U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-23) made the following statement today after the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration issued a final rule requiring rear visibility technology in all new vehicles under 10,000 pounds by May 2018:“Today’s welcome announcement from NHTSA resonates with me as a parent and as a policymaker. I live on a small block where neighborhood… Read more »
By Debbie Wasserman SchultzLate last year I was contacted by one of my constituents, Martin West. A small business owner and moderate Republican, Martin wanted me to know that despite his party affiliation, he and his wife Melinda were grateful for the Affordable Care Act.Melinda's successful battle against Stage 4 Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma had left them with a very expensive health… Read more »
By William E. Gibson, Washington BureauThis weekend will bring the last big push to sign up for Obamacare.Volunteers will fan across Florida, urging people to buy health insurance plans, as officials prepare for a surge of applications before open enrollment ends Monday.Don't wait to apply, advisers are telling the uninsured. And ignore the talk about an extended deadline. A grace… Read more »
By Chad PergramMost city police chiefs must only please one mayor.Not U.S. Capitol Police Chief Kim Dine.He has 535 mayors.As in 535 members of Congress. That's 100 senators, 435 representatives. Most with very pointed notions as to how to police their "town." This unique hamlet includes the U.S. Capitol, the adjacent grounds, the House and Senate Office buildings, the… Read more »
By Hannah Hess Pressed to delve into lessons learned from the Oct. 3 shooting of Miriam Carey, Capitol Police Chief Kim C. Dine stood by the department’s use of force Monday.Dine called the high-speed car chase that started at the White House and ended with the Capitol under lockdown a “very, very quick, very fluid set of… Read more »
This Sunday marks the fourth anniversary of President Obama signing the Affordable Care Act into law. U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-23), who authored the portion of the law that created the EARLY Act, a breast cancer early awareness and education program for young women after her own battle against the disease, issued the following statement:“Four years ago Sunday, the… Read more »
U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-23) applauded President Obama's posthumous decoration of two South Florida Veterans today with the Medal of Honor, the nation’s highest military award. In all, 24 service members were honored at the White House ceremony, including 19 Hispanic, African American, or Jewish Veterans.Private First Class Leonard Kravitz and Private Miguel Vera… Read more »
By David A. Schwartz, Staff WriterU.S. Rep. Alcee Hastings, of Fort Lauderdale, recently welcomed about 30 other Congressional Democrats, including Ted Deutch of Boca Raton, Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Weston and Frederica Wilson of Miami, to a breakfast for Black and Jewish members of Congress.The breakfast is "a healthy thing," Hastings said in a phone interview from his… Read more »
By David A. Schwartz, Staff WriterAll that Rosette Goldstein and Kurt Rosendahl of South Florida, and other Holocaust survivors from France living in the United States, want from the French National Railroad is reparations and an apology for the railroad's role in transporting 76,000 European Jews to the Franco-German border where they were taken by German trains to Nazi death camps.… Read more »
By Hannah Hess Around 10 on a recent mid-workweek morning, the line of people waiting to enter the Rayburn House Office Building stretched across the stately cement plaza.School-aged kids waited in front of men and women in suits, who were chatting about appointments on Capitol Hill or gazing at their cellphones. As the long queue neared the… Read more »
