Today, Congressman Ted Deutch (D-FL) joined with Congressman Vern Buchanan (R-FL) and Congressman Peter Welch (D-VT) to reintroduce the Seniors Fraud Prevention Act. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Susan Collins (R-ME) introduced the Senate companion (S. 512). Seniors are at particular risk of scams. Cleverly disguised fraud schemes pop up regularly that are specifically designed to confuse seniors and steal their money. In many cases, seniors have watched their entire life savings disappear i... Read more

Today, Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-22) and Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) reintroduced the "Protecting and Preserving Social Security Act," legislation to strengthen Social Security and guarantee its solvency for generations to come by restoring fairness to Social Security contributions. The "Protecting and Preserving Social Security Act" would phase out the contributions cap over seven years until everyone pay into Social Security at the same rate all year long. Most Americans contribute 6.2% of... Read more

Today, Congressman Ted Deutch (D-FL), Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), and Congressman Charlie Crist (D-FL) introduced legislation to provide needed support for LGBT older adults and increase their access to health care and culturally competent services. The Ruthie and Connie LGBT Elder Americans Act updates the Older Americans Act to better serve LGBT elders, who face disproportionate barriers to accessing support programs and are at a higher risk of experiencing isolation and poverty. T... Read more

Today, Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-22), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Middle East, North Africa, and International Terrorism, Congressman Joe Wilson (SC-02), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on the Middle East, North Africa, and International Terrorism, Congresswoman Lois Frankel (FL-21), and Congressman Michael Waltz (FL-06) introduced legislation calling on Iran to fulfill its promises to assist in Robert Levinson's case. U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) introduced ... Read more

U.S. Representative Ted Deutch (FL-22) and U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) today introduced the Climate Change Resiliency Fund for America Act, a bicameral bill that would authorize the U.S. Department of Treasury to issue from $200 million up to $1 billion in state and local tax-exempt “climate bonds” annually for any American to purchase and contribute to the government’s efforts to combat the impacts of climate change. The legislation would set up a system similar to the war bonds effort duri... Read more

Today, March 7, Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-22), House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (NY-10), and Immigration and Citizenship Subcommittee Chairperson Zoe Lofgren (CA-19) sent a letter to Jonathan Hayes, the Acting Director of the Office of Refugee Resettlement in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, urging him to brief Members of Congress on reports of allegations of inappropriate sexual conduct, including sexual abuse and harassment, of unaccompanied minors under the... Read more

Today, Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-22), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Middle East, North Africa, and International Terrorism, Congressman Joe Wilson (SC-02), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on the Middle East, North Africa, and International Terrorism, Congressman Ted Lieu (CA-33), and Congressman Michael Waltz (FL-06) introduced legislation to strengthen United States government recovery efforts of American hostages abroad. The legislation would empower the Preside... Read more

Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-22) and United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Cory Booker (D-N.J.) sent a letter to Joel Brasfield, President of Prisoner Transportation Services, LLC (PTS), a private prisoner transport company that contracts with state and local law enforcement agencies and correctional facilities to transport pretrial arrestees and prisoners across interstate or intrastate jurisdictional lines. Text of the Letter (PDF) PTS and its subsidiaries have come under scrutin... Read more

Representatives Nita Lowey (D-NY), Chris Smith (R-NJ), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Kay Granger (R-TX), Ted Deutch (D-FL), Randy Weber (R-TX), Marc Veasey (D-TX), and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) re-launched the Bipartisan Task Force for Combating Anti-Semitism in the House of Representatives for the 116th Congress. As the Co-Chairs of the Task Force, the Members of Congress issued the following joint statement: "The age-old scourge of anti-Semitism remains a very serious problem today. It was just under fou... Read more

Moments ago, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2019 (H.R. 8) to require universal background checks for all firearm purchases. This is the first major gun violence legislation passed by the House in decades. Upon passage of the legislation, Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-22), Chief Whip of the Gun Violence Prevention Task Force, issued this statement: "This has been a long and hard-fought battle by so many advocates of gun violence prevention, and I th... Read more