Today, Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-23) and Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) sent a bicameral letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, signed by 52 of their House and Senate colleagues, questioning the Trump Administration’s decision to eliminate the National Guideline Clearinghouse (NGC) website, www.Guideline.gov. For the past 20 years, the NGC database has provided evidence-based best practices for treating common medical conditions to clinicians and patients at no cost....
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Wasserman Schultz Lauds Critical Omnibus Act Funding and Rejection of Trump Budget (Washington, D.C.) – U.S. Rep. Wasserman Schultz (FL-23) was pleased that critical national and South Florida investments are contained in the Omnibus Appropriations Act of 2018, and in voting for it, she applauded the Democratss’ effort to defeat of numerous attacks on environmental, worker and women’s health rights that Republicans sought to include in the $1.3 trillion spending plan. “This Omnibus is far from p...
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"I know that early detection saves lives and if you cut out a decade between when women are 40 and 50 years and they don’t begin screening starting at 40 then you know that we’re going to lose thousands and thousands more women than we would if they had access to that screening beginning at 40," the congresswoman said.
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It's clear that Republican Senators aren't interested in hearing the truth about the serious and credible allegations of sexual assault against Brett Kavanaugh....
This is beyond heartless. While visiting a "tender age" immigration facility this summer in South Florida, I was told that potential sponsors were not asked abo...
As we grieve with and for the families of the victims and thank the first responders, we can't help but feel that this happens far too often in this country. Co...
As my family joins millions of others around the world in gathering to commemorate Yom Kippur, I wish an easy fast and a meaningful day to all those observing. ...
Trump’s proposed historic low cap on refugee admissions cruelly echoes America’s more shameful immigration episodes, from a refusal to accept the St. Louis line...
I was delighted to join the Israel Advocacy Class at the Scheck Hillel Community School this morning. At the core of our discussion was the unbreakable U.S-Isra...
