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 »
By investing in new hurricane hunter aircraft now, we ensure that NOAA can continue to protect lives, property, and entire communities from the growing threats of extreme weather. Read more »
Our most fundamental responsibility is protecting Americans from being victimized by our adversaries. This means standing up to foreign malign actors who take advantage of loopholes in our laws to profit from stolen trademarks. Read more »
"We insist that your office immediately turn over all public records that would lay out how such a hasty plan was ever conceived and direct the Office of Inspector General to conduct an independent formal investigation into what state procedures were violated, and which private parties lobbied for and stood to benefit from it,” says the letter from U.S. Reps. Wasserman Schultz, Castor, Soto, Frost and Cherfilus-McCormick. Read more »
After the governor disavowed the proposal on Wednesday, South Florida congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz publicly called for an investigation into the source of the idea. “We need DeSantis to release all records on this greedy land grab, plus an IG investigation into who really backed it,” she tweeted.
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