117th Congress
Today, Congresswoman Frederica S. Wilson joined House Democrats to pass the FY 2019 Department of Agriculture and FDA appropriations bill to reopen these essential government agencies to guarantee vulnerable Florida families receive critical SNAP benefits, ensure the FDA and USDA can continue to inspect food and prevent public health epidemics, and safeguard a strong, robust farmer safety net that provides certainty to our rural economy.
Congresswoman Frederica S. Wilson issued the following statement in response to Amazon's plan to raise its minimum wage to $15 per hour.
"I was extremely pleased to learn that Amazon is raising the minimum wage it pays employees to $15 per hour and applaud CEO Jeff Bezos for putting people over profits. The move will boost the bottom line for the corporate giant's hundreds of thousands of employees, including more than 1,000 of whom live and work in my district.
On Friday, May 3, Congresswoman Frederica S. Wilson reintroduced the Vaccinate All Children Act to promote the immunization of public school children and prevent public health crises. The legislation would disallow states from offering non-medical exemptions for meeting school vaccine requirements. Children for whom immunization is medically safe would be required to be vaccinated in accordance with the recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices.
On Friday, May 3, Congresswoman Frederica S. Wilson reintroduced the Vaccinate All Children Act to promote the immunization of public school children and prevent public health crises. The legislation would disallow states from offering non-medical exemptions for meeting school vaccine requirements. Children for whom immunization is medically safe would be required to be vaccinated in accordance with the recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices.
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.
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.
Congresswoman Frederica S. Wilson issued the following response to President Trump's call to end surprise medical billing:
As the top Democrat on Education and Labor's Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Subcommittee, Congresswoman Frederica S. Wilson will on Thursday, March 7, drop the gavel at the first HELP hearing of the 116th Congress.
MIAMI, FL - Congresswoman Frederica S. Wilson and former state senator Eleanor Sobel will hold a press conference on Friday, May 24, to release and distribute the Congressional Consortium for Safe Seniors' Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Response Guide and provide an update on the consortium's work. The guide, which is the result of a collaborative effort by many community partners, will be a helpful resource for nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and other stakeholders and constituents as hurricane season approaches.