"If Debbie Wasserman Schultz believes one 15 minute debate is sufficient to defend her record, it shows she's learned nothing from her failures in scheduling debates at the DNC before her shameful resignation," Canova wrote in an email late Wednesday. "More than four months ago, I proposed a series of real debates, and that's still my hope, that the voters will get the benefit of hearing us discuss the issues for a couple of hours and several times so we can cover a wide range of issues. ... The voters of my district deserve better than a mere 15 minutes of discussion on the issues. Does Debbie Wasserman Schultz even believe in democracy?"