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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152 South Floridians from 14 different countries were sworn in as U.S. citizens this weekend. Your sacrifice, your accomplishment, and your citizenship are all...
Small businesses are at the heart of our communities. Thank you to everyone who came to our small business workshop this morning - speakers, business leaders, a...
As we prepare to vote today to extend anti-discrimination protections to LGBTQ Americans by passing the #EqualityAct, I am disgusted the Trump admin is advancin...
LGBTQ Americans still face discrimination in employment, housing, & other core areas of life in more than half of the United States. Today, the House is conside...
The Trump administration provided no information about this alleged proposal to Members of Congress representing Broward or Palm Beach counties. My colleagues a...
House Appropriations Committee approved the FY 2020 State and Foreign Operations Funding Bill this afternoon. I gave an opening statement about why I support th...
