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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.
Mr. Chairman, I thank my friend from Wisconsin (Ms. Moore) for her leadership and her passion for defending children. I urge my colleagues to support this amendment. As an educator, as an elementary school principal and as a school board…
Mr. Speaker, 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…
Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks in strong opposition to the farm bill rule and the underlying bill because it hurts the working poor. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the…
Mr. Speaker, 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…
Mr. Speaker, 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…
One of the concerns I had was children who qualify for free lunch sometimes out of just fear, shame, and embarrassment do not eat.
A primary focus of congressional school nutrition policy is to ensure that low income students have access to healthy foods.
Mr. Speaker, 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…
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?
Mr. Speaker, 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…
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