WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Josh Hawley (R-MO), and Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Representatives Nathaniel Moran (TX-01) and Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25) released the following statements after their PROTECT Our Children Act, which would reauthorize and modernize the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force Program, passed the Senate: “For decades, th... Read More »
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden signed into law a bill that could bring the country’s premiere Jewish history museum under the Smithsonian umbrella, a measure that may help ensure the survival of an institution that faced bankruptcy just a few years ago. Biden announced the enactment of the “Commission to Study the Potential Transfer of the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History to ... Read More »
Washington, DC – U.S. Reps. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25) and Lois Frankel (FL-22) released the following statement on Amnesty International’s recent report on Israel: “Amnesty International’s report relies on fraudulently attributing genocidal intent to Israeli officials and the Israeli people at large. The argument rests entirely on a politically driven revisionist definition of what constitu... Read More »
Washington DC – Today, U.S. Reps. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-23) and Scott Franklin (FL-18) led 10 of their Florida colleagues in a bipartisan letter urging Congress to include funds to modernize the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) hurricane hunter aircraft fleet in any upcoming emergency disaster relief supplemental package. “With increasingly severe hurricane seasons, ... Read More »
By WLRN News Staff U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Weston, and other Florida congressional members have written a bipartisan letter to top House and Senate leaders pressing them to include money to modernize the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) hurricane hunter aircraft fleet in any upcoming emergency disaster relief supplemental package. The funding, as requested in ... Read More »
Washington DC – Today, U.S. Reps. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25), Mike Turner (OH-10), Brendan Boyle (PA-2), and Max Miller (OH-7) announced that their bill, the Commission to Study the Potential Transfer of the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History to the Smithsonian Institution Act (H.R. 7764), passed the Senate last night and now heads to the President’s desk. This commission is... Read More »
Washington DC – Today, U.S. Reps. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25) and Darrell Issa (CA-48) announced that their bill, H.R. 1505, the No Stolen Trademarks Honored in America Act, was signed into law by President Joe Biden Monday evening. This new law prohibits U.S. recognition of illegally confiscated trademarks and provides a bulwark against attempts by the Cuban regime to profit from hijacked in... Read More »
Washington, DC – Today, U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25) joined the U.S. Department of Transportation in announcing a $53.3 million federal grant for the PEV Regional Port Operations With Emissions Reductions Project. This crucial project propels the decarbonization of Port Everglades by enabling the transition to electric, zero-emissions cargo-handling equipment and retiring older, dies... Read More »
By Sheli Muñiz Could Puerto Rico be on its way to becoming the 51st U.S. state? Last week, Puerto Ricans on the U.S. territory headed to the polls and voted in favor of becoming a state. While Puerto Ricans are U.S. citizens, they cannot vote for president, but did voice their opinions on the future of the Commonwealth’s political status. It’s clear: they want changes. The question is one Puerto R... Read More »
by Jennifer Scholtes Not all policy riders in Congress’ government funding bills are the “poison pill” mandates that snag bipartisan negotiations. This year, lawmakers in both parties are rooting for a new add-on thanks to one driving force: Mutual animosity toward Louis DeJoy. Aghast at the work of the Trump-allied postmaster general, lawmakers from both parties want unfettered access to U.S. pos... Read More »
Washington, DC – Today, U.S. Reps. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25) and Diana DeGette (CO-01) announced that they led 65 Members of Congress in a letter to call on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to finalize review of outstanding Premarket Tobacco Product Applications (PMTAs) for e-cigarette products and to take aggressive enforcement action to remove the thousands of illegal, flavored... Read More »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Reps. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25), co-chair of the Congressional Venezuela Democracy Caucus, and María Elvira Salazar (FL-27), Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, introduced the bipartisan Revoke Exemptions for Venezuelan Oil to Curb Autocratic Repression Act, or REVOCAR Act, to prohibit new and existing licenses for compan... Read More »
by Nathaniel Weixel Most Americans support legislation requiring insurance companies to cover infertility treatments, including in vitro fertilization (IVF), according to a poll released Thursday. The survey, sponsored by Americans for IVF and shared first with The Hill, found 70 percent of respondents would back a bill requiring private companies to cover the treatments, which can often cost tens... Read More »
Washington, D.C. – Today, Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25) announced she had led seven Democratic Members of the Florida congressional delegation in a letter to Governor Ron DeSantis and state Department of Education Commissioner Manny Diaz Jr. demanding that the administration rescind directives requiring Florida public schools to solely teach abstinence-only sexual education. Thes... Read More »
Washington DC – Today, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25) led all eight Democratic Members of the Florida House delegation in the following statement in support of Brightline employees’ right to organize: “Since 1926, the Railway Labor Act has protected rail workers and their right to form a union and collective bargain – a core principle we all unequivocally support. With the news of employees... Read More »
