NEW YORK TIMES MOTHERLODE – ADVENTURES IN PARENTING BLOG How Debbie Wasserman Schultz Does It By DEBBIE WASSERMAN-SCHULTZ and KJ DELL’ANTONIA Friday, April 19, 2013, Weston, Fla. 9:30 p.m.: Coming home from the airport, I call Steve, my husband, to be rescued from a staffer’s car stuck in an exceptionally long guard gate line. As […]
WASHINGTON – On Monday, more than 150 leading women’s, worker, and civil rights organizations from across the country sent a letter to the U.S. House of Representatives stating their opposition to the Working Families Flexibility Act (also known as the ‘comp time’ bill) – which is slated to be voted on in the House this […]
SUN SENTINEL FLORIDA POLITICS BLOG Wasserman Schultz says Scott needs to “get off the sidelines” on health care BY Kathleen Haughney TALLAHASSEE — U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Weston, blasted House Speaker Will Weatherford for letting the Tea Party run the agenda in the House and said Gov. Rick Scott needed to “get off the […]
Wasserman Schultz encourages Americans to “Pick Five for the Environment” WASHINGTON – Today marks the 43rd annual Earth Day, a day when people around the world focus on the environmental challenges facing the planet and what we can do to help overcome them. This year’s theme is ‘The face of climate change,’ pointing out that […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-23) released the following statement marking Israel’s Independence Day, Yom Ha’atzmaut:
“I am delighted to wish Israelis and Jews around the world a hearty ‘Mazel tov’ on Israel’s 65th anniversary of independence. For six and a half decades, our two nations have shared bonds of friendship and partnership between our governments, leaders, and people based on mutual values, priorities, and hopes.
Washington – U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-23) released the following statement today on the explosions at the end of the Boston Marathon: “My thoughts and prayers are with the people of Boston on this Patriots’ Day. Boston is a significant, historical city that was at the forefront of the birth of America and our […]
On Tax Day, Congresswoman pushes bill that would protect against tax return identity theft FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Monday is Tax Day, and U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-23) is working to make sure tax payers know what to do if they think they’ve been a victim of tax return identity theft. South Florida has […]
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – This year marks 50 years since President John F. Kennedy signed the Equal Pay Act of 1963, and yet today in 2013, women still earn 77 cents for every dollar earned by a man.
WESTON, Fla. – In honor of National Equal Pay Day, U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz released the following statement: “This year marks 50 years since President John F. Kennedy signed the Equal Pay Act of 1963, and yet women still earn just 77 cents to every dollar earned by a man. As we pause to […]
WASHINGTON – Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-23) made the following statement today recognizing Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, in honor of Holocaust survivors: “Today we stand with communities around the world in honor of the six million Jews and countless other victims who perished during the Holocaust. Yom HaShoah reminds us not only of the […]