Women's Issues

This is one key way we can fight back, by sharing our story and standing together. House Democrats are also challenging Trump and Musk in Congress, the courts, and inside our communities. With your personal stories, we will be better able to fight to protect you and other Americans. Read more »

Firing 1,000 VA staff will clearly do nothing to better help serve our veterans, instead instilling chaos and uncertainty in a system that is already short staffed and complicated to navigate. Instead of tearing apart the VA, Democrats will fight for our veterans to invest in the VA and provide the resources and care they have earned and desperately need. Read more »

“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 »

Technology evolves rapidly, so we have to move just as fast to make the internet a safe space for children and guard against those who try to exploit them. Read more »

We therefore demand that your Administration and DOE rescind these harmful directives issued to our school districts that go way beyond state law and ensure local educators can teach the comprehensive sexual education curricula that parents want, and healthy students need. Read more »

“Courtney Wild and other victims of Jeffrey Epstein have been wrongly denied standing to invoke their rights. This legislation would fulfill the original intent of the CVRA and prevent such gross miscarriages of injustice from being repeated,” said Rep. Wasserman Schultz. “Crime victims deserve dignity and adequate support rather than further victimization at the discretion of federal prosecutors. Based on cases like Courtney's, this bill is necessary to ensure there is no ambiguity in the law and all crime victims are afforded the rights they have always deserved.” Read more »

And two years ago this Friday, President Joe Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act into law, which vastly expanded on that victory by lowering prescription drug costs, expanding ACA access, and making coverage more affordable. Thanks to the new law, over 200,000 people in my district alone will buy ACA marketplace policies this year, a 104% increase from 2020. Four million Floridians will use the ACA, with average enrollees saving hundreds in premiums. Read more »

What I hope my legacy is, is that we saved lives…and that we helped women who are always focused on everyone else but themselves, to be able to spend a little time thinking about their own breast health, about taking care of themselves. Read more »

President Biden's historic immigration announcement will improve countless Dreamers’ and American mixed-status families’ lives, while bolstering our competitiveness against our rivals Read more »

oday’s stories were profound and moving, and we all had a chance to understand and learn firsthand how people in this state and across the nation are suffering under anti-abortion policies. Read more »