Washington, DC – Today, U.S. Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25) released the following statement on the Trump Administration’s negotiations over Iran’s nuclear capabilities: "In his first term, President Trump recklessly withdrew from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) without a replacement, or even a concept of a plan of how he would secure a more favorable deal. Now, as ... Read More »
Washington, DC – Yesterday, U.S. Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25) led 48 Democratic Members of Congress in filing an amicus brief with the United States Supreme Court in response to the Trump Administration's attempt to override a district court ruling that blocked the Department of Homeland Security from vacating Temporary Protected Status for Venezuelans. The Trump Administration ... Read More »
Washington, DC – Today, the House Democratic Steering & Policy Co-Chairs, Congresswomen Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25), Robin Kelly (IL-02) and Nanette Barragán (CA-44), led a hearing on the impacts of the Trump Administration policies and tariffs. The committee heard from small business owners on how Republican schemes raise their costs and make it difficult to budget, plan or make ends meet du... Read More »
Washington, DC – Today, Florida Reps. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL-25), Darren Soto (D-FL-09), María Elvira Salazar (R-FL-27) introduced the bipartisan Venezuela TPS Act of 2025, legislation designating Venezuela for Temporary Protected Status. This comes after U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem announced the termination of Venezuela’s TPS extension by the Biden Administration, affe... Read More »
Washington, DC – Today, U.S. Representatives Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25), Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (GA-01), Raja Krishnamoorthi (IL-08), and Don Bacon (NE-02) announced the formation of the bipartisan Children’s Safety Caucus. The caucus will work to find and promote solutions to dramatically reduce preventable childhood deaths and injuries. Avoidable injuries are the number one cause of child ... Read More »
Washington DC – Today, U.S. Reps. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25) and Don Bacon (NE-02) led a group of 23 Members in sending Wikimedia CEO Maryana Iskander a letter seeking answers on how the online encyclopedia will enforce its own rules, curb editor bias and prevent antisemitism and pro-terrorist content from infiltrating Wikipedia pages. Despite its free, community-sourced platform, Wikipedia’... Read More »
Washington, DC – U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25) joined seniors, advocates and union workers who are committed to protecting Social Security outside the agency’s Plantation office to demand Donald Trump, Elon Musk and Congressional Republicans stop their illegal assault on a vital program that Americans have paid into and count upon on to live in dignity. Social Security is breaking dow... Read More »
Washington DC – Today, U.S Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25) led 48 other House members who wrote Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem to demand an immediate restoration of Congressionally-mandated oversight agencies, and called for an immediate end to the immoral mistreatment of detained individuals. Closure and mass firings at oversight offices within the Department of Homeland Securit... Read More »
Washington DC – Today, U.S. Senators Jerry Moran (R-KS), Jacky Rosen (D-NV) and U.S. Reps. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25) and Max Miller (OH-07) will file legislation to help ensure hundreds of fallen American-Jewish servicemembers are buried under military grave markers that represent their true religion and heritage. “It is critical that Jewish Americans who served our nation in uniform and pa... Read More »
By Anthony Man Canada is attempting to school Americans on economics and tariffs, via billboards in red states and political battlegrounds, including multiple locations in Florida. “Tariffs are a tax on your grocery bill,” “Tariffs are a tax at the gas pump,” and “Tariffs are a tax on hardworking Americans,” are among the rotating messages on the electronic billboards. The billboards are aimed at ... Read More »
By: Aneeta Mathur-Ashton Since 2004, Democratic Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz has played a pivotal role in the Democratic Party on and off the Hill. As the ranking member of the House Appropriations Committee, she has had a front-row seat in one of the most important committees responsible for funding the government. And as the former chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee, she was the he... Read More »
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz will never forget the derision she faced in her first run for Congress, in 2004, while she was pregnant and gave birth while still campaigning. “You can be a good member of Congress or a good mother,” her conservative opponent said, according to the Democrat representing Florida. “But you can’t be both at the same time.” Wasserman Schultz got the last laugh, winning ... Read More »
Washington, DC – Today, U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25) was joined by Rep. Linda Sánchez (CA-38), a member of the House Ways and Means Committee, and Rep. Dan Goldman (NY-10), a member of the House Judiciary and Homeland Security Committees, to demand that Acting IRS Commissioner Melanie Krause and Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem cease their illegal efforts to abuse taxpayers... Read More »
Washington, DC – Today, U.S. Representatives Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25), Buddy Carter (GA-01), Joe Wilson (SC-02), and Brad Schneider (IL-10) announced the reintroduction of the BIRD Energy and U.S.-Israel Energy Center Reauthorization Act of 2025. This bipartisan legislation extends and expands the successful U.S.-Israel energy partnership through 2034, ensuring continued collaboration on c... Read More »
Washington, DC – Today, U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25), co-chair of the Venezuela Democracy Caucus, joined Rep. Gregory Meeks (NY-5), Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, in a letter demanding that Secretary of State Marco Rubio explain the Trump Administration’s stunning betrayal of Venezuelan residents with Temporary Protected Status (TPS). Wasserman Schultz and Mee... Read More »
