Wasserman Schultz Requests Answers on Trump Administration’s Elimination of 35,000 VA Jobs

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Washington, DC – U.S. Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25), Ranking Member of the House Appropriation Committee’s Military Construction and Veterans Affairs subcommittee, called on VA Secretary Doug Collins to provide answers on how the Department of Veterans’ Affairs elimination of 35,000 doctor, nurse and other healthcare professional positions will impact veterans’ services. In Decem...

Wasserman Schultz, Soto, Meeks Lead 70 House Democrats to Demand Trump Administration Restore TPS for Venezuelans

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“Conditions in the country are deeply unstable and dangerous, and the still-intact Venezuelan regime, emboldened by support from the President of the United States, has doubled down on repression and brutality since taking power.” Washington, DC – Today, U.S. Representatives Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25), Darren Soto (FL-9), and House Foreign Affairs Committee Ranking Member Gregory Meeks (NY-5...

Wasserman Schultz, Gillibrand Lead Congressional Resolution to Honor Victims, Survivors and Courage of Former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords 15 Years After the Tucson Shooting

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Washington, D.C. — On the 15th anniversary of the January 8, 2011, shooting in Tucson, Arizona, U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) will introduce a bipartisan House–Senate concurrent resolution honoring the six people killed, the survivors whose lives were forever changed, and former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords,...

Wasserman Schultz Secures $1.3 Billion in 2026 Federal Funding in House Bills, Including $461 Million for Everglades Restoration and $11 Million in Community Projects

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Washington, DC – Today, U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25) secured $1.29 billion in federal funding in H.R. 6938, the Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment Appropriations Act of 2026. This includes $461 million for Everglades restoration and preservation secured by Wasserman Schultz. The combined bills now move to the Senate. “I’m so proud t...

Wasserman Schultz Votes to Reduce Healthcare Costs, Pass Critical Affordable Care Act Tax Credit Extension

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Washington, DC – Today, U.S. Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25) voted to pass a three-year extension of Affordable Care Act tax credits that will help millions of families avoid lost coverage and soaring premium increases. The enhanced premium tax credits extension was only possible because Democrats forced a floor vote on it through a discharge petition signed by all House Democrats ...

Wasserman Schultz on Maduro’s Capture

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Weston, Fla. – U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25), co-chair of the Congressional Venezuela Democracy Caucus, released the following statement on the capture of Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro: “The capture of the brutal, illegitimate ruler of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, who oppressed Venezuela's people is welcome news for my friends and neighbors who fled his violent, lawless, and disast...

Florida Democrats Release Statement Following Vote to Invoke the War Powers Act

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Washington, DC – Today, all of Florida’s Congressional Democrats, including U.S. Representatives Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25), Kathy Castor (FL-14), Frederica Wilson (FL-24), Lois Frankel (FL-22), Darren Soto (FL-09), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (FL-20), Maxwell Frost (FL-10), and Jared Moskowitz (FL-23), released a joint statement after voting in favor of H.Con.Res.61 and H.Con.Res.64, resolut...

Wasserman Schultz, Van Drew’s PROTECT Our Children Act Passes the House, Part of NDAA

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Washington, DC – Today, the PROTECT Our Children Act, led by U.S. Reps. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25), Jeff Van Drew (NJ-02), Jared Moskowitz (FL-23), Nathaniel Moran (TX-01), passed the U.S. House of Representatives as a part of the Fiscal Year 2026 National Defense Authorization Act. The PROTECT Our Children Act would reauthorize and modernize the Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task ...

Business Insider: Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz says pressure to straighten her curly hair followed her throughout her career

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Business Insider: When Debbie Wasserman Schultz was in her mid-20s and preparing to run for the Florida State House, every older woman she sought advice from urged her to "do something" about her curly hair. "They would say, you're going to have to get a haircut and you've got to just have more manageable hair — a more professional look," Wasserman Schultz, now 59, recalled during Monday's episode...

Wasserman Schultz Meets with ACA Recipients, Floridians Impacted by GOP Healthcare Crisis

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Sunrise, FL – Today, U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25) held a roundtable discussion and press conference with Affordable Care Act recipients who face skyrocketing healthcare costs due to Republicans allowing ACA enhanced premium tax credits to lapse and the passage of Trump’s Big Ugly Law. Watch the full press conference here. “If Republicans continue to cater to the billionaires and ign...

Van Hollen, Wasserman Schultz Lead Over 120 Members in Filing Amicus Brief Urging Court to Uphold Temporary Protected Status for Venezuela

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WASHINGTON – Today U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and U.S. Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) were joined by 125 members of Congress in submitting an amicus brief to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in the case of National TPS Alliance et al. v. Noem, urging the reversal of the Trump Administration’s baseless decision to vacate and terminate the Temporary Protec...

Wasserman Schultz: Democrats Will Not Give Up Our Fight

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Today, U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schutlz (FL-25) released the following statement: “House Democrats are fighting to secure bipartisan legislation to fund our government and prevent an unfolding health care coverage calamity that will financially crush tens of millions. The Senate proposed bill critically fails to extend the Affordable Care Act tax credits and leaves future healthcare funding in j...

Wasserman Schultz Sounds Alarm on Hunger Crisis as Trump Delays Food Help to Millions of Floridians

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Sunrise, FL – Today, U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25) joined nutrition assistance leaders and SNAP recipients to sound the alarm on how the Trump Administration’s heartless, unlawful withholding of emergency SNAP funds amid a Republican shutdown needlessly harms millions of Floridians. Watch the full press conference here. Instead of sitting down with Democrats and negotiating to reopen ...

Wasserman Schultz Discusses Trump Caribbean Crisis with Venezuelan Community Leaders

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Sunrise, FL – Today, U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25) held a roundtable discussion to hear from leaders in South Florida’s Venezuelan community about their concerns over Trump’s assault on law-abiding immigrant families and failure to promote a peaceful, democratic transition of power in Venezuela. Watch the full press conference here. “Trump’s presidency has been an unending nightmare f...