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.
I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. I rise to support the Delivering for America Act, to protect a pillar of our democracy and fortify a lifeline so many Americans count on. This bill would provide urgently needed Postal Service funding…
I am honored to represent Broward County which is home to the sixth largest public school district in the country and the second largest in Florida.
This is no easy task with President Trump and Governor DeSantis at the helm of our state, each one recklessly browbeating schools to return in person.
People are dying, our hospitals are stressed, and a rushed return to school would only put more people at risk.
I believe we need to do everything we can to put a price on carbon, which has been bipartisan in years past, arrest emissions, and transition to clean energy now.
The facts are the facts, and the facts include that rising global temperatures are making natural disasters even more frequent and severe.
I'm thinking especially of vulnerable populations like nursing home communities, of which there are many in my state, that have suffered greatly during past storm events.
I live in ground zero, my district includes ground zero, when it comes to the impact of the sea-level rise that is resulting from global warming.
What I think has been telling about this hearing so far is that our friends on the other side of the aisle, when presented with hard data and science that doesn't line up with their world view or their politics, deems the conclusions of…
You know, my state of Florida has so many coastal communities that are already being affected by rising sea levels and increased storm events.
This executive order is not compliant with that, and I think anyone looking at the pattern of the administration's actions can see that this memorandum is an attempt to do an end run around the ruling of the Supreme Court and the…
I only hope that someone leading the Census Bureau, and if not you then someone else, will stand up and follow the law, not follow a lawless president.
the original legal purpose of the decennial census, as intended by our Nation's Founders.
the decision to exclude undocumented immigrants from apportionment counts is, clearly, unconstitutional.
I would like to take a moment to address Congresswoman Miller and Congressman King's amendments in the en bloc. Their amendments would strike provisions of the bill that block the administration from diverting funds from critical military…
I thank the gentlewoman from New York, Chairwoman Lowey, for yielding and for all of her hard work and leadership during this process and for her distinguished years of service. I am sad this is the last time that we will do this together…
I thank Mr. Golden for his extraordinary military service to our country and for his leadership on this urgent issue. Madam Speaker, no veteran should be forced to choose between seeking care away from loved ones or forgoing treatment…
I thank the gentlewoman for yielding, and I stand here in support of her courage. I rise to remind every man and woman on this floor that we were sent to Washington to destroy hostile work environments, not build them. Few women here, or…
I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, few of us will ever leave the mark on history and every human we encounter the way our dear friend Congressman John Lewis did. His profound generosity and goodness was so beautifully…
Respectfully, that is the amount that the Defense Department told GAO that the ALIS software system would cost and that was deemed not fully credible because the department had not performed the full analysis.
The waste and mismanagement of Federal dollars is really--seems to be paramount here.
But it would also elevate that site so that millions of Americans might turn our collective pain into collective action. In passing this bill, I hope visitors the world over will be inspired by a community that emphatically declared that…
I take this opportunity to commend Congressman Soto, Congresswoman Demings, and the gentlewoman from Florida (Congresswoman Murphy), who is in the Chair, on this incredibly important legislation. I traveled to attend a memorial service in…





