Press Releases
Congresswoman Frederica S. Wilson issued the following statement calling for a federal safety review of Brightline passenger trains following two fatalities and an accident during its first week in operation:
Congresswoman Frederica S. Wilson issued the following statement on why she will not attend President Donald Trump's first State of the Union address:
"For the first time since I began serving in the U.S. House of Representatives, I will not be attending the president's State of the Union address. I have no doubt that instead of delivering a message of inclusivity and an agenda that benefits all Americans, President Trump's address will be full of innuendo, empty promises, and lies.
Congresswoman Frederica S. Wilson issued the following statement in response to President Trump's denial that he called Haiti, El Salvador and African nations shitholes:
Congresswoman Frederica S. Wilson issued the following statement in response to the Trump administration's decision designating Haitians ineligible for H-2A and H-2B visas:
Congresswoman Frederica S. Wilson issued the following statement in response to four high-speed rail-related deaths:
Congresswoman Frederica S. Wilson issued the following statement in response to the government shutdown:
"Republican lawmakers' attempt to place the blame for the government shutting down is laughable because this is clearly a Trump Shutdown. The president would not accept any of the proposals he was offered, no matter what they entailed, because he does not know what he is doing. Republican leadership also failed the nation by even giving President Trump a choice.
Congresswoman Frederica S. Wilson issued the following statement on the Congressional Budget Office's report on how the Republicans' legislation will impact Americans' access to affordable health care:
"Today the Congressional Budget Office released a report on the Republicans' health care bill that reinforced what we've known all along: Millions of Americans will lose their health care coverage while the nation's millionaires and billionaires simultaneously get a tax break.
WASHINGTON, DC - Congresswoman Frederica S. Wilson will cloak former 5000 Role Models of Excellence Project student Joseph Dubery at the Howard University College of Medicine's Annual Long White Coat Ceremony on Friday, March 17, 2017. The ceremony marks an honored pre-graduation tradition as students move from a short coat to a long coat in their final year of medical school - a symbol of being equal clinicians to others who have earned the long coats. Students also will take the Hippocratic Oath and pledge their service to their patients and future communities.