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It is with a heavy heart that I join South Floridians in mourning the passing of Monroe Udell, the founder of Jaxson's Ice Cream Parlour in Dania Beach. Monroe turned Jaxson's into a nationally recognized institution for their ice cream and food, and was recently cited by President Obama for their commitment to their employees. Monroe became an icon in our community for Jaxson's ice cream and for his charitable work with Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital. Read more »

With all the joy that comes with summertime -- vacation, time to relax, trips to the beach -- we South Floridians know that tragic stories of childhood drownings and near drownings will also be part of our summer. Parents, kids, babysitters, lifeguards, safety advocates and government agencies must continue to be partners in the mutual effort to end these preventable deaths and accidents. Read more »

To the constituents of Florida’s 23rd District,June 1st marks the beginning of another active hurricane season, scheduled to last through the month of November. In its initial outlook for the 2014 Atlantic hurricane season, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) predicted eight to 13 named tropical storms this year. Three to six of these are expected to be… Read more »

Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz weighed in Friday with a statement saying, "This isn't about one person and the change in leadership at the VA must be accompanied by the added resources needed to provide our veterans the care they deserve, particularly in the area of mental health." Read more »

I believe that Secretary Shinseki's resignation was the appropriate course of action at this time. I thank him for the commitment he has shown to our nation's veterans and for his decades of extraordinary service to his country as a soldier, public servant, and leader. Read more »

And Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) warned that proponents were ignoring the larger health crisis facing the nation. "The language in the underlying bill is masking the fact that there are many, many school district leaders who seem to not care about what we put in our children's bodies," Wasserman Schultz said. "And that is something that we all have to come to grips with in facing the reality that we do have a massively obese country." Read more »

Five local business owners will be be given SBA South Florida District and State of Florida Small Business Person of the Year awards on Saturday, during a Small Business Workshop hosted by U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz at the Broward County Convention Center. Honorees include Ricky Brantley, president of Viking Defense in Miami; Patricia Bonilla, president of Luncacon Construction Group in Miami, Elizabeth Karwowski, president of Get Credit Healthy, in Miami; and Daniel Bittner and Maxim Weitzman, owners of Concept II Cosmetics in Miami. Read more »

The House of Representatives today passed HR 4587, the Venezuelan Human Rights and Democracy Protection Act, of which U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-23) is an original cosponsor. The Congresswoman issued the following statement into the House record (Spanish version below English version): Read more »

U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz says she's confident that South Florida's emergency managers are prepared to help the region cope with any hurricane that might strike this year. Officials from the National Hurricane Center, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Florida National Guard and Broward and Miami-Dade counties briefed the Democratic congresswoman Tuesday on their hurricane preparedness. Read more »

Wasserman Schultz said that cap and trade legislation "was originally a Republican idea." Democrats did support cap and trade legislations at different points along the way. But we found a strong tradition of support from Republican presidents for cap and trade, which uses markets to try to reduce pollution. We rate this claim Mostly True. Read more »