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" Democrats will come together as we should to make sure that we can defeat Donald Trump and elect our party's nominee. "
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Democrats
Will
Together
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" In 2007, I was diagnosed with breast cancer. "
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Diagnosed
Cancer
Breast Cancer
" We are, as a Democratic Party, really highlight and emphasize inclusiveness and diversity at our convention, and so we want to give every opportunity to grass-roots activists and diverse committed Democrats to be able to participate, attend, and be a delegate at the convention. "
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Opportunity
Diversity
Want
" If it were up to the candidates for president on the Republican side, we would be driving foreign cars. They would have let the auto industry in America go down the tubes. "
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Driving
Go
Down
" At a time when our moral standing in the world has been weakened by a rubber stamp Justice Department that placed the Bush Administration above the law, we now need someone who is objective and independent. And, make no mistake, Eric Holder is independent. "
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Justice
World
Law
" This sordid affair has become an unacceptable distraction for Representative Weiner, his family, his constituents and the House - and for the good of all, he should step aside and address those things that should be most important - his and his family's well-being. "
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Family
Good
Step
" Last year, I was proud to be an original co-sponsor of legislation that would increase federal judges' salaries by more than 40 percent. It also built in a cost of living adjustment, so the Judicial Branch would not be dependent on the Legislative Branch for increases each year. "
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Living
Judges
Judicial
" We've been sitting at the compromise table for a long time. We're just waiting for that cold chair to be warmed up by the Republican leadership. They still have time to do the right thing and be responsible. They just seem to be moving further and further away from it. "
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Long
Waiting
Time
" Safety has been my top legislative priority. I'm driven by the idea that safety is really a core function of government. "
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Safety
Government
Core
" Here's what I see: a complacency among the generation of young women whose entire lives have been lived after Roe v. Wade was decided. "
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Women
Complacency
Generation
" Both referred to the Affordable Care Act, which is the accurate title of the health care reform law, as 'Obamacare.' That is a disparaging reference to the President of the United States, it is meant as a disparaging reference to the President of the United States. "
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
President
Act
Title
" The fact is, when it comes to economic leadership, the Republicans have nothing to brag about. This isn't what the American people want. They want to see progress that works for them. "
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Progress
People
Leadership
" The economic recession in America wasn't caused by bad luck; it was caused by bad Republican policies. But the Republican candidates are doubling down on the same flawed policies that led to the loss of 3.6 million jobs in the final months of 2008 and gravely affected middle class families across America. "
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
America
Republican
Loss
" To be clear, climate change is a true 800 pound gorilla in the room. The effects of global warming threaten global environmental upheaval over the coming century. But for South Florida and the Everglades, it could be our death knell if urgent action is not taken. "
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Action
Change
Environmental
" We own the economy. We own the beginning of the turnaround and we want to make sure that we continue that pace of recovery, not go back to the policies of the past under the Bush administration that put us in the ditch in the first place. "
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Place
Past
Beginning
" People used to say everyone knows someone who's had breast cancer. In the past few weeks, I've learned something else: Everyone has someone close to them who has had breast cancer. "
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Past
People
Say
" Aren't we at the point where the closer we get to chaos, the more concern that there should be about coming to the table and compromising with Democrats? This is not leadership. This is almost like dictatorship. "
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Dictatorship
Table
Leadership
" Even though I don't agree with either Sarah Palin or Michele Bachmann on virtually anything, I do think the unique scrutiny - because of their gender and highlighting the potential conflict between them is a product of the media's desire for juicy storylines. I think it's inappropriate. "
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Media
Gender
Conflict
" With the recent news that the State of Florida has agreed to purchase 181,000 acres of U.S. Sugar land, we have an historic opportunity for our larger restoration efforts and for the people of Florida. This too will not come without difficult challenges, but it reminds us that anything is possible. "
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Challenges
Opportunity
People
" I'm so proud to represent the people of South Florida. I was so honored when President Obama asked me to serve as chair of the Democratic Party. But there's one job I'm even more proud of, and that's being a mom to my three kids, Rebecca, Jake and Shelby. "
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Proud
Me
Job
" President Obama is closing the prescription drug doughnut hole. He strengthened Medicare! He extended the life of the program by eight years. And what Governor Romney and Congressman Ryan won't admit is that their plan would require current seniors to pay, on average, $600 more each year for prescription drugs. "
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Life
Closing
Admit
" We certainly could have voted on making the middle-class tax cuts and tax cuts for working families permanent had the Republicans not insisted that the only way they would support those tax breaks is if we also added $700 billion to the deficit to give tax breaks to the wealthiest 2 percent of Americans. That's what was really disturbing. "
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Permanent
Working
Tax
" It's perfectly O.K. to not be completely predictable. I am a person, and I have individual opinions that may not line up ideologically. "
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Person
Opinions
Line
" Democrats are going to proudly run on the fact that we turned the economy around. It was our policies under President Obama's leadership through the Recovery Act, through investing in the automobile industry. "
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Leadership
Run
Democrats
" And I'll tell you, honestly, folks that I talk to, the 2.5 million breast cancer survivors in America, that I am one of, understand that we're done with insurance companies dropping us or denying us coverage because of - because we have a preexisting condition. "
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
America
Done
You
" We can never, ever say it enough: every woman - especially every young woman-has to take charge of her health... and do what's right for her! "
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Enough
Health
Right
" The reality is I have a job as a national party chair that, one, requires a thick skin. It requires me to be able to absorb the body blows so our candidates can stay above the fray. "
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Body
Reality
Job
" Breast cancer is not just a disease that strikes at women. It strikes at the very heart of who we are as women: how others perceive us, how we perceive ourselves, how we live, work and raise our families-or whether we do these things at all. "
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Women
Live
Heart
" But this convention is about more than re-nominating President Obama. It's about Americans coming together to build one economy - not from the top down, but from the middle class out and the bottom up. "
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Top
Together
Class
" It is with great disappointment that I call on Representative Anthony Weiner to resign. The behavior he has exhibited is indefensible and Representative Weiner's continued service in Congress is untenable. "
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Great
Disappointment
Behavior
" Unfortunately, the Republican leadership in the House right now seems to have been strangled by the tea party. "
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Party
Tea
Now