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Frederica Smith Wilson is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Florida's 24th congressional district since 2010. A member of the Democratic Party, she has been an advocate for education, healthcare, and social justice issues throughout her tenure in Congress. Wilson is known for her distinctive style, often wearing colorful hats, and her outspoken nature on various political matters.
As we mark the 50th anniversary of the ESEA, we reflect on the simple yet powerful promises that are at the center of this civil rights law, promises made to all American children--a promise that no matter where you live or what you look…
As a lifelong educator, I cannot stress enough how important health is in ensuring children have the opportunity to develop, learn, and grow.
The ACA ensures marketplace insurance plans, as well as employer-sponsored plans, covers preventive dental and vision services for children.
I am proud to say that this year my home state of Florida led the nation in the number of enrollees on the federal marketplace, with nearly 1.6 million Floridians finding quality affordable health care.
Because so many Americans can access health insurance on the marketplace, parents are no longer stuck in their jobs for fear of losing their health insurance.
April 14 will mark 1 year since Boko Haram kidnapped over 200 Nigerian schoolgirls. Since the schoolgirls' kidnapping, Boko Haram has continued to torment and commit atrocities. Boko Haram has declared its allegiance to ISIS. They are…
Thank you, Representative Woodall, for this honor and this pleasure. I am indebted to you forever. Thank you. I just finished making a speech about Boko Haram and girls who were kidnapped in Nigeria. Five of them are in the gallery today…
A special thank you to Speaker Boehner for realizing the urgency of this bill. We just got this information, and I went to the Speaker and he redlined the bill and brought it to the floor. I am proud to have my Florida colleagues here with…
These four bills appear to be a grab-bag for unscrupulous employers seeking to strip the EEOC of the tools they need to combat employment discrimination.
Where--tell me where does the average worker who really doesn't want to go to court but wants to do his or her job without experiencing discrimination go to get justice?
These bills will essentially undermine the clear and apparent purpose of our subcommittee, which is to provide a safe and amicable working environment for American workers.
Today we will examine four bills that would impact the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, EEOC, in ways that I fear will compromise the enforcement of civil rights laws.
Mr. Chairman, these four bills today ignore the fact that race, gender, disability, and age discrimination persist, and we should not be hindering the agency's charge with combatting unlawful discrimination.
I would like to highlight the majority's attempt to roll back a body of laws that have helped protect American workers from race, sex, age, and disability-based discrimination for over 50 years.
EEOC's job should be about getting results, not providing full employment for law firms looking for new ways to frustrate resolution of a disputed discrimination case.
Thank you, Ranking Member Scott. Mr. Speaker, the Congressional Review Act is yet another attack on employees' rights to organize and to limit the National Labor Relations Board. The NLRB should have the ability to safeguard those rights…
Hear ye, hear ye. Wake the town and tell the people that ISIS and Boko Haram are teaming up for terror. Boko Haram plus ISIS equals a ``marriage from hell,'' says CNN. Mr. Speaker, Boko Haram has courted ISIS for months, but this is the…
Everyone needs a job, and I think the mantra of this Congress should really be 'jobs, jobs, jobs.'
Congress needs to get real about passing a serious full employment agenda, paying workers a fair wage for the hours worked, and raising the minimum wage.
In Miami-Dade County, I have a program called the 5000 Role Models of Excellence Project. It is a program of Black and Hispanic boys who are trying to grow up into good men. The Friday before Bloody Sunday, over 500 12th…
I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 354, line 19, strike ``two categories'' and insert ``four categories''. Page 355, after line 15…
I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Florida will be postponed. Amendment No. 34 Offered by Mr. Castro of Texas The Acting…
This amendment provides for elementary students reading below grade level to utilize intensive care reading labs to improve their reading efficiency. I am well aware of the shortcomings of H.R. 5 and its failure to make the improvements…
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