“Education, understanding and strengthening relationships with other communities is critical to advancing Jewish community priorities,” Wasserman Schultz said in a statement. “With antisemitism reaching record levels in the United States, it is more important than ever before that Jewish members of Congress have a formal caucus to represent the unique perspective of the Jewish American community.” Read more »
President Donald Trump’s first weeks in office showed the world an unnerving split screen: harsh treatment of Venezuelan Americans and a warm embrace of Venezuela’s brutal dictator, Nicolás Maduro. Read more »
“You wouldn’t necessarily think that giving a Valentine’s Day card to someone you don’t know, and that you may not even meet, would brighten their day or their lives, but I told them, ‘You should see the smiles and joy that is on the faces of the veterans." Read more »
MIAMI - In an effort to defund Venezuela's repressive Nicolas Maduro regime, two U.S. representatives from Florida have re-introduced a bipartisan act that would cut into a revenue source. Read more »
f the commission created by the bill transfers the museum to the control of the Smithsonian trust, it would join a collection of Smithsonian museums dedicated to other minority groups including African Americans, Asian Americans, Native Americans and Latinos. Read more »
By investing in new hurricane hunter aircraft now, we ensure that NOAA can continue to protect lives, property, and entire communities from the growing threats of extreme weather. Read more »
Representative Debbie Wasserman-Schultz co-sponsored a bill as well, and said: "It's past time that we honor the will of Puerto Rico’s voters by recognizing their right to determine their own status, just as an overwhelming majority of its citizens did on their Nov. 5th ballot. Puerto Ricans are full-fledged U.S. citizens, who should be entitled to equitable access to federal programs toward which they pay taxes. They are part of our Union and deserve the right to make that official. Congress and our next President must heed the will of the island’s citizens.” Read more »
The mandate to allow lawmakers and congressional aides to visit postal facilities is now tucked in among all the dollar signs in the annual spending bill Joyce handles, thanks to an amendment Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) offered over the summer. Whether that language makes it into law could be decided over the next two months, if Congress manages to clear final spending bills ahead of the new Dec. 20 government shutdown deadline. Read more »
There’s bipartisan legislation in the House that would institute a federal requirement to cover infertility treatment, led by Reps. Susan Wild (D-Pa.) Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-Ore.), Zach Nunn (R-Iowa), and Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.). Read more »
After the governor disavowed the proposal on Wednesday, South Florida congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz publicly called for an investigation into the source of the idea. “We need DeSantis to release all records on this greedy land grab, plus an IG investigation into who really backed it,” she tweeted.
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