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Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman SchultzDebbie Wasserman Schultz

Basic Information

Hometown
Weston, FL
Country
United States
Current Office
Office: Congresswoman
State: Florida
District: 20
Party: Democratic Party
About
Please note: Comments that contain profanity or inappropriate content will be removed. Vice-Chair Democratic National Committee (DNC) National Chair for Member and Candidate Services Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC)
Biography
For more than eighteen years, Debbie Wasserman Schultz has dedicated her public life to working on behalf of the people of South Florida. On January 4, 2005, she was sworn in as a member of the United States House of Representatives.

Rep. Wasserman Schultz represents Florida's 20th Congressional district, which encompasses parts of Florida as far north as Fort Lauderdale, and as far south as Miami Beach. Before joining the U.S. Congress, she was first a Representative and later a Senator in... (read more)
Favorite Books
Profiles in Courage
Relationship Status
Married to
Steven Schultz
Religious Views
Jewish
Activities
Spending time with my kids, leading my daughter's Girl Scout troop, scrapbooking, watching movies and eating popcorn.
Interests
My kids, my husband, my three dogs and cat, my job, the Florida Gators (GO GATORS!), chocolate.
Favorite Music
James Taylor, Jimmy Buffett
Favorite Quotations
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little.”
-FDR
About Me
For more than seventeen years, Debbie Wasserman Schultz has dedicated her public life to working on behalf of the people of South Florida. On January 4, 2005, she was sworn in as a member of the United States House of Representatives.

Rep. Wasserman Schultz represents Florida's 20th Congressional district, which encompasses parts of Florida as far north as Fort Lauderdale, and as far south as Miami Beach. Before joining the U.S. Congress, she was first a Representative and later a Senator in the Florida State legislature.

Rep. Wasserman Schultz serves on the House Committee on Appropriations, which, in conjunction with its Senate counterpart, makes funding decisions on every discretionary program in the federal budget. She serves as a “Cardinal,” chairing the Legislative Branch subcommittee. She also serves on the House Judiciary Committee, which handles issue ranging from terrorism to protection of civil liberties.

As a Chief Deputy Whip, Rep. Wasserman Schultz works to help advance important legislation. This role places her on the leadership team of the House of Representatives. In her first term, Rep. Wasserman Schultz served as a Senior Whip, the only freshman chosen to serve on the Whip team.

In March 2009, after she announced her own battle with breast cancer, Rep. Wasserman Schultz introduced the Education and Awareness Requires Learning Young Act, or EARLY Act (H.R. 1740), a piece of legislation that directs the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to develop and implement a national education campaign about the threat breast cancer poses to all young women, and the particular heightened risks of certain ethnic, cultural and racial groups.

Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) currently serves as a Vice-Chair of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) where she works to ensure we maintain a strong Democratic majority in Congress. She also serves as Vice Chair of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) overseeing incumbent protection.

Congresswoman Wasserman Schultz's work has been featured nationally in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, and USA Today, among others. She is a frequent guest on national television shows, including CBS's Face the Nation, CBS Evening News, NBC's Today Show, ABC's Good Morning America, MTV News, MSNBC's Hardball with Chris Matthews, The Rachel Maddow Show, CNN's Larry King Live and The Situation Room.

Debbie Wasserman Schultz was born in 1966 on Long Island, NY. She attended the University of Florida and graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science in 1988 and with a Master’s Degree in 1990. She has been married to Steve Schultz for 17 years and together they have three children. The Congresswoman is proud to call South Florida home where she resides with her family in Weston.
Work Info

Work Info

Employer:
United States Congress
Position:
Member of Congress
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Gender
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