Today, Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-22) announced the winner of the Congressional Art Competition for Florida's 22nd Congressional District. Infatuation by Dhirey Vivar This year's winner is Dhirey Vivar, an 11th grader at Boca Raton High School. Her piece, titled Infatuation, uses mixed media to depict faces and an anatomical heart. According to Ms. Vivar's teachers, she is a focused student who researched and studied real photos of hearts for this project. The winning artwork was selected by a p... Read more

Today, U.S. Representatives Ted Deutch (FL-22) and Guy Reschenthaler (PA-14) introduced the Promoting Alzheimer’s Awareness to Prevent Elder Abuse Act to protect seniors living with Alzheimer's and other dementia. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME), Bob Menendez (D-NJ), and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) introduced the Senate companion. The legislation directs the U.S. Department of Justice to develop best practices for assisting professionals – law enforcement, firefighters, emergency personnel, social worke... Read more

(Boca Raton, Fla.) Today, Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-22) wrote to the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Dr. Robert Redfield urging him to release public guidance to help Americans stay safe as communities begin to reopen. As a member of the White House's bipartisan Opening Up America Again Congressional panel, he raised the issue of CDC guidance on a call with senior White House economic officials on Thursday. "Over the course of the past three weeks I have received an ... Read more

Following Governor Ron DeSantis' announcement that Palm Beach County would enter Phase 1 of the state's reopening plan, Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-22) wrote to Florida Department of Health in Palm Beach County Director Dr. Alina Alonso asking the public health leader to offer her position on the county's readiness to reopen. "I am committed to meeting the economic challenges of this crisis, and I want to reopen our economy and society as soon as possible. But unless we have the public health too... Read more

As states like Florida begin to reopen, Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-22) submitted a report to the White House outlining his priorities for keeping our country safe while restarting our economy. Congressman Deutch, a member of the White House's bipartisan Open Up America Again Congressional panel, issued this statement: Click here to read the full report. "Now is the time to seriously consider where we stand as a country and what national priorities we've been ignoring. "Our immediate attention is... Read more

Today, Chairman Ted Deutch (FL-22) convened a virtual briefing of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Middle East, North Africa, and International Terrorism to examine the crisis in Yemen. The Subcommittee members were joined by experts who provided first-hand accounts of the conditions in Yemen: Radhya Al-Mutawakel, Co-Founder and Chairperson of Mwatana for Human Rights; Abdulghani Al-Iryani, Senior Researcher at Sana'a Center For Strategic Studies; Daniel Schneiderman, Head of Advoca... Read more

Today, following last week’s House vote to provide additional support for small businesses, hospitals, health care workers and all Americans, House Democrats’ Task Force on Aging and Families announced a set of principles guiding its efforts in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. The blueprint builds on the Task Force’s previously announced Older Americans Bill of Rights, a comprehensive framework to keep Older Americans and their families healthy, safe and financially secure. “The COVID-19 pa... Read more

Today, U.S. Representatives Ted Deutch (FL-22) and Guy Reschenthaler (PA-14) called on House and Senate Leadership to address the rising number of scams targeting vulnerable seniors living with Alzheimer’s and dementia that are occurring during the national public health emergency in the next stimulus plan. Scammers often target vulnerable seniors to intentionally confuse them into giving up sensitive information like bank accounts and social security numbers. However, seniors living with Alzhei... Read more

Today, Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-22) continued his call for greater transparency and accountability of the federal government's Project Airbridge program to transport and distribute personal protective equipment (PPE) domestically. “FEMA is battling an unprecedented need and global shortage for masks, gloves, and other protective gear. But if the federal government is working so hard to gather these supplies abroad and fly them to the United States, we can’t just let them out of our sight once ... Read more

Today, U.S. Representatives Ted Deutch (FL-22), Katherine Clark (MA-5), Brad Schneider (IL-10), and Angie Craig (MN-2) introduced the Emergency Supply Chain Transparency Act. The legislation will ensure greater accountability of federal agencies and private-sector partners responsible for the distribution of personal protective equipment (PPE) and other emergency resources under the Defense Protection Act and Stafford Act. Specifically, this bill would require that the President report to Congre... Read more