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Congresswoman Wilson issued the following statement in response to Acting Defense Secretary Shanahan's decision to not discipline senior officers in the botched Niger ambush:
"Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan's failure to hold senior commanders accountable for the 2017 combat mission in Niger that led to the barbarous deaths of four American soldiers is, quite frankly, baffling, and yet another example of what happens when someone with questionable qualifications for the job he holds is tasked with such a complex problem.
Congresswoman Wilson issued the following statement in response to Judge Rodney Smith's lifetime appointment to the federal bench:
"I am overjoyed by the recent confirmation of Judge Rodney Smith to serve a lifetime appointment on the federal bench in South Florida. He grew up in Liberty City, one of Miami's most economically disadvantaged neighborhoods, and selflessly gives back to the community that helped shape him.
On Wednesday, June 15, Congresswoman Frederica S. Wilson led a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar and the acting director of the Office of Management and Budget, Russell Vought, urging them to reconsider planned funding cuts to services provided to unaccompanied minors in federal detention.
Representatives Frederica Wilson (D-FL), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Val Demings (D-FL), Alcee Hastings, (D-FL), Debbie Murcarsel Powell (D-FL), Darren Soto (D-FL), Donna Shalala (D-FL) and Barbara Lee (D-CA) have issued the following statement in response to violent protests in Haiti:
When Alexandria Jones, 15, received an email announcing that she was the District 24 winner of this year's Congressional Art Competition, she couldn't believe her eyes. In fact, she didn't even know she was a contender, because her art teacher, Mack Jackson IV, had submitted her entry without her knowledge.
"I was shocked and thought it must be a joke, but then I went to school and Mr. Jackson was, like, Congratulations," Alexandria, a sophomore at Miami Northwestern Senior High, explained. "I felt very emotional because I didn't know I was capable of something like this."
On Tuesday, July 2, 2019, Congresswoman Frederica S. Wilson will lead a congressional delegation to inspect the Homestead migrant detention facility and investigate the conditions under which detained migrant teenagers are living.
Congresswoman Frederica S. Wilson has introduced the Quality Higher Education Act (H.R. 4579), which enhances the accreditation system to ensure that colleges are graduating students with meaningful degrees and preparing them for workplace success.
Congresswoman Frederica S. Wilson issued the following statement after a signing ceremony for the bipartisan, bicameral FUTURE Act, which permanently funds HBCUs and MSIs:
Washington, D.C. - Today, Congresswoman Frederica S. Wilson voted to pass H.R. 3, the Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act, bold, transformative legislation to strengthen the health and financial security of America's seniors and families by finally stopping Americans from having to pay more for their medicines than what Big Pharma charges for the same drugs in other countries.