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End in Sight for MIA’s Long Customs Lines 2 Aug 2013 | 08:38 pm
Following visit in February, DHS announces Miami-Dade County as one of five pilot programs MIAMI— The Department of Homeland Security announced today that Miami-Dade County is one of only five recipi...
Rapists Shouldn’t Have Custody Rights 26 Jul 2013 | 01:37 am
Federal Legislation Would Protect Rape Survivors’ Custody Rights WASHINGTON – Each year, thousands of women become pregnant as a result of sexual assault. Shockingly, too often these rape survivors...
Metastatic Cancer Research Panel included in Defense Appropriations bill 24 Jul 2013 | 07:44 pm
WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-23) made the following statement on the creation of a medical research panel to study metastatic cancer, a provision she proposed to the Defe...
BIPARTISAN LATINO - JEWISH CONGRESSIONAL CAUCUS INTRODUCES PRINCIPLES FOR COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION REFORM 23 Jul 2013 | 01:15 am
BIPARTISAN LATINO - JEWISH CONGRESSIONAL CAUCUS INTRODUCES PRINCIPLES FOR COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION REFORM WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the Latino - Jewish Congressional (LJC) Caucus, a bipartisan group o...
Rep. Wasserman Schultz Urges Congress to Replace Cuts and End National Guard Furloughs 17 Jul 2013 | 02:05 am
Fort Lauderdale, Fla. – Furloughs for Florida’s National Guard started July 8, and will keep 1,000 full-time service members home for the next 11 Mondays through September. These cuts come right as F...
Wasserman Schultz Offers Renewable Energy Amendment 26 Jun 2013 | 10:50 pm
WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-23) introduced an amendment today to the House Fiscal Year 2014 Energy and Water Appropriations bill to restore full funding to the President’s FY14...
Supreme Court Rules In Favor of Gay Rights 26 Jun 2013 | 09:16 pm
WASHINGTON – Earlier today, the United States Supreme Court struck down Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act, which banned federal benefits for same-sex married couples, on a 5-4 vote. It also mad...
Pro-Choice Caucus Stands United Against House GOP’s Extreme Abortion Measure 18 Jun 2013 | 10:27 pm
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Reps. Louise M. Slaughter (D-NY) and Diana DeGette (D-CO), co-chairs of the House Pro-Choice Caucus, joined several other Members, including U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz...
Republicans File Bill to Restrict Women’s Right to Choose 17 Jun 2013 | 11:27 pm
MIAMI, Fla. – Last week, U.S. Rep. Trent Franks (R-Ariz.) filed legislation that would restrict a woman’s right to make her own health care decisions. The House Judiciary Committee approved the bill (...
Private Health Insurers to Take Over Medicaid in Florida 15 Jun 2013 | 12:55 am
Announcement does nothing to help 1 million denied care by Florida LegislatureWASHINGTON - Today the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that it has approved a waiver for the st...
