MIAMI (WSVN) — Days after a historic healthcare measure was upheld by the Supreme Court, Florida’s governor and a South Florida congresswoman are debating the measure’s benefits, clearly at odds over two of the plan’s biggest points. Florida is one of the states that sued to block President Obama’s health care reform law, and now […]
WASHINGTON – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-Texas) and Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) today introduced legislation to protect children from sexual exploitation. The Child Protection Act of 2012 (H.R. 6063) increases penalties for the possession of child pornography, raises funding and resources for the Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Forces and provides […]
WASHINGTON – Identity theft has become an epidemic that has affected thousands of Americans across the country. One piece of legislation aimed at addressing the problem of tax return identity theft is the Stopping Tax Offenders and Prosecuting Identity Theft Act (H.R. 4362), introduced in April by U.S. Reps. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-20) and Lamar […]
WASHINGTON – In response to the GOP contempt vote, U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-20) released the following statement: “Today I opposed the latest act of overt political theater staged by House Republican lawmakers who have made it clear that they would rather cast votes aimed at damaging the president instead of helping the American […]