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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.
Today I rise to draw attention to the fact that there are only 4 days left until Federal student loan interest rates double. On July 1, the interest rate for 7 million students could rise to 6.8 percent. Failure to act and to act now would…
The video, The Invisible Children, really captured the people of America, especially the child soldiers and all of the devastation that is happening.
Congress authorized up to $35 million per year in the budget for 2012 and 2013 for increased support to regional counter-LRA efforts.
This will inundate low-lying coastal zones, impacting hundreds of millions of people worldwide and tens of millions of Americans here at home.
There is a real tension between black boys and the police, not perceived but real.
This case has captured international attention and will go down in history as a textbook example of racial profiling.
We need to have a national conversation about racial profiling now, not later.
I believe we need a council or commission like this on the national and Federal level.
Last week, after 45 days, an arrest was finally made in the shooting death of my constituent, Trayvon Martin.
This investigation is laced with racial profiling, lies and murder. Trayvon was haunted, chased, tackled and shot. Ill-conceived laws and lax gun laws all contributed to this tragedy. In closing, Mr. Zimmerman should be arrested…
This afternoon, I rise to thank those Members and witnesses who joined together yesterday to discuss the tragic shooting of Trayvon Martin: Representatives Conyers, Jackson Lee, Brown, Barbara Lee, Richmond, Nadler, Johnson, Green…
Twenty years ago, while serving as a school principal, I founded the 5,000 Role Models of Excellence project in Miami, Florida--a million dollar, nationally recognized and honored foundation that specifically addresses the trials and…
On rollcall No. 130, had I been present, I would have voted ``nay.'' ____________________
This is Trayvon Martin. Trayvon Martin's murderer is still at large. It's been 1 month, 30 days with no arrest. I want America to see this sweet, young boy, who was hunted down like a dog, shot in the street, and his killer is still at…
Today I rise to continue my calls for justice in the murder of Trayvon Martin. It has been 30 days since his death, exactly 1 month since the Sanford police actually talked to the killer as he hunted and pursued young Trayvon with a loaded…
Yesterday I promised that every day I would come to the floor of this House and announce to America just how long justice for Trayvon Martin has been delayed. As of today, Trayvon Martin was murdered 26 days ago, and still there has been…
Trayvon Martin was a 17-year- old young boy who lived in my district and attended school within walking distance of my home. I have known his family most of my life, and they are pleading, begging, crying for justice. The whole city of…
I am tired of burying young black boys. I am tired of watching them suffer at the hands of those who fear them and despise them. I'm tired of comforting mothers, fathers, grandparents, sisters, and brothers after such unnecessary, heinous…
On rollcall No. 111, had I been present, I would have voted ``yea.'' ____________________
Today I rise to tell my fellow Americans that House Republicans have declared a war on the holidays. By refusing to allow an up or down vote on the payroll tax cut extension passed by the Senate, my Republican colleagues are putting lumps…
I came to attend this hearing this morning, first of all, because Carolyn Maloney is my housemate and I wanted to hear her testimony.
I represent Miami Dade county Florida, a lot of Holocaust survivors and a lot of Jewish constituents.
I have asked some of my colleagues to join me today to pay tribute to a wonderful, wonderful stateswoman who represented Florida's 17th Congressional District for more than a decade--Congresswoman Carrie Pittman Meek. It is my present…
Amendment to the amendment in the nature of a substitute to H.R. 2699 offered by the Honorable Frederica Wilson
Amendments to the amendment in the nature of a substitute to H.R. 2337 offered by the Honorable Frederica Wilson
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