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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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Jul 27, 2010

Democrats are committed to growing our economy and getting Americans back to work. We want to continue to support America's manufacturing workers by closing tax loopholes that outsource U.S. jobs overseas. These savings will pay for…

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Jul 27, 2010

One hundred percent of the Republicans in this body voted ``no.'' They voted against making sure that we made a commitment in the law to not spend more than we take in, to pay for the legislation other than in emergency spending... Let's…

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Jul 27, 2010

Thank you. And I look forward, as we go into the August recess, talking with our constituents about how we've begun to turn this economy around. I want to close out the last couple of seconds with the focus on tax cuts, remind people that…

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Jul 27, 2010

Mr. Tonko, I want to bring us back to the choice, to the choice of going in the direction that we have been taking the country, which is a new direction to reinvest in America, to make sure that we can create jobs here and not give tax…

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Jul 27, 2010

I know it's painful, but I think it's instructive. As you walk with me down memory lane, let's look at under which Presidents we operated on a deficit and under which Presidents we operated at a surplus. President Reagan, $1.4 trillion…

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Jul 27, 2010

Absolutely. Thank you very much, Mr. Tonko. Just to veer a little bit in a different direction towards, again, the choice that Americans are going to be facing, because your facts are stubborn things. You can run away from a lot of…

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Jul 27, 2010

Mr. Ryan, a couple of years ago, when we would be out here each night with the 30-something Working Group, our symbol was the Republican rubber stamp that was emblematic of the philosophy of our friends on the other side of the aisle. I…

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Jul 27, 2010

I do, that's because I bleed orange and blue, and Mr. Ryan knows that, and I appreciate the recognition. And we're also joined by our good friend who has been a weekly staple of these important message hours where we're trying to…

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Jul 27, 2010

Over 95 percent of Republicans voted against it. So we could continue to move in the direction in which we have been going--job creation, spurring the economy, investing in America--or we could backslide toward the Bush era and go back to…

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Jul 27, 2010

Let's take it one step further. It's not just bad enough, okay, to say they voted to protect the tax break. On top of that, 95 percent of House Republicans have signed a pledge to protect those tax breaks, signed a pledge, put their name…

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Jul 22, 2010

I am appalled, and my constituents are appalled, at the Republicans' disrespect and coldheartedness when it comes to extending unemployment benefits for out-of-work Americans. Some Republican Members of Congress and candidates in their…

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Jul 20, 2010

Americans in November are going to have a choice. We can go back to the agenda of the Republicans, which now is right there in blue and white, and where they clearly have said, making no bones about it, that they would take us back to the…

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Jul 20, 2010

we, when we took the majority back, reestablished the PAYGO rules and then enshrined them in statute in this Congress to make sure that legislation that we pass is paid for, that we don't, like most families have to do, like every family I…

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Jul 13, 2010

Thank you, Mr. Tonko. Really, you have hammered home, you're here night after night, week after week, to make sure that we can talk to the American people, illuminate not just our efforts on turning the economy around and creating jobs but…

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Jul 13, 2010

It's a privilege to join my colleagues on the floor this evening to talk about the future of our economy and the new direction that we, the Democrats, are moving this country since taking over the Congress. We feel really excited about the…

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Jul 13, 2010

So essentially the screen printing that was done onto the item, they define that as substantially altering the actual piece.

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Jul 13, 2010

Because it's not like we don't know that we do the census every 10 years and that we are going to need promotional materials to promote the census.

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Jul 13, 2010

So what would be the urgent nature or last- minute ordering that would be done for key chains or hats? We know in 2020 we are going to need that. We know in 2030 we are going to need that.

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Jul 13, 2010

Thank you so much. Thank you, Ms. Jackson Lee. Thank you for joining us and for your leadership. You have really been a stalwart fighter for the middle class and working families that Democrats have always stood for and stood by, and it's…

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Jul 13, 2010

Have you had an opportunity to talk with the Census Bureau about why it is that they are getting promotional material that they're using to get Americans to complete the census form from China?

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Jul 13, 2010

And I'm wondering if your characterization of their agenda is one that you--is this something that you think is--is it your opinion? From what I understand, we have a number of different third party validators that can document that they…

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Jul 13, 2010

In Florida, we don't have a strong manufacturing base, but we want to make sure that folks in Pennsylvania are able to thrive economically so they can come down and vacation and they can afford to take a vacation and come down to south…

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Jul 13, 2010

Thank you so much, Mr. Davis. Really, I think it's so incredible. We had nine Members join us tonight for this hour. And we had the full philosophical spectrum--from the most conservative member of our caucus to the moderates to…

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Jul 13, 2010

You know, it really always boggles my mind how the Republicans wake up every morning, come to work and decide, I am going to be an obstructionist today. I think today I am going to figure out yet another way to say no. And rather than come…

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Jul 13, 2010

Thank you very much for helping us share that story with the American people and with our constituents, because it's absolutely critical, as we turn the corner and go through the summer, that we make sure that we talk about our efforts to…

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