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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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May 14, 2019

My understanding is that for thousands of the parts that you make available for sale commercially, you are the sole-source provider on most of them, and that there are no options besides you for the military to be able to make those…

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May 14, 2019

That's the third-highest number, as I think you mentioned in your testimony, of anti-Semitic incidents since ADL began tracking anti-Semitic incidents four decades ago.

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May 14, 2019

And before I yield back, Ms. Bro, I just want you to know and I hope you take at least some comfort in knowing that this chairman and our majority takes this issue of White supremacy and the rise of horrific bigotry in this country very…

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May 5, 2019

Thank you very much. And, Ms. Wilkerson, first of all, thank you so much for the work that the League of Women Voters has done over decades.

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May 5, 2019

We have gone in Florida from in 2012, preredistricting, with Florida being a 50/50 State, we had a congressional delegation with 25 Members of Congress, 19 Republicans and 6 Democrats.

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May 5, 2019

The Florida legislature had one job, not three, and the one job was for Florida to follow the amendment for plain language.

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May 5, 2019

If a foreign country used our present system, we would condemn it, and we would send the Jimmy Carter or the Ronald Reagan Foundations over there to straighten things out.

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May 5, 2019

Have we seen evidence in the State of Florida of individuals who have been improperly purged from the voter rolls?

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May 5, 2019

I have joined many others around the country in calling their decision what it is, to require all fines and fees and restitution... a poll tax.

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Apr 30, 2019

Should there be a uniform policy that allows voters to have their vote by mail ballots count as long as they are postmarked by Election Day?

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Apr 30, 2019

Voting should be free, period. When it costs the voter money to cast or return their ballot, whether it is paying a fee for ID or paying for postage to mail their ballot, it is tantamount to a poll tax.

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Apr 30, 2019

I am concerned that our flawed signature verification system in our state chipped away at the fundamental right to vote.

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Apr 30, 2019

We want to make sure, I think, that we can have every vote counted.

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Apr 29, 2019

Why is ICE making life as hard as possible, and why have they not corrected the gross and horrendous conditions that immigrants are expected to be able to--to be subjected to?

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Apr 29, 2019

Abusive behavior, as I indicated in my prior questioning, seems to be tolerated at CBP.

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Apr 29, 2019

If my child was apprehended and they were 2 hours from me and I was not contacted and given an opportunity to come get her, that to me--I would be flipping out.

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Apr 29, 2019

Well, that certainly cries out for doing something differently, and addressing this situation in a very significant way.

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Apr 29, 2019

I think it's absolutely essential that we do hold a hearing. There's nothing partisan about this issue. We are all potentially endangered.

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Apr 29, 2019

Well, given that that was 2018, this is 2019, you can understand how troubling it is that we wouldn't already have those kinds of security measures in place.

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Apr 29, 2019

This incident did expose potentially serious holes in our postal system security.

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Apr 29, 2019

I appreciate your kind words and your underscoring the importance of security for our postal workers throughout the entire system.

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Apr 29, 2019

There are conclusions in a report written by GAO that looked into ICE's failures to consistently follow your own policies when moving forward with removal proceedings for noncitizen veterans.

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Apr 29, 2019

These are people who have served our country, and they are supposed to be given a heightened level of review.

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