Foreign Policy

Helping Venezuela peacefully return to democracy has always been a top priority for me and for our nation. 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

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will travel to South Florida to discuss efforts to peacefully transition to democracy in Venezuela. 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 Russia-Venezuelan Threat Mitigation Act, a bill introduced by U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-23) and passed today by the House of Representatives, would require the U.S. State Department to provide a threat assessment and strategic approach for dealing with Russia’s growing military sway in Venezuela. Read more

The bills, led by South Florida Democrats Donna Shalala, Debbie Mucarsel-Powell and Debbie Wasserman Schultz, are the first legislative responses to Venezuela’s ongoing humanitarian crisis since the U.S. recognized Juan Guaidó as the country’s legitimate leader in January. Read more

“'What we saw is so much more devastating than what has previously been described,' Wasserman Schultz said Monday at a news conference at her district office in Sunrise." Read more

"The growing military relationship between Nicolas Maduro and Vladimir Putin will severely obstruct any effort to restore real democracy in Venezuela." Read more

“As we struggle to return true democracy to this nation, it is vital that we actively combat the bonds that this corrupt regime is forming—none of which is more troubling than its ties to Russia and Vladimir Putin.” Read more