By Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz In the ten seconds it took you to read this far, you could be scheduling a mammogram. By now, you could be teaching your daughter about breast self awareness. And in the thirty seconds it took you to read up to here, you could make sure your friend knows her family […]
MIAMI (CBS4) ― The Miami Dolphins and U.S. Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman-Schultz have teamed up to support Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The Dolphins will hold the team’s Breast Cancer Awareness game this Sunday against the Bills at Land Shark Stadium. Wasserman-Schultz, herself a breast cancer survivor joined Dolphins head coach Tony Sparano, his wife Jeanette, and […]
Sun-Sentinel Editorial Board By Debbie Wasserman Schultz The voice on an old record is urging listeners to write members of Congress and ask them to oppose this legislation: “And if you don’t do this and if I don’t do it, one of these days you and I are going to spend our sunset years telling […]
By Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz (Washington, DC) — The voice on an old record is urging listeners to write members of Congress and ask them to oppose this legislation… “And if you don´t do this and if I don´t do it, one of these days you and I are going to spend our sunset years […]
By Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz (Washington, DC) — Every day, injured and sick Floridians worry about whether they will be able to get better—and whether they can afford to. Millions of Americans across the country wonder if they can even continue to pay for routine care to stay healthy and prevent disease before it starts. […]
By Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz Breast cancer is a disease that knows no boundaries. It strikes women from all backgrounds, races, and ethnicities, the rich and the poor, the old and the young. Yes, you did read that last part correctly. Despite the perception, young women can and do get breast cancer and the result […]
By Richard Leiby She didn’t cry on “Good Morning America.” She didn’t cry when she talked to the local press. But yesterday, surrounded by a sisterhood of other breast cancer survivors, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz stood looking so vulnerable and human — so unlike a typical member of Congress — at a lectern in a […]
By Lesley Clark When Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz steps to the lectern at the Capitol on Monday to push for greater awareness of breast cancer risks in younger women, she’ll be speaking from experience. The Broward County Democrat and mother of three told The Miami Herald on Saturday that she successfully battled breast cancer […]
(Washington, DC) — Rep. Wasserman Schultz today joined a majority in the House of Representatives in support of the final version of bipartisan legislation to provide health care to 11 million children in modest-income families. The State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) Reauthorization Act was approved by a vote of 290-135. Passage by the House […]
(Washington, DC) — Community-based health centers throughout the country will be able to continue family centered HIV care because of an amendment to the Labor, Health and Education spending bill offered by Rep. Wasserman Schultz, and passed by the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday, July 19, 2007. “As HIV infections in women and young […]