Here's the latest on the #FLLShooting. It's been 24 hours since yesterday's tragic events at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport. We mourn the loss of human life in this awful shooting and keep the victims' family members, the injured, and all those affected in our thoughts. We are grateful to Sheriff Scott Israel and the Broward Sheriff's Office, together with federal, state, and local law enforcement, all of the first responders, the trauma doctors and other health professional... Read more

Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-21), Ranking Member of the Middle East and North Africa Subcommittee, issued the following statement following Secretary of State John Kerry's speech on the peace process between Israel and the Palestinians: “Secretary Kerry spoke with specificity during a small part of his speech today about the impediments to peace caused by Palestinian incitement, the glorification of murder on Fatah websites, the naming of streets and squares after terrorists, and Palestinian effor... Read more

Dear Friends, As you know, Hurricane Matthew is currently a category 4 storm, with sustained winds around 145 miles per hour. The National Weather Service has already issued a hurricane watch for South Florida up to Central Florida. We all need to be ready for when the storm hits. It's been many years since a powerful hurricane affected South Florida, so here’s a quick reminder of what you should do right now to get ready. Click the image above to watch a video from Congressman Deutch. Stay inf... Read more

Since the horrific terror attack in Orlando, I've expressed heartfelt sympathy to the victims' families, and my outrage over this despicable attack on America and vile hate crime against our LGBT community. I have repeatedly said that we can and we must combat terror, stand with the LGBT community that feels so vulnerable right now, and take the obvious step of keeping guns out of the hands of suspected terrorists. Now is the time for action. Watch my interview on Fox Business, where I demand a ... Read more

Today, the House of Representatives unanimously approved Congressman Ted Deutch’s bill to address the illegal global market of trafficking of persons for the removal of their organs. Introduced with Congressman Dave Trott (R-MI), the Strategy to Oppose Predatory (STOP) Organ Trafficking Act (H.R. 3694) will help the U.S. government go after traffickers by including this offense as a “severe form of trafficking” and authorizing the Secretary of State to deny or revoke their passports. The legisla... Read more

Today, the House Foreign Affairs Committee unanimously approved a resolution co-introduced by Congressman Ted Deutch (D-FL) and Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) which calls on the German Government to satisfy its moral responsibility to fully provide for the medical, mental health, and long-term care needs of Holocaust Survivors so they may live their remaining days in dignity. “I thank my colleagues on the Committee for recognizing the imperative nature of this bipartisan resolution and... Read more

Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-21), a senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and Ranking Democrat on the Middle East and North Africa Subcommittee, delivered the following statement on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives in celebration of Israel's Independence Day (Yom Ha'atzmaut): "Mister Speaker, I rise today on Yom Ha’atzmaut, Israel Independence Day, to celebrate the U.S.-Israel relationship. Sixty-eight years ago, the Israeli Declaration of Independence announced that I... Read more

Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-21), a senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and Ranking Democrat on the Middle East and North Africa Subcommittee, issued the following statement in commemoration of Holocaust Remembrance Day: “Yom HaShoah is a day for communities to gather and commemorate the dark period of the Holocaust, to remember the 11 million individuals who perished, including 6 million Jews, and ensure that those who survived those horrors can live their remaining days with dig... Read more

Today, Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-21) sent a letter to Florida Governor Rick Scott demanding better transparency surrounding the Florida Department of Health's (FDOH) process for recording, reporting, and revising data with respect to new cases of HIV infection. Recently, the FDOH revised the number of new HIV infections in Florida in 2014, reducing the cases by 25 percent from 6,147 to 4,613. Such a dramatic reduction requires a thorough explanation, and the letter urges the Governor to provide... Read more

Today, Florida Governor Rick Scott signed into law a bill establishing a Holocaust memorial within the Florida Capitol Complex. Congressman Ted Deutch (D-FL), a member of the United States Holocaust Memorial Council, released the following statement: “It’s a true honor to represent so many Holocaust survivors, and it has been a gift to be able to meet with them and hear their stories. But as this generation ages, it is crucial that we not allow their memory to fade, nor should we allow future ge... Read more