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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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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 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

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

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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

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

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

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Dec 3, 2019

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

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Nov 19, 2019

I thank the distinguished woman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise in reluctant support of this continuing resolution, which would keep the government open until December 20, 2019. As has been stated, but can't be stated enough, the House…

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Nov 18, 2019

I want everyone present and watching this hearing now to hear this fact.

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Nov 18, 2019

The risk level found by CDC's Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry is 11 parts per trillion for PFOA and for PFOS it is seven parts per trillion.

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Nov 18, 2019

Your testimony really reminds us all that this is an issue of life and death.

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Nov 18, 2019

I can assure you that we are going to continue to make sure that we hold these companies' feet to the fire.

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Nov 18, 2019

I told them, and I will reiterate here, that I don't know how they sleep at night.

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Nov 18, 2019

It seems to me that we have a national water crisis on our hands here and our service members have been unfairly and cruelly put on the front lines of this chemical crisis.

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Nov 18, 2019

It seems to me that we have a national water crisis on our hands here and our service members have been unfairly and cruelly put on the front lines of this chemical crisis.

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Nov 13, 2019

Watching the rapid expansion of state laws that limit a woman's autonomy to make this personal choice for herself is deeply troubling.

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Nov 13, 2019

We need to be unequivocal about calling these laws out for what they are, sinister attempts to interfere with a woman's right to make her own personal health choices.

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Nov 13, 2019

no one here today has said that abortion is the only solution to address the maternal mortality rate.

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Nov 13, 2019

the passage of the Affordable Care Act and making sure that it remains the law of the land so that women are no longer considered preexisting conditions.

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Nov 13, 2019

the decision to become a parent is one of the most important and most personal life decisions that we make.

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Oct 29, 2019

What does USCIS recommend families like his do while the agency is trying to decide how to reinstate deferred action?

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Oct 29, 2019

When you announced this rule you were asked whether it was consistent with the poem under the Statue of Liberty, which reads, quote, 'Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.'

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Oct 29, 2019

We come here not in any kind of 'gotcha' spirit. We just want to deal with a very serious problem.

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Oct 29, 2019

You want to block all immigration and make life harder for immigrants, and you have demonstrated that you will pursue this heinous white supremacist ideology at all costs.

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