Washington DC – U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25) released the following statement on President Trump’s planned tour of the costly Gov. DeSantis Everglades prison camp for immigrants: “DeSantis’ internment camp puts decades of massive restoration and billions of dollars in Everglades investments at risk. It desecrates the tribal lands it sits upon and wastes hundreds of millions of state ... Read More »
Washington, DC – Today, U.S. Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25) announced she led U.S. House of Representatives Florida Democratic Members to demand Governor Ron DeSantis abandon plans to build an ICE detention facility on sacred tribal land in the Everglades. “We strongly and unequivocally oppose the construction of a temporary immigration detention facility at the Dade-Collier Train... Read More »
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25) and Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (FL-20) led 29 of their colleagues in urging the U.S. Departments of Agriculture (USDA) and Health and Human Services (HHS) to assess and address the harmful impacts potential cuts to Medicaid and SNAP would have on students’ access to free and reduced-price school meals. In a letter to USDA Sec... Read More »
‘Deplorable’: Democrats slam SCOTUS ruling in birthright citizenship case Democratic members of Congress sharply criticized the Supreme Court’s Friday ruling that limited district courts’ use of nationwide injunctions in a case challenging President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship. The court did not rule on whether the Trump administration has legal standing t... Read More »
SOUTH FLORIDA — Today, Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Congressman Maxwell Alejandro Frost (D-FL), and Congressman Adriano Espaillat (D-NY),introduced the Stop Unlawful Detention and End Mistreatment (SUDEM) Act, legislation that would expose widespread human rights violations in America’s immigration detention system and shine a light on the secretive practices of U.S. Immigration ... Read More »
Collegeville, PA – Today, the House Democratic Steering and Policy Co-Chairs, Congresswomen Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25), Robin Kelly (IL-02) and Nanette Barragán (CA-44), led a roundtable discussion with local leaders and stakeholders impacted by the Trump Tariffs and Republican threats to cut Medicaid and SNAP. Witnesses warned that the Republican ‘One Big Ugly Bill’ would only exacerbate th... Read More »
Washington, DC – Today, U.S. Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25) led 54 Democratic Members of Congress to support and defend Venezuelans from the Trump Administration’s baseless termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) by filing an amicus brief with the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in National TPS Alliance v. Noem. This filing follows the Supreme Court’s ... Read More »
Funding Proposal Raises the Costs of Veterans Health Care, Hurts Military Readiness, and Worsens Quality of Life for Servicemembers and Their Families WASHINGTON — House Appropriations Committee Republicans released the 2026 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations bill, which will be considered in the subcommittee tomorrow. The legislation fails to fully meet v... Read More »
Norfolk, VA – Today, the House Democratic Steering & Policy Committee held a hearing on the impacts of the Trump Administration proposed policies and DOGE cuts for veterans, led by Co-Chairs Congresswomen Robin Kelly (D-IL) and Nanette Díaz Barragán (D-CA). The committee heard from policy experts, healthcare providers, and veterans on how Republican schemes makes it more difficult to plan, access ... Read More »
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., speaking with ABC News’ Selina Wang on Thursday afternoon outside the Capital Jewish Museum, called for the White House to increase funding for the Office for Civil Rights at the Department of Education as well as for nonprofit security, in the wake of the shooting Wednesday that killed two staff members of the Israeli Embassy. “The Trump administration shoul... Read More »
MILITARY.COM VA Shuffles Money from Canceled Contracts While Keeping Congress Mostly in the Dark By Rebecca Kheel The Department of Veterans Affairs is starting to move money from canceled contracts to other accounts even as it has yet to fully disclose what contracts it has ended. Late last month, the department sent Congress a notice informing lawmakers it would transfer more than $300 million f... Read More »
By Rebecca Kheel The Department of Veterans Affairs is starting to move money from canceled contracts to other accounts even as it has yet to fully disclose what contracts it has ended. Late last month, the department sent Congress a notice informing lawmakers it would transfer more than $300 million from canceled contracts to accounts for the program that allows veterans to see non-VA doctors usi... Read More »
Washington D.C. – Today, U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25), co-chair of the Venezuela Democracy Caucus, denounced a U.S. Supreme Court order that would allow the Trump Administration to return hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans right back into the hands of a murderous dictator that they had sought refuge from in coming to America. “Venezuelan TPS holders fled the Maduro regime and built... Read More »
Washington D.C. – Today, a resolution led by U.S. Reps. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25), Mariannette Miller-Meeks (IA-01), Troy A. Carter, Sr. (LA-02), and Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01) to recognize Jewish American Heritage Month (JAHM) passed the House of Representatives in a 421 to 1 vote. JAHM aims to recognize the significant contributions of Jewish Americans to the society and culture of the Uni... Read More »
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 »
