Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25) held a roundtable to discuss the impacts of the Trump Administration’s push to cancel the highly successful Latinos in Action course in Broward County, with many students involved in the successful program sharing how it feels like “familia.” The Trump Administration’s threat to withhold federal funds is based on inaccurate claim... Read More »
Plantation, FL. – Today, U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25) joined Social Security Disability recipients and advocates to sound the alarm about Trump’s proposed cuts to Social Security and highlight what they mean for seniors, retirees, and people living with disabilities. Watch the full press conference here. President Trump’s pro-billionaire agenda now includes targeting Social Security ... Read More »
Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Reps. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25) led every Congressional Florida Democrat to call on the Trump Administration’s Department of Education (DOEd) to rescind its threat to withhold federal funds from local classrooms and give school districts a chance to prove that inaccurate claims against a long-time, successful Latinos In Action program should not be used to tar... Read More »
Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Reps. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25) and John B. Larson (CT-1) led 165 House Democrats in a call for Social Security Administration (SSA) Commissioner Frank Bisignano to halt the Trump Administration’s plan to remove or sharply reduce age as a factor in disability determinations, which would result in one of the largest cuts to Social Security disability benefits i... Read More »
Washington, DC – Today, U.S. Reps. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25), Darren Soto (FL-09), and Maxwell Frost (FL-10) shared how Florida residents face extreme impacts if Affordable Care Act (ACA) tax credits are allowed to expire. During a press conference this morning, the Democratic lawmakers stressed that it was urgent for Republicans to negotiate to lower healthcare costs, end the GOP shutdown,... Read More »
WASHINGTON — On Capitol Hill, one Florida congresswoman has been leading the charge on breast cancer legislation since her own diagnosis in 2007. Democratic Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz remembers the day she found out she had cancer more than 17 years ago. “One day, I was the picture of health," she said. "The next day, I found a lump, and I was a cancer patient. And it can happen to any of us, w... Read More »
Washington DC — U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25) released the following statement today after the Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded its 2025 Peace Prize to María Corina Machado, the Venezuelan opposition leader whose democratic resistance against an authoritarian regime inspires the world: "Without democracy, peace and prosperity are an impossibility. As authoritarianism rises all around... Read More »
By Andrea Torres WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz praised Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado after she won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday. Wasserman Schultz, a Democrat, released a statement saying Machado shines a guiding light for all who challenge threats to democracy as authoritarianism rises. “For years, she has fearlessly confronted the murderous Maduro regime ... Read More »
WASHINGTON – Co-Chairs of the bipartisan Abraham Accords Caucus – Reps. Brad Schneider (IL-10), Ann Wagner (MO-02), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25), and Craig Goldman (TX-12) – released the following statement welcoming the announcement of a Middle East peace deal: “We are elated by news that Israel and Hamas have come to an agreement to end the war in Gaza, release the hostages, and surge aid in... Read More »
Washington, DC – Today, U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25) heard from healthcare professionals – including hospital CEOs, healthcare workers, and consumer advocates – about how massive Republican Medicaid cuts and the failure to extend Affordable Care Act tax credits would harm local health providers and families in our community. Following the roundtable discussion, she took questions fro... Read More »
U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, a Democrat from Weston, convened a roundtable discussion Friday with local healthcare leaders and consumer advocates to talk about the impasse in Congress over extending critical tax credits for health plans offered under the Affordable Care Act. The issue has driven a wedge between Democrats and the majority Republicans in Congress and led to Wednesday's federa... Read More »
Washington, DC – Today, U.S. Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25) and Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) led 137 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 Supreme Court in National TPS Alliance v. Noem. This filing follows a federa... Read More »
Washington, DC – Today, U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25) held a press conference with a healthcare advocate, insurance expert, and Affordable Care Act recipient to address the Republican healthcare crisis unleashed by the Big Ugly Bill, attacks on vaccines, and the refusal to extend healthcare tax credits in partisan GOP spending bills. Watch Wasserman Schultz’s full remarks here. Watch ... Read More »
Washington DC – Today, U.S. Reps. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25) and Tim Burchett (TN-2) announced the introduction of the bipartisan Courtney Wild Reinforcing Crime Victims' Rights Act to close the legal loophole that kept survivors of notorious sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein in the dark about his secret, sweetheart deal in 2008. This legislation would ensure survivors retain their rights and ... Read More »
Washington, DC -- Today, U.S. Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz released the following statement on the House Resolution regarding Charlie Kirk: "While I strongly disagreed with Charlie Kirk’s views, and today’s resolution honoring him was not language I would have chosen, I voted for it to make clear that the horrific political violence that took his life has no place in our democracy. Our ... Read More »
