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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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Feb 4, 2020

It can only be described as yet another attack by the Trump Administration on civil rights.

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Feb 4, 2020

So, to suggest that we can just whitewash the Federal law on Fair Housing and essentially blanch it from acknowledging that we need to make sure that we are taking care not to allow discrimination based on race and racially concentrated…

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Feb 4, 2020

Let me just point out for the record that, respectfully, the ranking member is not correct that all--when he says that all Americans have benefited from this robust economy.

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Jan 28, 2020

The Jewish and African American communities have walked in lockstep for generations.

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Jan 28, 2020

We need everyone to speak out firmly and forcefully against anti-Semitism and the conspiracy theories that often are associated with it.

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Jan 28, 2020

It would be hard to feel more strongly about the absolute necessity that Israel remain a Jewish and democratic state.

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Jan 28, 2020

I serve proudly as the first Jewish woman to represent Florida in the U.S. Congress.

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Jan 28, 2020

Hate-filled, anti-Semitic acts will not be tolerated, and I will not stand by idly as predators of these senseless attacks seek to sow fear across our country.

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Jan 8, 2020

Native Americans would be a population that is usually undercounted.

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Jan 8, 2020

The power is in your hands to hold census accountable

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Jan 8, 2020

When you have a president of the United States who, even today, continues to malign the Native American community...

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Jan 8, 2020

If there is an undercount, because of the way redistricting works, you have decisions made about where in a state or in a community a new district would be added.

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Jan 8, 2020

Recently, the Census Bureau announced a paid media campaign that includes targeted hard-to-reach hard-to-count communities so that we can increase messaging around the census.

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Dec 10, 2019

Hundreds of trafficking cases last year, she says, and south Florida is one of the worst epicenters for this heinous crime.

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Dec 9, 2019

So, the market is responding, but that's because we had the courage enough to pass a law that most people said would drive business out of California, when California is now the economic engine, and always has been, of the country.

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Dec 9, 2019

I agree, we should be looking at the impact on low-income individuals, because that's who we all would like to help here.

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Dec 9, 2019

We must make sure that women, parents have the benefit of the benefit that I had, that I could choose to have, regardless of their income, regardless of their employer.

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Dec 9, 2019

Most people don't have the luxury that Congresswoman DeLauro and I and all of my colleagues here have had.

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Dec 3, 2019

In order to be effective, a flavor ban must include menthol.

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Dec 3, 2019

You banned it as a food additive last year, so I would think that you already have pretty good science that it is dangerous. Correct?

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Dec 3, 2019

We are really going to have to make sure that the FDA understands what they are required to answer when we ask them questions.

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Dec 3, 2019

I want to make sure I understand what you are saying.

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Dec 3, 2019

In order to be effective a flavor ban must include menthol.

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Dec 3, 2019

Flavors are pretty much always what brings youth into starting use of e-cigarettes.

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