Press Releases

TAMARAC, FL — Congresswoman Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick joined the City of Lauderhill to announce $963,000 in critical Community Project Funding for its Comprehensive Crime Reduction Program.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congresswoman Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Congressman Jonathan L. Jackson (D-IL), Congresswoman Andrea Salinas (D-OR), and Congresswoman Julia Brownley (D-CA) introduced the Empowering Women in Agriculture Act. This critical piece of legislation is designed to dismantle the barriers impeding women’s participation and representation in agriculture.

TAMARAC, FL - Congresswoman Cherfilus-McCormick issued the following statement on the new HUD-VASH policy changes.  

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick issued the following statement.

TAMARAC, FL — Congresswoman Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick hosted a roundtable discussion with U.S. Ambassador to Haiti Dennis Hankins and Haitian Diaspora Leaders to discuss about Haiti's economic future and strategies to combat illegal firearms trafficking from the U.S. to Haiti. 

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congresswoman Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick issued the following statement on the passing of Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee.

"Words cannot express the profound loss and sadness we are experiencing. Sheila was a friend and a true champion of justice. We were the two Sheilas in Congress; both born in January, lawyers, originally from Queens, NY, and of Caribbean roots representing the South.

TAMARAC, FL – Today, Reps. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL-20) and Frederica Wilson (D-FL-24) hosted a joint meeting with U.S. Ambassador to Haiti Dennis Hankins to discuss U.S.-Haiti relations. 

TAMARAC, FL – Today, Congresswoman Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick joined Community Partners of South Florida to announce $1,000,000 in critical Community Project Funding that the organization has received for the Tamarind 13th Block Redevelopment Project.