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" 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
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" In 2007, I was diagnosed with breast cancer. "
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Diagnosed
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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
" 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
" 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
" Really it's hard to know where the Republican Party ends and the Tea Party begins. "
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Party
Hard
Tea
" 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
" 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
" 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
" 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
" 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
" 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
" 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
" I know that electing Hillary Clinton as our next president is critical for America's future. "
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Future
Know
Next
" Every woman needs to know the facts. And the fact is, when it comes to breast cancer, every woman is at risk. "
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Breast Cancer
Risk
Know
" 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
" 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
" 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
" 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
" 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
" 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
" 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
" Unfortunately, the Republican leadership in the House right now seems to have been strangled by the tea party. "
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Party
Tea
Now
" When President Obama passed health care reform, it was personal! And when Governor Romney says he would repeal Obamacare and put insurance companies back in charge of a woman's health, that's personal too. "
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Back
Woman
Insurance
" 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
" 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
" 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
" 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
" 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