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Debbie
Wasserman Schultz

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Wasserman Schultz Introduces HOMESTEAD Act to Ensure Robust Oversight of Migrant Detention Facilities

July 23, 2019

“Congress must be able to exercise its constitutional oversight authority and ensure that all migrants coming here are treated with dignity and humanity.”

Wasserman Schultz on Acosta Oversight Committee Invitation to Testify

July 10, 2019

"I’ve been insistent that he publicly answer for these troubling actions, and I am heartened that Chairmen Cummings and Raskin have called for this public accounting."

Wasserman Schultz Renews Call for Acosta to Resign Amid New Epstein Charges

July 8, 2019

"As Epstein now faces a real accounting for his crimes, it’s time for Acosta to be held responsible for letting Epstein elude real justice for so long."

Sun Sentinel: Wasserman Schultz wants authority to enter migrant centers without warning

July 23, 2019

"This is an administration that has thumbed its nose at the law. They have repeatedly demonstrated that they have something to hide.”

Miami Herald: Democrats will force a House vote on TPS for Venezuelans. They’ll need GOP support

July 22, 2019

“If they want to pay more than lip service, they will help us fast-track this legislation and send it to the president’s desk and not put undue pressure on Venezuelans."

Acosta to take questions on his handling of Epstein case

July 10, 2019

Democratic Reps. Elijah Cummings, chairman of the House Oversight Committee, and Jamie Raskin sent Acosta a letter Wednesday inviting him to testify July 23. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Florida, welcomed that move, ...