Washington, DC – Today, U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25) announced that every Florida Congressional Democrat wrote the Trump Administration to warn that cuts to meteorologists and weather forecasting resources pose an immediate threat to hurricane preparedness and extreme weather response efforts in Florida and across the nation. “Investments in weather forecasting and emergency prepared... Read More »
Washington, DC – Today, U.S. Rep Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25) announced that she and members of the Congressional Jewish Caucus (CJC) sent a letter to Google urging the company to reverse its decision to remove International Holocaust Remembrance Day and Jewish American Heritage Month (JAHM) from its default calendar display. The letter requesting that Google reverse this decision marks the fi... Read More »
Washington, DC – Today, U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25) released her letter to Veterans Affairs Secretary Douglas A. Collins demanding an immediate halt to unlawful mass firings and impoundment of funds, and requested he provide details on how these or other actions would deteriorate the care veterans receive. Wasserman Schultz, the Ranking Member on the House Military Construction and ... Read More »
Washington, DC – U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25) released the following statement on President Trump’s reversal of his previous stance to allow oil companies to profit alongside Maduro’s brutal regime, while renewing her calls for Trump to restore TPS for Venezuelans and protect them from being subjected to this ruthless dictatorship: "For months, I have demanded the termination of oil ... Read More »
Washington, DC – U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25) released the following statement after House Republicans assured Democrats that no further votes would occur tonight, then did a deceptive about face, and called a vote to pass a budget resolution that betrays middle class families to hand billionaires and big corporations more huge tax breaks: “This Republican budget is a vicious scheme ... Read More »
Sunrise, Fla. – Today, U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25), joined Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries and House Democrats in announcing a new effort to hear directly from Americans harmed by the Trump Administration. “If you lost your job, been denied important services, or face other impacts because of Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s extreme, illegal, and unconstitutional actions, we need to h... Read More »
WASHINGTON, DC – This week, U.S. Reps. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25), Darren Soto (D-FL-09), María Elvira Salazar (R-FL-27), and Frederica Wilson (D-FL-24) announced the re-introduction of H.R. 1348, the Venezuelan Adjustment Act, bipartisan legislation to adjust the status for certain Venezuelan nationals to that of lawfully admitted permanent resident (LPR) if they meet certain criteria, incl... Read More »
Washington, DC – U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25), the Ranking Member on the House Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Subcommittee, released the following statement in response to the U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs confirming it dismissed more than 1,000 employees: Under President Trump’s cruel directive, the VA Secretary’s indiscriminate firing of 1,000 public ser... Read More »
Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Reps. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25), Jeff Van Drew (NJ-02), Jared Moskowitz (FL-23), Nathaniel Moran (TX-01), introduced the PROTECT Our Children Act, which would reauthorize and modernize the Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force Program. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) introduced the companion bill in the Senate. “Our lives... Read More »
Washington DC – Today, U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25) wrote to new Veterans Affairs Secretary Douglas A. Collins to share ‘grave concerns’ over the Trump Administration’s unconstitutional federal funding freezes, and warned that these and other outside programs cuts, along with massive job losses within the VA health care system, would inflict unacceptable harm to Veterans and their fa... Read More »
Jewish members of Congress have formed a Jewish Caucus, as lawmakers seek ways to strengthen relationships, advocate for policy and combat threats such as the rise in antisemitism. U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, the first Jewish woman from Florida elected to Congress, was one of the founders of the group, which also includes her South Florida colleagues, U.S. Reps. Lois Frankel and Jared Mos... Read More »
Washington DC – Today, U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Subcommittee, joined House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), to demand that U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth explain why he expects taxpayers to pay for a $50,000 ‘emergency’ paint job on his ... Read More »
President Donald Trump’s first weeks in office showed the world an unnerving split screen: harsh treatment of Venezuelan Americans and a warm embrace of Venezuela’s brutal dictator, Nicolás Maduro. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem quickly reversed the Biden administration’s most recent extension of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Venezuelan immigrants and shuttered a parole program tha... Read More »
Washington, DC – Today, U.S. Reps. Jerrold Nadler (NY-12) and Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25) announce the creation of the Congressional Jewish Caucus. Earlier today, Jewish Members of Congress adopted a proposal developed by Reps. Nadler and Wasserman Schultz to formalize a Caucus that will serve as an official forum for Jewish Members of Congress to exchange ideas and advocate for the issues im... Read More »
Washington D.C. – Today, U.S. Reps. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25) and Darren Soto (FL-9) led several Democratic colleagues in a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem denouncing the Department of Homeland Security’s decision to abandon the extension of the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designation for Venezuela established under the Biden Admi... Read More »
