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WASHINGTON ugg prix, March 13 (UPI) -- Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz ugg cheap, D-Fla., said over history there have been 11,000 people elected to Congress Vente ugg, yet only 215 of them have been women. Now, she is just one of three women under age 40 serving as a member of the 109th Congress. As a woman in a career field dominated by men, Wasserman Schultz has focused on women's rights and gender equality throughout her career. She successfully sponsored state laws requiring extended maternity stays for women in hospitals and sponsored bills calling for equal gender representation on state boards and equal pay for dry cleaning men's and women's clothing. Wasserman Schultz was elected to the Florida House of Representatives at age 26, the youngest women elected to Florida Legislature. She worked in the House of Representatives in Florida from 1992 through 2000, when she was elected to the Florida Senate. Wasserman Schultz is just one of a handful of mothers in Congress. She says she is just like many moms out there and she is an advocate for them. Although she had her political beliefs before her children were born Ugg günstig, being a parent has enhanced Wasserman Shultz's political beliefs and she now cares more deeply about her views. "I'm here fighting on behalf of children and families," she said. Wasserman Schultz is a mother of three young children so children's issues and insurance law have been major focuses over her career. She successfully sponsored state laws requiring fencing around swimming pools and one of her long-term legislative goals is to secure health-care coverage for every uninsured person up to age 25. In her first term as a congresswoman, Wasserman Schultz plans to urge Congress to focus on increasing domestic funding to states and cities for homeland security. She wants to urge Congress for specific funding to improve port security because there are two ports in her district of Florida. Wasserman Schultz is also concerned with the terms of the Bush administration's Social Security initiative and retirement security. She doesn't agree with privatizing Social Security and hopes to fight President Bush's Social Security proposal. Wasserman Schultz is already working to overcome the president's proposed changes to Social Security which would allow younger workers to invest some of their taxes in the stock market. Another hot topic with the Bush administration is their request for another $80 billion for the war in Iraq. "At this point, we're in Iraq and we should be supportive of our troops," Wasserman Schultz said. "We need to have equipment so that people fighting in Iraq have the ability to do their jobs." Schultz does not believe that we should immediately withdraw troops from Iraq, but she said that Bush does need a plan for an exit strategy. As for the $80 billion that Bush has requested Ugg uk, Wasserman Schultz has not decided what her position will be. Wasserman Schultz said she is willing to work with Bush or Republicans in any of their efforts ugg deutschland, but she also said that the Republicans have created a climate that makes it difficult for Democrats and Republicans to work together. "Republicans have made no effort to include our ideas," Wasserman Schultz said. Despite the challenge of working with Republicans, Wasserman Schultz said that it is incredibly exciting being a freshman member of Congress. "Growing up as a little girl in New York I saw the Capitol on the news and never imagined I would grow up and work there," Wasserman Schultz said the day after speaking on the House floor. "It's an exciting feeling just walking around."
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