Military and Defense

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 »

Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., a member of the House Oversight Committee who was present for the deposition, told NBC News that Vindman was a “very credible” witness and said his testimony "corroborated the testimony of other witnesses" that "really drew a direct line to the President, and those around him and their interest in withholding foreign aid through Ukraine that was vital, as well as insisting on investigations into Biden." Read more »

"The only way to ensure that critical military construction funding is used for its intended purposes is for Republicans to join us and vote to terminate the President’s fake national emergency.” Read more »

"The Administration should immediately return this stolen money to fund the infrastructure projects that the military requested and are essential for our readiness and military families." Read more »

The Congresswoman highlighted Democrats’ commitment to fighting Trump’s decision to cancel vital military construction projects. 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 Trump administration’s decision to steal funding for vital U.S. military projects, including a critical project in Florida, is an abusive end run around Congress." Read more »

"President Trump is about to weaken our national security by stealing billions of dollars from our military, including training and intelligence funds from our soldiers." Read more »

"I will continue to fight his every attempt to steal resources from our military and their families to build this ineffective and narcissistic monument to nativism.” Read more »