(Washington, DC) — Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz has backed the most comprehensive response yet to the American mortgage crisis. The American Housing Rescue and Foreclosure Prevention Act will help families keep their homes, aid local communities hit hard by the foreclosure crisis, and strengthen the economy and financial markets. The bill was passed Wednesday in […]
By Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz (Washington, DC) — With costs going up on everything from gasoline to bread, I voted along with an overwhelming bipartisan majority in the House of Representatives in support of the Recovery Rebates and Economic Stimulus for the American People Act. We were determined to act quickly, so that families could […]
By Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz (Weston, FL) — The other day I was struck by just how much costs have gone up for South Florida families. I’d just filled up my mini-van, which in Weston set me back $3.10 a gallon –almost $60 right in the tank, and then I headed over to the local […]
Washington, D.C. – Rep. Wasserman Schultz (FL-20) joined members of the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate at an event Tuesday in Washington, DC marking the first day that a new federal minimum wage took effect in states across the country. The minimum wage increase is part of a broader Democratic effort to […]
(Washington, DC) — For the past two months Rep. Wasserman Schultz and Democrats in Congress have been fighting for an up or down vote on increasing the minimum wage. Now, after months of stalling, the House Republican Leadership has indicated that they might introduce legislation this weekend that on the face of it would raise the […]