Washington, March 22, 2019 “Attorney General Barr must make the full Mueller report public, and provide Congress with all of its underlying documentation and findings.” (Washington D.C.) — U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-23) issued the following statement regarding the completion of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report: “Attorney General Barr must make the full Mueller […]
Senator Blumenthal and Representative Wasserman Schultz introduced commonsense, bicameral legislation to implement instant universal background checks for the sale of gun ammunition. Legislation named in honor of Jaime Guttenberg would require universal background checks for the sale of gun ammunition [WASHINGTON, DC] – Today, U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and U.S. Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz […]
President Trump’s recklessly cruel 2020 Budget Request is a grim repudiation of American values. “President Trump’s recklessly cruel 2020 Budget Request is a grim repudiation of American values. It plunders education, medical research and job training programs, to name just a few critical middle class needs, while failing to raise caps on defense and non-defense […]
SUN SENTINELBy Anthony Man U.S. Reps. Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Donna Shalala, South Florida Democrats with many Venezuelan constituents, visited the Colombian-Venezuelan border over the weekend and returned home to condemn the crumbling and corrupt regime of President Nicolás Maduro. They said they went to get a first-hand view of the humanitarian and public health […]
(Washington, D.C.) – Today U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-23) filed the White House Security Clearance Accountability Act to address threats posed by President Donald Trump’s troubling order to approve multiple family members for top-level security clearance, against the recommendations of career experts in the intelligence field, as well as the White House Counsel and […]
(Washington D.C.) – U.S. Reps. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Lois Frankel, and Jackie Speier joined 11 House colleagues today in calling on the U.S. Department of Justice to re-open the agreement made with serial sexual abuser Jeffrey Epstein and to make public the internal misconduct investigation of then-U.S. Attorney Alex Acosta, the current Labor Secretary, who […]
(Sunrise, Fla.) – U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-23) will file the White House Security Clearance Accountability Act when she returns to Washington D.C. next week to address threats posed by President Trump’s troubling direction to approve a family member for a top-level security clearance, despite the warnings and objections of career experts in the […]
(Washington D.C.) – Witnesses from the Army, the Navy, and the Air Force will testify for the first time on Wednesday, February 27 about the impact of President Trump’s national emergency declaration on military construction and readiness at a House Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies hearing chaired by Rep. Debbie […]
Today Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz released the following statement on U.S. Secretary of Labor Alex Acosta regarding his handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case: As a U.S. Attorney, Secretary Acosta violated the trust of the American public and exhibited a stunning disregard for our nation’s laws. He violated the law to shield a heinous perpetrator […]
An unspeakable tragedy occurred one year ago today in Parkland, Florida. It sent the kind of shock, panic and sorrow through my community that, sadly, too many communities have felt before and since. This monstrous act of gun violence took 17 precious loved ones from their families, leaving scars that will never heal. Fourteen of […]