That way, they say, rape survivors are on equal footing with people who want to terminate someone's rights because of drug abuse, child abuse, or for other reasons, rather than having to meet a more stringent burden of proof required in criminal cases of rape, which often are not prosecuted successfully. On the federal level, US Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D) of Florida introduced HR 2772, the Rape Survivor Child Custody Act, in 2013. It would increase sexual-violence-prevention funding to states with such laws. Currently 24 states, including California, have them. Read more »
Andrew is a veteran U.S. Marine sergeant who's served two tours of duty in Afghanistan. He's also picked up some powerful backers in Washington with lawmakers like Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman-Schultz and Senator Marco Rubio. Read more »
Wasserman Schultz has been documenting her burgeoning passion for the culinary arts via social media for nearly a month now. And she's not embarrassed to admit it's all still very new to her. "I'm really a total novice. I was someone who could barely boil water," she said of the frightfully limited experience she had in the kitchen. To wit, she noted that heating water once proved almost insurmountable. Read more »
Attending the meeting were Senators Bill Nelson and Marco Rubio, Representatives Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Weston and Lois Frankel of West Palm Beach, port officials and Army Corps leader Jo-Ellen Darcy. According to the members, the Army Corps agreed to make every effort to finish its feasibility study by January, which could clear the project for construction. Read more »
Today, Representatives Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Lois Frankel, along with Senators Bill Nelson and Marco Rubio, and representatives from Port Everglades, met with Jo-Ellen Darcy, the Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, to get a progress report on the continuing feasibility study for the Port Everglades expansion project which will lead to this long-awaited Chief's Report. Read more »
The state's 15 deep-water ports, members of Congress from both parties and environmental groups banded together to lobby for the Florida projects, taking advantage of the first federal water-projects bill in more than seven years. "Sometimes bipartisanship does prevail in Washington," Wasserman Schultz said. Read more »
Earlier today, the House of Representatives passed the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014, with about $3 billion of the $18 billion total package dedicated to significantly boosting Florida's economy. The overwhelming 412-4 bipartisan House vote sends WRRDA to the Senate for their approval later this week and then to President Obama for his signature. Read more »
U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Weston, is so proud of her Jewish heritage that in 2005 she proposed setting aside one month each year for people to learn about the contributions of Jews to America. Now, eight years after President George W. Bush proclaimed May Jewish American Heritage Month and following a proclamation by President Barack Obama, Wasserman Schultz held her second annual "Jammin' for JAHM" program. Read more »
South Florida Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman-Schultz got choked up as she joined officials from the Department of Homeland Security and the National Association to Protect Children. "It just gives me goose bumps," Wasserman-Schultz said as she announced the hiring of 15 military veterans who will work with Homeland Security agents in the fight against child pornography and exploitation. Read more »
Blau, who served in Iraq from 2002-2006, was part of a news conference Monday at the Department of Homeland Security Office in Doral. Blau was joined by Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, who secured the millions of dollars in funding necessary for the HERO Corps, and HERO spokesperson actor David Keith. "The Hero Corps puts them through an intensive training program that allows them to be able to go after child sexual predators," Wasserman Schultz said. Read more »
