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“We should not be requesting and sharing sponsors’ immigration status,” Wasserman Schultz said. “The best interests of children must always come first.” Read more »

Wasserman Schultz said the limited funds in Trump’s budget “represents an environmental disaster” for the Everglades and other environmental priorities in the state. With the president’s visit looming, Wasserman Schultz said Trump should be 'ashamed' to come to South Florida after making his budget recommendations. Read more »

Democratic appropriators on Tuesday said they will not give the Pentagon money to cover any shortfalls that stem from President Trump using military funds to pay for a border wall. “Let me be clear: I do not intend to use Mil-Con dollars to fund this wall,” said Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.), chair of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, at a hearing on Trump’s 2020 budget request. Read more »

The bills, led by South Florida Democrats Donna Shalala, Debbie Mucarsel-Powell and Debbie Wasserman Schultz, are the first legislative responses to Venezuela’s ongoing humanitarian crisis since the U.S. recognized Juan Guaidó as the country’s legitimate leader in January. Read more »

"Parkland parent Fred Guttenberg and Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz are offering a new plan to require universal background checks on ammunition purchases." Read more »

“'What we saw is so much more devastating than what has previously been described,' Wasserman Schultz said Monday at a news conference at her district office in Sunrise." Read more »

"A group of House Democrats sent a letter to the attorney general on Friday asking the Justice Department to reopen the deal with Jeffrey Epstein to allow further investigation." Read more »

"The number of women using Veterans Health Administration services has tripled since 2001, and is expected to grow even faster coming years." Read more »

"You are taking money from vital projects that the military previously said were essential, spending that money on a wall and asking for the money to be backfilled later." Read more »

"The congresswoman asked Cohen, referring to the news that WikLeaks was going to release the stolen material, if Trump had 'cheered that outcome?'" Read more »