WASHINGTON – Today President Obama laid out specific priorities to boost Florida’s economy now, including federal permits for deepening PortMiami and expediting a feasibility study for dredging Jacksonville’s port. “This is wonderful news for the entire state of Florida,” said U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-20). “Dredging PortMiami and JaxPort will create jobs for Floridians […]
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-20) made the following statement following an attack in Bulgaria, killing at least six people, and injuring dozens of others: “I am saddened and outraged by this horrific and brutal attack against Israeli tourists in Bulgaria. On this 18th anniversary of the deadly bombing of the AMIA […]
WASHINGTON – Today the Obama Administration’s Council on Environmental Quality published a progress report about Everglades restoration projects. U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-20) released the following statement: “President Obama’s administration has been committed to Everglades restoration from day one, and we’ve already seen significant progress in many of the projects underway. Since 2008 we’ve […]
WASHINGTON –Two of U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz’s bills moved significantly closer to becoming law when they were passed by the House Judiciary Committee today. The Stopping Tax Offenders and Prosecuting Identity Theft Act (H.R. 4362) was introduced in April by U.S. Reps. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-20) and Judiciary Chairman Lamar Smith (TX-21). The bill […]
How Has the Affordable Care Act Helped South Florida? Rep. Wasserman Schultz highlighted benefits of Affordable Care Act for South Floridians Rep. Wasserman Schultz talks with South Floridians in Hollywood about what the Supreme Court ruling on the Affordable Care Act means for them. HOLLYWOOD, Fla. – Last Thursday, the Supreme Court upheld the right […]
CBS4 MIAMI HOLLYWOOD (CBSMiami) – Just days after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on the Obama administration’s Affordable Care Act, U.S. Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz joined several South Floridians who will now benefit directly from its passage. At the Broward Community and Family Health Center on Hollywood Boulevard, Wasserman Schultz introduced Carolyn Newman was diagnosed […]
MIAMI (WSVN) — Days after a historic healthcare measure was upheld by the Supreme Court, Florida’s governor and a South Florida congresswoman are debating the measure’s benefits, clearly at odds over two of the plan’s biggest points. Florida is one of the states that sued to block President Obama’s health care reform law, and now […]
WASHINGTON – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-Texas) and Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) today introduced legislation to protect children from sexual exploitation. The Child Protection Act of 2012 (H.R. 6063) increases penalties for the possession of child pornography, raises funding and resources for the Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Forces and provides […]
WASHINGTON – Identity theft has become an epidemic that has affected thousands of Americans across the country. One piece of legislation aimed at addressing the problem of tax return identity theft is the Stopping Tax Offenders and Prosecuting Identity Theft Act (H.R. 4362), introduced in April by U.S. Reps. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-20) and Lamar […]
WASHINGTON – In response to the GOP contempt vote, U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-20) released the following statement: “Today I opposed the latest act of overt political theater staged by House Republican lawmakers who have made it clear that they would rather cast votes aimed at damaging the president instead of helping the American […]