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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.
I stand this morning to recognize the passing of Congressman William Gray, a man for all seasons. An ardent tennis advocate, he expired at Wimbledon, still racing towards his lifetime passion of tennis. He was funeralized in Philadelphia…
Trayvon Martin, a young constituent of mine that lived only blocks away from me, was brutally murdered in Sanford, Florida. I know within my heart and will always know that things should have been different. But I accept the law. I was one…
SNAP, food stamps, however you phrase it, is fundamental to the nutrition that will supplement millions of Americans: Blacks, Whites, feeble seniors, struggling mothers, disabled veterans, and hungry children. Mr. Speaker, it was reported …
It's now been 919 days since I arrived in Congress--919 days--and the Republican leadership has still not allowed a single vote on serious legislation to address our unemployment crisis. After learning of Friday's lackluster job numbers…
It's now been 906 days since I arrived in Congress, and the Republican leadership has still not allowed a single vote on serious legislation to address our unemployment crisis. Thirty-seven percent of unemployed Americans have been without…
A primary focus of congressional school nutrition policy is to ensure that low income students have access to healthy foods.
One of the concerns I had was children who qualify for free lunch sometimes out of just fear, shame, and embarrassment do not eat.
Can you provide me a list of companies in the past 5 years that signed such an agreement and now claim they were browbeaten by their employees?
The American people are now in the 899th day of a scandal that is truly ``worse than Watergate.'' Yet, this scandal has nothing to do with Cincinnati or the AP or Benghazi or even NSA. It is the scandal of this Republican Congress failing…
As the House begins consideration of H.R. 1797, I rise in solidarity with the women of the world. I rise in outrage at yet another attempt to control our bodies and make choices for us instead of allowing women to make their own choice…
It has been 893 days since I arrived in Congress, and the Republican leadership has not allowed a single vote on serious legislation to address our unemployment crisis; but there's no shortage of policies to solve this crisis. One of the…
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