Rep. Mom

NDN’s good friend Debbie Wasserman-Schultz (FL-D) is featured in a Washington Post article about Members of Congress who are balancing motherhood with public service. Wasserman-Schultz, 40 and in her second term, has 7 year old twins and a 3 year old.

In this new, kid-centric House of Pelosi, Rep. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz is not a bit self-conscious about trying to raise her young family from afar while serving in Congress.

Although a record 87 women serve in Congress today, there are still only a handful who are faced with balancing the pressures of politics and mothering young children…

Her conservative opponent, a divorced mother of grown children, complained to a reporter when Wasserman-Schultz couldn't find a pen and took notes with a crayon.

Now Wasserman-Schultz proudly incorporates her response to the complaint in her speeches: ‘I may not always have a pen in my purse, but I always have crayons.’