(Washington) Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-22), a senior member of the House Judiciary Committee, spoke during a House Judiciary Committee markup hearing against H.R. 2431, the “Michael Davis, Jr. and Danny Oliver in Honor of State and Local Law Enforcement Act.” Calling it President Trump's "mass deportation act," Congressman Deutch strongly opposes the bill's criminalization of undocumented immigrants in the United States and "massive buildup and militarization of deportation forces and detention... Read more

Today, Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-22), Vice Chair of the LGBT Equality Caucus and Chair of the LGBT Aging Issues Task Force, led 48 of his House colleagues in demanding the Trump Administration reinstate LGBT demographic questions to the National Survey of Older Americans Act Participants (NSOAAP). The NSOAAP is used to evaluate whether the billions of dollars in funding for programs assisting older Americans are being used efficiently and effectively. Since 2014, the NSOAAP has included LGBT-sp... Read more

Representatives Ted Deutch (FL-22), Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), Doris Matsui (CA-06), and John Larson (CT-01) led over 100 of their colleagues in a letter to President Trump urging him to protect Social Security by rejecting any proposal that would cut or eliminate premiums in the form of payroll contributions, thus weakening dedicated funding to the Social Security Trust Funds. "Throughout your campaign for president you promised the American people that you would not cut Social Security," the lett... Read more

Congressman Ted Deutch (D-FL) and Congressman Carlos Curbelo (R-FL), Co-Chairs of the bipartisan Climate Solutions Caucus, led a group of 21 members of the Caucus in a letter to President Trump urging him to maintain our country's commitment to the Paris Agreement under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. "It is imperative that we maintain our seat at the table in global discussions of how to address the threats posed by climate change," the letter states. "The Paris Agree... Read more

Today, Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-22) and Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (FL-27), respectively the Ranking Member and Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa, delivered a letter to U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley urging for a strong response by the Security Council to the horrific and criminal use of chemical weapons by Syria's Assad against innocent civilians: “The awful images of babies gasping for air will not quickly leave o... Read more

Today, Congressmen Ted Deutch (D-FL), Brad Schneider (D-IL), and Tim Murphy (R-PA) introduced bipartisan legislation to aid homeless veterans through voluntary contributions raised from a new “check-off box” on the annual federal tax return. The Homeless Veterans Assistance Fund Act of 2017 (H.R. 1875) would make these funds available to the VA, in consultation with the Departments of Labor and Housing and Urban Development, solely to provide services to homeless veterans, including developing ... Read more

(Washington) Reaching new heights, Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-22) and Congressman Carlos Curbelo (FL-26), the co-Chairs of the bipartisan Climate Solutions Caucus, welcomed ten new Members of Congress to the Caucus, increasing the total membership to 34 members evenly divided between Democrats and Republicans. The newest members of the Caucus are Reps. Darrell Issa (CA-49), Juan Vargas (CA-51), Rodney Davis (IL-13), Jerry McNerney (CA-09), John Faso (NY-19), Thomas Suozzi (NY-03), Pete King (NY-... Read more

Congressman Ted Deutch (D-FL) joined Congressman David Kustoff (R-TN) and Congressman Derek Kilmer (D-WA) to introduce the Combating Anti-Semitism Act of 2017. This bipartisan legislation, also co-sponsored by Congressman Ted Poe (R-TN), Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), and Congressman Joseph P. Kennedy, III (D-MA), would increase the federal penalty for bomb threats and other credible threats of violence against community religious centers and ensure these acts can be prosecuted as ... Read more

Congressman Ted Deutch (D-FL) and Congressman Lamar Smith (R-TX) reintroduced the Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture (PACT) Act, landmark legislation to criminalize certain acts of animal cruelty. This bill is endorsed by the Humane Society of the United States. In 2010, Congress passed the Animal Crush Video Prohibition Act, which made the creation and distribution of animal crushing videos illegal. The PACT Act targets the underlying animal cruelty by prohibiting certain cases of animal abu... Read more

During this morning's House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing titled “Undermining Democratic Institutions and Splintering NATO: Russian Disinformation Aims,” Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-22), Ranking Member of the Middle East and North Africa Subcommittee, urged for an independent, bipartisan investigation into President Trump's ties to Russia, including his administration, his campaign, and his family's business ties. "Until there is a full investigation into the Trump campaign, the Trump White H... Read more