A Member cannot represent and respect this institution, while also calling for violence against those who serve inside it. Today, Members from both sides of the aisle voted to uphold our oath to protect this institution and rebuke anyone who would use lies, conspiracy theories and violent rhetoric to harm or intimidate those who serve […]
Black history is American history and it’s written every day and woven into the fabric of our American story.share: ft Black history is American history, and it’s written every day and woven into the fabric of our American story. Last year, America witnessed some of the largest marches for justice since the Civil Rights Act became […]
The Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision 48 years ago today legalized abortion and affirmed women’s autonomy over our own bodies. The Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision 48 years ago today legalized abortion and affirmed women’s autonomy over our own bodies. Yet sweeping state-level abortion bans — even in rape and incest cases — […]
Today Joe Biden and Kamala Harris start to correct America’s wayward course, and rejoin our common march for a more perfect union. Their sacred and provident journey is one I proudly join.”Americans embraced honesty, competence and compassion by voting resoundingly for President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris to heal and unite this ailing, […]
Not only did Congressman Brooks’ fuel an insurrection against the body he serves in, his words helped spark chaos, destruction, injuries and death. (Washington, DC) Today, Representatives Tom Malinowski (NJ-7) and Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-23) introduced a resolution censuring Representative Mo Brooks (AL-5) for inciting violence against his fellow members of Congress as part of last week’s assault on the United […]
Ten years ago today, at a “Congress on Your Corner” event hosted by former U.S. Rep. Gabby Giffords for her constituents, a disturbed shooter ended six lives and wounded numerous others, including my dear friend, Gabby.“Ten years ago today, at a “Congress on Your Corner” event hosted by former U.S. Rep. Gabby Giffords for her […]
Georgia’s resolutely determined voters have not only secured a brighter future for all Americans by electing Reverend Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff to establish a Democratic majority in the U.S. Senate, but they also remedied a measure of America’s discriminatory past by electing the first African American and Jewish senators from the Peach State.Washington DC – Following […]
Washington DC – U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-23) released the following statement after her legislation, the Education and Awareness Requires Learning Young Act, or EARLY Act Reauthorization of 2020, became law this week with the President’s signing of the larger government spending and COVID-19 relief package: “For young women and those of certain ethnic […]
Florida Congressional Democrats today called on Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to release undisclosed weekly White House Coronavirus Task Force Reports and quit ignoring the urgent health recommendations they call for, and once again, they demanded that the governor stop manipulating COVID-19 health data – all of which compromises public safety and undermines the vital credibility […]
Gov. DeSantis’ mishandling of the coronavirus in Florida has made him a global laughingstock and has caused so much needless suffering and death in our state. Now, beyond just deadly incompetence, it appears that he has chosen to abuse Florida’s law enforcement and judicial systems to persecute Rebekah JonesGov. DeSantis’ mishandling of the coronavirus in […]