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 »
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 »
