“Small business owners and entrepreneurs keep America’s economy thriving and make life better for their customers and workers,” said Wasserman Schultz. “But Trump’s extreme economic policies have created a chaotic, confusing landscape for small businesses, with huge price hikes and a horizon filled with uncertainty, higher costs and recessionary fears.” Read more »
Social Security is breaking down nationwide as Trump and Musk fire thousands of workers, close field offices, force drastic service cuts, and make it nearly impossible for Americans to get timely help with their hard-earned benefits. Other far-right Republicans propose benefits be cut. Wasserman Schultz was joined by Social Security advocates Gail Weisberg and Rixys Alfonso, AFGE Local 2014 representative Althia Mowatt, Indivisible member Miriam Rodriguez and other seniors and AFGE members who care about and count on Social Security. Read more »
This billboard is dead-on. Trump’s tariffs threaten the largest tax hike in history on every middle-class family who drives past this ad. Trump is tanking our economy and ruining our relationship with Canada and all its visitors to Florida, and that ugly truth needs to be shared everywhere. Read more »
If they can't even be careful enough and understand what critical national security requires in a discussion, how can they keep our country safe? How can we count on them to protect our national security interests when they were that cavalier? Read more »
Wasserman Schultz will never forget the derision she faced in her first run for Congress, in 2004, while she was pregnant and gave birth while still campaigning. “You can be a good member of Congress or a good mother,” her conservative opponent said, according to the Democrat representing Florida. “But you can’t be both at the same time.” Wasserman Schultz got the last laugh, winning her race in a blowout. Read more »
If immigrants fear that filing taxes could expose them to deportation, many will choose not to file, reducing Federal revenues that contribute to funding public schools, health care, and disaster relief for Americans while shifting resources to the informal economy. Read more »
Trump does not care how many Venezuelans have been tortured, killed, or jailed by Maduro. He is solely focused on how many he can deport. And he is clearly willing to dispense with democracy, human rights, and our international interests to achieve that goal. Read more »
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 »
President Donald Trump’s first weeks in office showed the world an unnerving split screen: harsh treatment of Venezuelan Americans and a warm embrace of Venezuela’s brutal dictator, Nicolás Maduro. Read more »
