SCORE Annual Awards Recognizes South Florida Congresswomanas the only member from the House of Representatives Award comes as Wasserman Schultz prepares to host a freeSmall Business Workshop on September 25th (Washington, DC) – SCORE, America’s premier source of free and confidential business advice with 364 offices nationwide comprised of 12,400 volunteers, has awarded Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz […]
(Washington, DC) – Today, in a unanimous show of support, the House of Representatives voted in favor of a House Resolution sponsored by Rep. Wasserman Schultz (FL-20) to designate the last week of September as National Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer Week and the last Wednesday of the month as National Previvor Day. “Of all the […]
First CODEL to Meet with Netanyahu and Abdullah Following Start of Peace Talks Amman, Jordan — Tuesday, Reps. Rush Holt (NJ-12), Steve Israel (NY-2) and Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-20) met with King Abdullah of Jordan. Earlier this week they met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The delegation, which Holt led as Chair of the Select […]
Fla Dem Wasserman Schultz Says Dems Will Defeat Far-Right-Wingers’ Bush-Era Policies (CBS) A Democratic Congresswoman said today the potential victory of Alaska Senate candidate Joe Miller and others supported by Tea Party activists as nominees for the Republican Party will pose a difficulty for the GOP going into the November election. Miller, who is in […]
MSNBC He hasn’t spoken yet, but Democrats are already criticizing House Republican leader John Boehner (R-OH) as offering “more of the same” in a speech on the economy to be delivered tomorrow. In anticipation of Rep. Boehner’s scheduled address at the City Club of Cleveland, DNC Vice Chairwoman Rep. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz said she expected Boehner […]
Free channel goes behind the scenes with Congresswoman and her staff, provides greater understanding of the work her office does Pembroke Pines, FL – Today, Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz launched an on-demand cable channel that allows her constituents to “go behind the scenes” with the Congresswoman as she works in Florida and in Washington, DC. This […]
By William Gibson The U.S. Marshals Service is launching a nationwide child-pornography investigation targeting the 500 most dangerous sex offenders, Attorney General Eric Holder announced on Monday. South Florida Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz — who sponsored legislation to intensify and pay for this kind of enforcement — praised the Justice Department’s implementation of the law […]
By William E. Gibson, Washington Bureau WASHINGTON — South Florida Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz will help lead a nationwide Democratic campaign this fall that will try to tie Republican candidates to extreme elements of the Tea Party movement. The Weston Democrat’s prominent role reflects her emergence as a rising party leader, and she said […]
Yesterday, Rep. Wasserman Schultz secured funding for important transportation and housing projects in her district. These funds have been passed out of the Appropriations committee as part of the Fiscal Year 2011 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations bill. “It is a vital that we ensure the development of an efficient mass transit system and […]
By Rafael A. Olmeda and Marc Freeman Broward, Palm Beach and Miami-Dade counties are closer to being reimbursed millions of dollars for taking in nearly 2,800 Haitian children evacuated after the devastating Jan. 12 earthquake, U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz announced Monday. She said the U.S. House of Representatives had approved an emergency spending […]