Veterans

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. Read more »

For far too long, the United States did not live up to the commitments we made to all servicemembers in exchange for their sacrifice and service to our nation. That so many were forced out, were dishonorably discharged or even faced court martial, was a harsh injustice that must be righted. Read more »

New homes for veterans are coming to Broward County. Two new apartment buildings will be dedicated to housing those who have served our country in part thanks to a big donation. On Monday, U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz was joined by United Way of Broward County leaders, staff, and veterans to announce more than $1 million in funding that she was instrumental in securing in the House appropriations process to support the purchase of critical veteran housing. Read more »

I was able to help secure major veterans and Everglades investments while also blocking GOP assaults on abortion rights. Read more »

I fought for years to make changes in the Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations bill to replace their outdated and discriminatory policy and expand these benefits to veterans equitably. Our servicemembers put their lives on the line for our country and deserve equal access to the tools and resources available to start their own families. Read more »

“We were able to get directly to the right people for him, and that the necessary pieces of evidence that were needed to prove the money was actually stolen, and to help him through the process of the bank’s appeal, and then going to the taxpayer advocate service to make sure once the money was returned to the IRS, that it was sent directly to him,” said Wasserman Schultz. Read more »

This ‘laddered CR’ proposal is yet another spending bill driven by the extremist, irresponsible House Freedom Caucus, and one that recklessly opens the door to a double whammy shutdown and is intended to hold vital funding hostage to fulfill extreme Republican funding goals. Read more »

“We have permanently funded a guaranteed health-care fund for toxic-exposed veterans. It’s just, it’s historic,” Wasserman Schultz said Wednesday. She credited the party’s messaging effort, soon after the late April passage of the GOP’s initial plan to cut $4.8 trillion in funding, as critical to highlighting how those cuts would have inevitably led to steep cuts to the Department of Veterans Affairs. Republicans in districts that Biden won in 2020 panicked at that line of attack, prompting GOP leaders to promise to protect VA funding in the final compromise. “It happened because we shamed them into it,” Wasserman Schultz said. Read more »

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 »