(Washington, DC) – U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-23) issued the following statement in remembrance of last year’s shooting at the historic Pulse Nightclub in Orlando, FL, in which 49 people were murdered: “On this solemn anniversary of the mass shooting at Pulse Nightclub, my heart is with the victims, their loved ones, the survivors, […]
(Washington, DC) – U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-23) issued the following statement after House Republicans voted today to weaken or repeal key provisions of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act: “Congress has a principal duty to protect consumers and investors, and guard against another financial collapse. The misleadingly-named Financial CHOICE Act […]
Washington, DC – U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-23) issued the following statement today in honor of National Cancer Survivors Day: “As a breast cancer survivor, this is a day that every year has come to fill me with hope and renews my determination to help others who face the same uphill fight that I […]
Trump denies climate change, South Florida will pay U.S. Rep Debbie Wasserman Schultz Op-Ed appearing in the Miami Herald June 5, 2017 President Trump’s withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement on Thursday is a clear rejection of reality, and a cynical embrace of falsehoods and fantasy. Human activity is contributing to climate change. Its effects, […]
(Sunrise, Fla.) – U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz released the following statement in response to President Trump’s decision to withdraw from the 195-nation Paris Climate Accord: “President Trump’s reckless withdrawal from the Paris Climate Accord banishes America to the political and scientific fringes of the international community, and relinquishes any leadership role that the United […]
(Sunrise, FL) – U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-23) issued the following statement today in celebration of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Month: “Each June, we celebrate Pride Month by honoring the LGBT community, evaluating the distance we must still travel in establishing equality for all, and recommitting ourselves to protecting and promoting the […]
(Sunrise, Fla.) – U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-23) released the following statement in observance of Memorial Day: “Each Memorial Day, we gather to pay tribute to those Americans who have made the ultimate sacrifice to protect and preserve this great democracy. These brave men and women fought valiantly so the rest of us can […]
(Washington, D.C.) – Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-23) released the following statement in response to the release of today’s updated report from the Congressional Budget Office on the impacts of the Trumpcare legislation passed by House Republicans: “Today’s disturbing CBO score confirms exactly why Republicans rammed through their destructive Trumpcare legislation without hearings, and without […]
(Washington D.C.) – U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-23), the only Florida Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee as well as the House Committee on the Budget, issued the following statement on President Trump’s 2018 budget request: “The Trump budget ignores the needs of America’s hard-working families and brutally assaults our health care and public […]
(Washington D.C.) – U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-23) issued the following statement after the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued new sanctions that target members of Venezuela’s Supreme Court of Justice (Tribunal Supremo de Justicia or TSJ): “I am pleased that the Trump Administration has finally issued sanctions targeting […]