Washington, September 4, 2019 “The Trump administration’s decision to steal funding for vital U.S. military projects, including a critical project in Florida, is an abusive end run around Congress.”Washington D.C. – U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-23), who chairs the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, released the following statement after being […]
Washington, September 3, 2019 “President Trump is about to weaken our national security by stealing billions of dollars from our military, including training and intelligence funds from our soldiers.” Washington D.C. – U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-23) released the following statement after being notified that the Trump Administrations would proceed to take funding Congress […]
Washington, August 30, 2019 “Mr. Epstein’s victims have been denied justice at every turn so far. They must be granted this dignity, while some measure of true accountability is still within reach.” Washington DC – Members of Congress today requested that Attorney General William Barr immediately expand the Department of Justice’s current inquiry into Jeffrey […]
Washington, August 28, 2019 “It is the Administration’s own excessive enforcement actions – which violate Congressional intent – and its cruel, unprecedented asylum policies that are being used to justify DHS’s notification.” Today Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-23) released the following statement in response to the Trump administration’s request to divert appropriated funding to expand […]
Washington, August 6, 2019 “It is disingenuous to advance economic sanctions without providing protections for the Venezuelans who have fled here because of the conditions necessitating those sanctions.” (Sunrise, FL) – U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-23) issued the following statement today on the Executive Order sanctioning the Venezuelan government: “I agree with the Administration […]
Washington, August 3, 2019 “I will seek a full accounting of where these hundreds of children who were reportedly relocated from the Homestead detention center ended up.” Today Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-23) released the following statement in response to the announcement that all unaccompanied youth have been moved out of the Homestead facility: “I […]
Washington, July 30, 2019 “Holocaust survivors have endured the worst of human atrocities and deserve special care for the duration of their remaining years.” (Washington D.C.) – U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-23) has introduced the Trauma-Informed Modernization of Eldercare (TIME) for Holocaust Survivors Act, legislation which would help ensure that the roughly 80,000 Holocaust […]
Washington, July 30, 2019 “Democrats will not stop fighting for it and Republicans should not use Venezuelans as pawns in their political game.” (Sunrise, Fla.) – U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-23) issued the following statement in response to Senate Republicans decision today to take a six-week break without passing a bill that would grant […]
Washington, July 26, 2019 “Reauthorizing the EARLY Act means that we will continue the vital work of educating young and higher risk women about their breast health and direct their attention to this deadly disease.” (Washington D.C.) – This week, Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-23) and Congresswoman Susan W. Brooks (IN-05) introduced legislation (H.R. 4078) to […]
Washington, July 25, 2019 “It is imperative that you respond appropriately to contain the influence that Russia and other malign foreign actors are attempting to exert on our elections.” (WASHINGTON) – Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) and Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, sent a letter to President Trump on the […]