Veterans

Wasserman Schultz helped lead fellow House Democrats in passing robust and essential appropriations bills that achieve significant victories for families across the nation, especially in South Florida. Read more

Our veterans have earned all the care and compassion we can provide. They do not deserve to be victims of kickback and bribery schemes. I join all taxpayers in thanking federal authorities who uncovered this corruption for their diligent efforts, especially Inspector General Michael Missal. Read more

“We cannot allow this president to turn our national security into some sick reality TV plot,” Wasserman Schultz said in the Democrats’ national weekly address, in which she called the wall “a wasteful solution to a manufactured crisis that intoxicates his base and turns our service members into political pawns.” Read more

"The number of women using Veterans Health Administration services has tripled since 2001, and is expected to grow even faster coming years." Read more

“In all branches of the services, it begins, it seems, right from the academies.” Read more

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... Read more

Questions and Answers on the Impacts of a GOP Government Shutdown Will I keep receiving my Social Security and SSI checks? During a government shutdown, recipients will continue to receive their Social Security and SSI checks. However, a shutdown suspends the issuance of Social Security cards. On a typical day, approximately 60,000 Americans apply for Social Security cards, which they may need to be able to start a job, take out a loan, open a bank account, or conduct other financial transactio... Read more

"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. Read more

Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-23), the Ranking Member on the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee, released the following statement honoring Sgt. Johnson on the day of his wake: “Sgt. La David Terrence Johnson, a son of South Florida, served our country with great honor and pride. He will be remembered as a mentor and a role model who believed deeply in the promise of America and left us far too soon. My thoughts are with his widow Myeshia... Read more

Disabled vets are facing a parking shortage at Miami’s VA Hospital. Congresswoman Wasserman Schultz is doing something about it. Read more