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" Unpledged delegates exist really to make sure that party leaders and elected officials don't have to be in a position where they are running against grassroots activists. "
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
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" 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
" 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
" 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
" 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
" 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
" 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
" Diversity on the bench is critical. As practitioners, you need judges who 'get it!' We need judges who understand what discrimination feels like. We need judges who understand what inequality feels like. We need judges who understand the subtleties of unfair treatment and who are willing to call it out when they see it! "
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
You
Need
Judges
" 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
" 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
" 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
" 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
" We do not need to end Medicare. We don't need to throw people who are younger than 55 years old to the wolves which is what we do. "
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Old
Need
People
" 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
" 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
" 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
" And so to those who suggest that we are somehow 'harming' young women by encouraging them to take charge of their health we say this: We are not harming young women by educating them. We are arming them with information that they will carry with them throughout their lives. "
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Say
Young
Health
" 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
Me
Words
" In 2007, I was diagnosed with breast cancer. "
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Diagnosed
Cancer
Breast Cancer
" And I think we need a combination of a freeze, potentially, and also we need to sit down with the - with the banking industry and talk to them about ways in which we can help them be able to work those mortgages out, because it's absolutely imperative that we keep people in their homes. "
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Need
Work
Help
" Really it's hard to know where the Republican Party ends and the Tea Party begins. "
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Party
Hard
Tea
" 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
" 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
" 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
" 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
" 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
" 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
" 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
" 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
" 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
" Unfortunately, the Republican leadership in the House right now seems to have been strangled by the tea party. "
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Party
Tea
Now