Women's Issues

Florida congressional Democrats called out Gov. Ron DeSantis for his “ongoing and purposeful lack of transparency” by being slow to release weekly White House coronavirus task force reports and temporarily pausing the reporting of backlogged COVID-19 deaths. Read more »

A hundred years ago today, the U.S. Secretary of State certified that the required 36 states had ratified the 19th Amendment to the Constitution: ‘The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.’ Read more »

Addressing President Trump, Florida’s Congressional Democrats wrote, “Your recent executive actions are an assault on the priorities and programs that so many Floridians value and on which so many rely. Even your executive order on eviction hurts Floridians: it does not include any federal moratorium, includes no funding, and offers renters a false sense of protection that does not actually exist." Read more »

In these unprecedented times, we must vigilantly guard the vote and honor those women on whose shoulders we stand in this quest to build a more perfect union. Read more »

As our nation once again finds itself confronting the deadly consequences of racism and police brutality in our society, it is important that we take a moment to remember the roots of the LGBTQ movement. Remember Stonewall, Marsha P. Johnson, Sylvia Rivera and Stormé DeLarverie. And thank Miss Major. Read more »

A rushed reopening may very well serve only to increase the human loss caused by an already historic public health crisis. Read more »

Ten Democratic members of Congress from Florida are warning Gov. Ron DeSantis that they have “grave concerns” about the way he’s trying to reopen the state. Read more »

The lead Democratic appropriators who oversee the Veterans Administration health system in Congress implored President Donald Trump over the weekend to fully deploy the Defense Production Act to address the mounting concerns over shortages of personal protective equipment (PPE) among all health care workers, especially those who protect veterans in the nation’s VA hospitals. Read more »

Today is National Equal Pay Day, the date that marks how far into the next year a woman must work just to earn the same wages a man earned in the previous year. Read more »

Wasserman Schultz helped lead fellow House Democrats in passing robust and essential appropriations bills that achieve significant victories for families across the nation, especially in South Florida. Read more »