Debbie Wasserman Schultz

It is critical to our region that the Port Everglades Channel is widened and deepened.

We are never going to finish restoration of the Everglades if----

Are we really not funding non-CERP projects under the Corps construction account at all?

I know I always appreciate having a chance to go to committees and talk about my constituents’ priorities.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and welcome to our colleagues.

And would not you say that generally taking a balanced approach which is what Democrats have promoted over the last 8 years to responsible spending cuts and generating revenue is the most responsible way to address deficits over a period…

With the Budget Control Act of 2011 and sequestration, we continue to see dramatic cuts in nondefense discretionary spending, dramatic cuts.

Please spare us the political advice.

Under the current caps on annual appropriations, Federal investment in infrastructure, R&D, education and training, will soon be smaller relative to GDP than at any time in the last 50 years.

Legislators choose their voters.

Our colleagues on the other side of the aisle would do well to stop patting themselves on the back for and take credit for voters putting them in the majority rather than the cartographers and map drawers who did a really good job of…

At the end of the day, the majority is clearly proposing to repeal the Affordable Care Act without assuring us that we would have universal access to quality affordable coverage. That is unconscionable, unacceptable and we will not allow…

I think our constituents deserve better than to have their health coverage taken away with no plan for what comes next.

There is no question that you were--an insurance company could drop people or deny them coverage--

You clearly do not believe that health care is a right, not a privilege.

Clearly, because you probably do not think it is.

Dr. Book clearly referenced in one of his responses that he supports returning to 'health underwriting' which was extremely dangerous and harmful and expensive.

The majority of people who already had coverage before the Affordable Care Act will be significantly harmed by repeal.

In my State, 1.3 million Floridians gained the coverage who did not have it before, the most in the country.

I wonder if it would surprise you to learn that 28 percent more Tennesseans gained coverage under the Affordable Care Act, that is 266,000 people in Tennessee who now have coverage which is a far sight better than the 28,000 you referenced…

What is important to remember is, repealing the ACA hurts real people across the country in profound ways.

As a member of Congress, I will not compromise information learned and discussed in a classified briefing. However, the FBI director must clarify for the American people the agency's policies for investigating and alerting those who were…

The majority has even withheld a vote on the matter, refusing to rule in order Mr. Kildee's amendment, the Families of Flint Act. They have no conscience. If they did, they would allow a vote. Vote ``no,'' as I have said many times on this…

I claim the time in opposition to the amendment. The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman from Florida is recognized for 5 minutes.

I support the gentleman's amendment. This is a commonsense amendment which would prohibit funding in this bill from being used to pay contractors engaged in fraud or tax evasion. As the gentleman said, similar amendments have been adopted…