Stock Picture of Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., pets Connie, a pit bull mix that is up for adoption at the Broward County Animal Care and Adoption Center, during a news conference in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Wasserman Schultz and Rep. Ted Deutch, D-Fla., spoke about the introduction of the "Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture (PACT) Act" to criminalize certain acts of animal cruelty