Wasserman Schultz, Miller-Meeks, Schrier, Buchanan Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Expand Genetic Cancer Testing

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WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Reps. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25), Mariannette Miller-Meeks (IA-02), Kim Schrier (WA-08), and Vern Buchanan (FL-13), announced the re-introduction of bipartisan, bicameral legislation to expand access to lifesaving genetic testing to determine an individual’s risk of developing cancer. The Reducing Hereditary Cancer Act is widely supported by patient advocacy grou...

Wasserman Schultz, Carter, Norcross Reintroduce Bipartisan Pool Safety Legislation to Save Young Lives

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Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Reps. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25), John Carter (TX-31), and Donald Norcross (NJ-01) re-introduced the bipartisan Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety (VGB) Reauthorization Act to help decrease preventable drownings. Drownings and near-drownings in pools and spas pose a significant public health risk to our nation’s children. These water-safety fatalities re...

Wasserman Schultz, Díaz-Balart, Gonzales, Espaillat Lead Latino-Jewish Caucus in Marking Anniversary of AMIA Jewish Center Bombing, Demand Accountability

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Washington, D.C. – This week, U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25), Co-Chair of the Latino-Jewish Caucus, was joined by fellow Co-Chairs, Reps. Mario Díaz-Balart (FL-26), Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) and Tony Gonzales (TX-23) in sponsoring a resolution to commemorate the 31st anniversary of the 1994 bombing of the AMIA Jewish Community Center in Buenos Aires and demanding justice and accountabi...

Wasserman Schultz, Miller-Meeks, Castor, Fitzpatrick, Dingell, and Harshbarger Introduce EARLY Act to Reauthorize Breast Cancer Awareness Funding

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Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Representatives Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25), Mariannette Miller-Meeks (IA-01), Kathy Castor (FL-14), Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01) Debbie Dingell (MI-06), and Diana Harshbarger (TN-01) introduced legislation to reauthorize and continue funding for the Breast Cancer Education and Awareness Requires Learning Young Act (EARLY) Act. In the United States, the most common...

Florida House Democrats Call for Closure and Demand More Access, Oversight in No Cages in the Everglades Act

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Washington, D.C. – Today, Florida’s Congressional Democratic delegation introduced the No Cages in the Everglades Act to defund the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) lawless, inhumane immigration detention site within South Florida’s ecologically sensitive tribal lands, and to ensure more robust access, public data, and Congressional oversight there and in all similar facilities. It was...

Wasserman Schultz on the GENIUS Act

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Washington, D.C. - U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25) issued the following statement on today's votes by the U.S. House of Representatives on crypto legislation: “Today, I was proud to support the GENIUS Act as a significant first step towards responsible and effective regulation of the cryptocurrency industry. Although I was unable to support the CLARITY Act at this time, I hope that the ...

Wasserman Schultz Joins Soto, Frost, Moskowitz, State Lawmakers in Sanitized Tour of Everglades Detention Center

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Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Representatives Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25), Darren Soto (FL-9), Maxwell Frost (FL-10), and Jared Moskowitz (FL-23) participated in a sanitized ‘tour’ by Florida’s Division of Emergency Management (FDEM) and federal officials. Several Florida state lawmakers were also given a tour. As expected, FDEM provided a limited inspection of what is described as horrific ...

Wasserman Schultz Writes Secretary Rubio: Act Now to Free Cuban Political Prisoners Held for Four Years

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Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25) wrote U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio to request his urgent attention to Cubans fighting for democracy as the regime continues its brutal crackdown on dissent. Her request called for Rubio to quickly intervene to free hundreds of political prisoners wrongfully detained by the Cuban regime since the July 11 protest m...

Needless NOAA Budget, Staff Cuts Put Lives at Risk Weather Experts, Lawmakers Warn

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Sunrise, FL – Today, U. S. Reps. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25), James E. Clyburn (SC-06), Lois Frankel (FL-22) and Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (FL-20) joined some of the nation’s top weather scientists to issue vocal warnings that gutting the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) through staff and funding cuts will cause needless deaths by delaying critical, timely research and ...

Florida Democrats Release Statement on Invitation to Tour Everglades Detention Center

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Washington, DC – Today, U.S. Representatives Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25), Lois Frankel (FL-22), Darren Soto (FL-9), Maxwell Frost (FL-10), and Jared Moskowitz (FL-23) released a joint statement after receiving an invitation from the Florida Division of Emergency Management (FDEM) to tour the detention center in the Everglades: “As Members of Congress, we were planning an unannounced oversight...

Wasserman Schultz, DeLauro Slam Trump Plan to Cut 30,000 Veterans Affairs Employees

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If slashing the workforce by 30,000 employees is not a “large-scale reduction in force,” what is? WASHINGTON — House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) and Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Ranking Member Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25) released the following statement on President Trump’s Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) ...

Wasserman Schultz on Trump’s Tour of DeSantis Everglades Internment Camp

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Washington DC – U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25) released the following statement on President Trump’s planned tour of the costly Gov. DeSantis Everglades prison camp for immigrants: “DeSantis’ internment camp puts decades of massive restoration and billions of dollars in Everglades investments at risk. It desecrates the tribal lands it sits upon and wastes hundreds of millions of state ...

Wasserman Schultz Leads Florida Democrats in Condemnation of Everglades ICE Facility

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Washington, DC – Today, U.S. Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25) announced she led U.S. House of Representatives Florida Democratic Members to demand Governor Ron DeSantis abandon plans to build an ICE detention facility on sacred tribal land in the Everglades. “We strongly and unequivocally oppose the construction of a temporary immigration detention facility at the Dade-Collier Train...

Reps. Wasserman Schultz, Cherfilus-McCormick Lead Letter Urging USDA and HHS to Protect Free School Meals Amid Cuts

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25) and Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (FL-20) led 29 of their colleagues in urging the U.S. Departments of Agriculture (USDA) and Health and Human Services (HHS) to assess and address the harmful impacts potential cuts to Medicaid and SNAP would have on students’ access to free and reduced-price school meals. In a letter to USDA Sec...

POLITICO ‘Deplorable’: Democrats slam SCOTUS ruling in birthright citizenship case

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‘Deplorable’: Democrats slam SCOTUS ruling in birthright citizenship case Democratic members of Congress sharply criticized the Supreme Court’s Friday ruling that limited district courts’ use of nationwide injunctions in a case challenging President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship. The court did not rule on whether the Trump administration has legal standing t...