 2024

Legal hurdles are causing harmful health outcomes.

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Jul 8, 2024

Now, Trump's team has a detailed blueprint for what his next four years--God forbid--would look like called Project 2025.

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Jul 8, 2024

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

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Jun 26, 2024

I thank the ranking member for yielding and congratulate her on presenting her first appropriations bill on the House floor. We are all behind her. I rise in strong opposition to the Republicans' fiscal year 2025 Homeland Security bill…

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Jun 26, 2024

I thank my co-captain for yielding. Mr. Speaker, today, as my co-captain said, after last votes, the Congressional Women's Softball Game will play our 16th annual game at Watkins Elementary School. What makes the softball game so special…

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Jun 5, 2024

I claim time in opposition to the amendment, even though I am not opposed to it. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without objection, the gentlewoman from Florida is recognized for 5 minutes. There was no objection.

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Jun 5, 2024

Using artificial intelligence and anything we can do to efficiently and effectively make sure that we can assist the VA in processing claims is a good thing. We are likely at the nascent stage of being able to use that kind of technology…

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Jun 5, 2024

Perhaps the gentleman has selective hearing because there are no funds being spent by the VA to process these claims because ICE pays the VA from their budget to process the claims. There are no resources that are expended by the VA…

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Jun 5, 2024

I think if you take a look at the expenditures made by many Members of Congress in our offices, you would see that we responsibly use some of our funding to provide bonuses for the service of our own employees. That happens all across the…

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Jun 5, 2024

The VA provides a purely administrative function for Immigration and Customs Enforcement to process medical claims. Moreover, ICE pays for these services, not the VA. There are no funds in this bill to prohibit being spent. ICE pays VA to…

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Jun 5, 2024

I have a motion to recommit at the desk. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to recommit. The Clerk read as follows: Ms. Wasserman Schultz of Florida moves to recommit the bill H.R. 8580 to the Committee on…

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