Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Democrat Representative of Florida's 25th district
Representative
Florida, district 20
January 4, 2005 - January 3, 2007
Representative
Florida, district 20
January 4, 2007 - January 3, 2009
Representative
Florida, district 20
January 6, 2009 - January 3, 2011
Representative
Florida, district 20
January 5, 2011 - January 3, 2013
Representative
Florida, district 23
January 3, 2013 - January 3, 2015
Representative
Florida, district 23
January 6, 2015 - January 3, 2017
Representative
Florida, district 23
January 3, 2017 - January 3, 2019
Representative
Florida, district 23
January 3, 2019 - January 3, 2021
Representative
Florida, district 23
January 3, 2021 - January 3, 2023
Representative
Florida, district 25
January 3, 2023 - January 3, 2025
10
Congresses Served
10
House Terms
September 27, 1966 (58 years old)
Birthday
- Served in the Florida House of Representatives and the Florida Senate
- Former chair of the Democratic National Committee
- National co-chair of Hillary Clinton’s 2008 presidential campaign
- Resigned from DNC chair position in 2016 following WikiLeaks email release controversy
- Born in New York to a Jewish family
- Graduated from the University of Florida with a Bachelor and Master of Arts in Political Science
- Active in student government during college
- Lives in Weston, near Fort Lauderdale, married with three children
- Underwent seven surgeries related to breast cancer in 2008
- Advocated for early screening for breast cancer
- Involved in various committees and caucuses in the U.S. House of Representatives
- Supported gun control legislation and the LGBT community
- Criticized for attempting to delay Consumer Finance Protection Bureau regulations
- Opposed congressional intervention in the Terri Schiavo case
- Has a centrist approach to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- Supported Israel in the 2014 Israel–Gaza conflict and Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital
- Supported the use of appropriations for future control of presidential signing statements
- Florida’s first female Jewish member of Congress
- Convened a congressional hearing to investigate antisemitism on big tech media platforms
- Co-drove the resolution declaring May as Jewish American Heritage Month
- Voted for the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008
- Advocated for the family of Daniel Wultz against the Bank of China related to a terrorist attack
- Introduced legislation to increase penalties on identity thieves
- Opposed a 2014 medical marijuana amendment in Florida
- Co-sponsored a bill to strengthen school safety and security in 2018
- Supported Hillary Clinton in the 2008 and 2016 presidential primaries
- Involved in controversy during the 2016 presidential election and DNC email leak
- Accused of not firing a staffer involved in a House IT scandal until after his arrest