Honorable Debbie Wasserman Schultz
United States Representative, Florida, Democrat
Representative Wasserman Schultz, of the Twentieth District of Florida, was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2004. She served in the Florida House of Representatives from 1992 to 2000 and in the Florida Senate from 2000 to 2004. She sits on the Appropriations Committee, where she chairs the Legislative Branch Subcommittee, and on the Judiciary Committee. She is also a Chief Deputy Whip for the Majority. The following is from the February 26, 2009, House floor debate on H.R. 1106, the Helping Families Save Their Homes Act of 2009. I rise in support of H.R. 1106, the…