The New Direction Congress is focused on fighting for the Middle Class—creating jobs, closing tax loopholes that send jobs overseas and helping small businesses—while Congressional Republicans continue to side with the special interests. Creating jobs while responsibly reducing the deficit,...
Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Representing the 20th Congressional District of Florida
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Results tagged “Child Safety”
(Washington, DC) -- Important child protection legislation has been signed into law by the President, just weeks after passage in the Senate and the House. The PROTECT Our Children Act (S. 1738) drastically increases America’s readiness to combat a multi-billion...
(Washington, DC) -- Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz applauded Governor Charlie Crist’s veto of HB 679. Had it not been vetoed, the legislation would have dramatically weakened Florida’s pool safety legislation, eliminating Department of Health pool inspections for homeowner’s associations comprised...
(Washington, DC) -- Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz applauded the announcement by New York state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo that Sprint, Time Warner Cable, and Verizon will block access to sites offering child pornography. Rep. Wasserman Schultz is the sponsor...
(Washington, DC) -- Today, to mark the start of The Week of the Young Child, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-20) anchored a Special Order Hour on the floor of the House of Representatives focusing on two important federal programs: the...
(Washington, DC) -- Today, the PROTECT Our Children Act, authored by Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-20) passed the U.S. House of Representatives. PROTECT (H.R. 3845) was introduced in October in the House of Representatives to build a strong nationwide network...
(Washington, DC) -- Citing a failure to recognize the severity of the crisis facing American consumers, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-20) a member of the Subcommittee on Financial Services of the Committee on Appropriations joined Speaker Pelosi and other members...
(Washington, DC) -- The PROTECT Act (H.R. 3845), introduced by Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, takes a bold step forward in addressing the growing problem of child exploitation. On October 17, 2007, Rep. Wasserman Schultz was invited to testify before the House...
(Washington, DC) -- Today, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-20) was joined by co-sponsors of the PROTECT Act (Providing Resources Officers and Technology to Eradicate Cyber Threats to our children Act) to talk about the threat that exists to children online from...
(Washington, DC) -- Legislation that seeks to end hundreds of preventable childhood deaths each year passed the House of Representatives today by a voice vote. The Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act, H.R. 1721, will provide incentive grants...
(Washington, DC) -- Legislation that seeks to end hundreds of preventable childhood deaths and injuries each year passed out of the House Energy and Commerce Committee today. The Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act, H.R. 1721, would provide...
(Washington, DC) -- Today, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz asked FBI Director Robert Mueller why the FBI only has 242 personnel devoted to investigating child pornography while they devote 2,342 investigators assigned to white collar crime. At the end of the...
(Washington, DC) -- Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs and author of the landmark Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act, Joseph R. Biden, Jr. (DE), Senator Barbara Boxer (CA) and Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-20)...
(Washington, DC) -- Legislation that seeks to end hundreds of preventable childhood deaths each year passed the House of Representatives today as part of a larger Energy Bill. The legislation had already passed the Senate, so the legislation goes to...
(Washington, DC) -- Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) made the following statement regarding Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dennis Hastert's handling of the Foley House Page scandal:"Sadly, in calling only for a Department of Justice investigation regarding the sexually...
(Washington, DC) -- Rep. Wasserman Schultz made the following statement regarding the news that Congressional leadership did nothing when a child in the Congressional page program notified officials that they had been solicited by Rep. Foley: "This goes beyond Rep....
(Washington, DC) -- Stating that "swimming pool safety must be a national priority," Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz announced that next week, she will introduce federal pool safety legislation. Rep. Wasserman Schultz made the announcement at a Washington, DC press conference...
(Washington, DC) -- Parents across the country can sleep a little better tonight, knowing that violent sexual predators will soon be subject to civil confinement. Today, Rep. Wasserman Schultz introduced an amendment to the Children's Safety Act of 2005 (H.R....
(Washington, DC) -- Rep. Wasserman Schultz recently met with two local South Florida students whose essays on the impact youth violence had in their lives has resulted in national recognition. Nicholas DeLisa of North Miami Beach, now a student at...
