Orlando Sentinel: Lawmakers call for crackdown on ‘deceptive’ mailers following Florida ‘ghost’ candidate scandal

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U.S. Reps. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-FL, and Gerald Connolly, D-VA, are asking U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy to consider increasing identification requirements for people purchasing political mail and establishing a public database that would list people who design and market mail pieces as well as the beneficiaries of the ads.

MIAMI HERALD: Biden administration plans to spend more than $1 billion on Everglades restoration

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“This is enormous news, and allows us to set a course for quicker completion of the world’s largest ecosystem restoration project,” said Wasserman Schultz. ”It will enable the construction of resilient and multi-benefit projects that will increase the carbon sequestration capacity of the ecosystem and protect our communities and local economies for generations to come.”

Miami Herald: Florida Democrats stood up to support Cuba protests. 40 of their colleagues disagreed

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One by one, Florida Democrats stood up on the floor of the House of Representatives to speak in favor of a symbolic, bipartisan resolution expressing support for Cubans who protested against their government and condemning the regime’s violent response. Make no mistake we are united today around the Cuban people’s fight for libertad and patria y vida,” said U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz.

USA Today: Klobuchar and Wasserman Schultz have their own breast cancer stories. This is how they want Congress to fight it.

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When Sen. Amy Klobuchar received the news in February that she had breast cancer, she not only joined a small group of women in Congress who have had the disease but also became one of the thousands in the U.S. who are diagnosed each year. Klobuchar said her breast cancer diagnosis was a "shock." Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz described her 2007 diagnosis as "devastating." As Breast Cancer Awareness month comes to a close, both lawmakers are fighting in the halls of the Capitol for better preventive care and more advocacy for survivors.