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“We cannot allow this president to turn our national security into some sick reality TV plot,” Wasserman Schultz said in the Democrats’ national weekly address, in which she called the wall “a wasteful solution to a manufactured crisis that intoxicates his base and turns our service members into political pawns.” Read more

Florida ranks 49 out of 50 in the country for the worst income inequality. The consequences for our state’s families are severe: nearly half of households can’t afford basic needs. Read more

The lawmakers sent a letter to Attorney General Barr, saying the ongoing DOJ inspector general investigation should not limit itself to how Epstein was able to wind up dead in a Manhattan jail cell while awaiting trial. It should focus on the deal Epstein received to escape meaningful punishment 10 years ago. Read more

"He has given white supremacists and hateful violent bigots permission to come out from the shadows and act on their hatred." Read more

"Children spending their entire childhood languishing in a child detention facility until they can be arrested and face deportation once they turn 18 is monstrous." Read more

"This is an administration that has thumbed its nose at the law. They have repeatedly demonstrated that they have something to hide.” Read more

“If they want to pay more than lip service, they will help us fast-track this legislation and send it to the president’s desk and not put undue pressure on Venezuelans." Read more

Democratic Reps. Elijah Cummings, chairman of the House Oversight Committee, and Jamie Raskin sent Acosta a letter Wednesday inviting him to testify July 23. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Florida, welcomed that move, saying Acosta "has a disturbing record on sexual and human trafficking that stretches from the horribly permissive plea agreement he gave to Jeffrey Epstein, up to his time now as Labor Secretary." Read more

"We must do all we possibly can to protect our sensitive River of Grass." Read more

"Rep. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz, D-Fla., pressed Neumann on a report that the department recently disbanded and slashed funding for a section of the Office of Intelligence and Analysis." Read more