As Ranking Member on the House Appropriations Subcommittee that ensures our nation’s veterans have the resources and support they need, I refuse to back a vicious default scheme that threatens to rob $2 billion in health care services from those who served, and exposes veterans to massive future service cuts. This bill is a cowardly insult to their brave sacrifices. Read more »
Veterans’ care and benefits are sacred promises we pay to our veterans as part of the cost of war and in acknowledgment of their sacrifice. We owe it to our nation’s veterans to honorably recognize their service — not subject them to political hijinks with potentially disastrous consequences. Read more »
We need to build on our work to cut health and energy costs. However, Democrats will not allow Republicans to deploy Select Subcommittees to poison the public mind with unfounded conspiracy theories or fritter away taxpayer dollars defiling federal employees for doing their job, all just to defend Trump insurrectionists. Read more »
The new federal courthouse planned for Fort Lauderdale is in line for an extra $55 million — one of many South Florida projects that could get a stream of federal funds to make them a reality. The additional money will help get the new courthouse off the ground, as it faces rising construction costs, said U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz. Read more »
Today, U.S. Reps. Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Billy Long announced the launch of a bipartisan Family Building Caucus to draw national attention to the medical challenges of starting a family faced by millions of Americans. Read more »
From cleaner drinking water in the Everglades, to affordable life-saving medicines for all our seniors, you were always a true friend to Florida. And as the first woman to wield the gavel in the House of Representatives, every little girl now sees through your eyes, that there are no limits to what she can accomplish. Read more »
We cannot leave people and communities behind as they still stagger to pick up the pieces from disastrous floods, wildfires, and hurricanes. Not one Florida Republican in Congress who was present, voted to put the interests of those suffering from tragedy above their own political fortunes. Read more »
An extremist Supreme Court majority just turned women’s bodies into government property, forcing pregnancy onto millions of women who now face horrific medical, financial, and emotional harm. It’s a repulsive, immoral decision that erodes women’s constitutional and human rights and shows just how dangerously out of step that extremist Republicans and their judicial picks are with most Americans. Read more »
The significance of President Biden’s move to fast-track the reservoir funding cannot be understated. It amplifies the overwhelming commitment he’s already made to the River of Grass, and it removes any budgetary or bureaucratic uncertainty as to whether the linchpin of our restoration efforts will advance. Read more »
