On the one-month anniversary of the school shooting at Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the STOP School Violence Act (H.R. 4909), introduced by Representatives Ted Deutch (D-FL), John Rutherford (R-FL), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), and Hal Rogers (R-KY). The STOP School Violence Act would boost school efforts to develop violence prevention programs and coordinate with law enforcement to improve school safety. It would create a grant program to t... Read more

Today, Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-22) joined Congressman David N. Cicilline (RI-01) and 153 of their Democratic colleagues to introduce the "Assault Weapons Ban of 2018." “Americans don’t own tanks or missiles; so why should our streets be flooded with weapons of war made for the sole purpose of killing people? The Stoneman Douglas community is still reeling from this awful tragedy. But they want and deserve action from Congress," said Rep. Deutch. "Banning assault weapons isn’t a Democratic id... Read more

Today, the U.S. House of Representatives unanimously passed the bipartisan "Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 Reform Act" (H.R. 4924) introduced by Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-22), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Ethics. This legislation will improve workplace protections in Congress and strengthen responses to sexual harassment cases. The House also unanimously passed House Resolution 724, which requires every Congressional office to adopt an anti-harassment policy. Upon passage,... Read more

Today, on the anniversary of Argentinian prosecutor Alberto Nisman’s death, Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-22) and Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (FL-27), the Ranking Member and Chairman respectively of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa, introduced a resolution honoring his work and calling for a full and just investigation into his death. Nisman was the Special Prosecutor overseeing the investigation into the 1994 bombing of the Buenos Aires AMIA (Asocia... Read more

Congressman Ted Deutch (D-FL), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Ethics, joined a bipartisan group of Members including Committee on Ethics Chairwoman Susan Brooks (R-IN), Committee on House Administration Chairman Gregg Harper (R-MS) and Ranking Member Bob Brady (D-PA), and Representatives Jackie Speier (D-CA), Bradley Byrne (R-AL), and others to introduce the bipartisan "Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 Reform Act." This bill will improve workplace protections in Congress and st... Read more

On Tuesday, January 9, Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-22), Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa, and Congressman Michael McCaul (TX-10), Chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, introduced the Iran Human Rights and Hostage-Taking Accountability Act. This legislation states that Congress stands with the people of Iran, and it provides the Trump administration with the tools necessary to hold Iranian government officials responsible fo... Read more

This morning, the House Judiciary Committee unanimously passed the Preventing Crimes Against Veterans Act (H.R. 506), bipartisan legislation introduced by Congressman Ted Deutch (D-FL) and Congressman Tom Rooney (R-FL) that would protect veterans from scam artists who target them for profit. In recent years, financial predators have increasingly targeted veterans, particularly elderly veterans in low-income housing or Assisted Living Facilities, in an effort to defraud them out of their Veteran’... Read more

The bipartisan Climate Solutions Caucus welcomed four new members to its growing membership: Congressman David Cicilline (RI-01), Congressman Mark Sanford(SC-01), Congresswoman Elizabeth Esty (CT-05), and Congressman Daniel Donovan (NY-11). Co-Chaired by Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-22) and Congressman Carlos Curbelo (FL-26), the Caucus now has 66 members, split evenly between Democrats and Republicans, representing diverse districts from across the country. “I’m pleased to kick off the new year w... Read more

Reps. Deutch, Cicilline, Hill Lead 71 Members Pushing VP Pence to Address Human Rights in Egypt Bipartisan letter outlines concerns ahead of the Vice President’s visit to the Middle East (Washington) Today, Middle East and North Africa Subcommittee Ranking Member Ted Deutch (FL-22), Congressman David N. Cicilline (RI-01), and Congressman French Hill (AR-02) led 71 of their House colleagues in asking Vice President Mike Pence to hold the Egyptian government accountable for systemic human rights ... Read more

On Sunday, Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-22) joined MSNBC's Alex Witt to condemn Republican efforts to discredit and undermine the special counsel's Russia investigation. "When my colleagues refer to the special counsel's investigation as a 'coup d'etat,' it really undermines the rule of law in this country. They ought to be careful, they ought to stop it, and they ought to let this investigation proceed for the benefit of the American people." Congressman Deutch went on to discuss the decision to ... Read more