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" 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. "

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" 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

" The Romney-Ryan plan would replace the guarantee of Medicare with a voucher that wouldn't keep up with costs. Congressman Ryan says that he wants Medicare to be around for his grandkids. Well, if that's the case, he had better vote for Barack Obama! "

Debbie Wasserman Schultz

Plan

Vote

Well

" 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

" I have to admit, like so many women, I always knew there was a chance. But like so many women, I never thought it would be me. I never thought I'd hear those devastating words: 'You have breast cancer.' "

Debbie Wasserman Schultz

Thought

Words

" The difference between a Democrat and Republican is that Democrats fight to make sure everybody has an opportunity to succeed, and the Republicans are strangled by their right-wing extremists. "

Debbie Wasserman Schultz

Republican

Succeed

Fight

" 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

" 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

" 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

" 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

" Really it's hard to know where the Republican Party ends and the Tea Party begins. "

Debbie Wasserman Schultz

Party

Hard

Tea

" 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

" 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

" 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

" 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

" So the tough questions that have been asked of Sarah Palin thus far just have been about the fact that she doesn't know anything and isn't ready to be vice president. That's fair game and it has nothing to do with her gender. "

Debbie Wasserman Schultz

Know

Questions

Gender

" We have to change course. And we have to do so now. That is why I worked with my colleagues in Washington to pass the Economic Recovery and Reinvestment Act. "

Debbie Wasserman Schultz

Colleagues

Change

Washington

" 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

" All too often in tough economic times, it is the environment that gets left on the cutting room floors of Congress as everyone scraps for limited federal dollars. "

Debbie Wasserman Schultz

Tough

Everyone

Environment

" 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

" 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

" 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

" Even the Republicans themselves have acknowledged they have a diversity problem. If you look at their autopsy report following the 2012 election, they have specifically said they would continue to lose presidential elections unless they address the problem that they have with their alienation of minority groups. "

Debbie Wasserman Schultz

Problem

Diversity

Election

" 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

" I know that electing Hillary Clinton as our next president is critical for America's future. "

Debbie Wasserman Schultz

Future

Know

" And American voters understand that if we want to keep fighting to move in the new - in a new direction, we've got a long way to go. And we need to make sure we continue with Democrats being in the majority. "

Debbie Wasserman Schultz

Fighting

Way

Long

" 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

" 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

" 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

" 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