U.S. Rep. Ted Deutch (FL-21) has co-introduced legislation Reps. Elizabeth Esty (CT-5) and Diana DeGette (CO-1) that bans the importation, sale, manufacturing, or transfer of large capacity magazines designed for shooting en masse. The Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device Act, also introduced in the U.S. Senate by Senators Bob Menendez (D-NJ), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Chris Murphy (D-CT), bans a magazines that hold more than ten rounds of ammunition. According to Mayors Against Illegal ... Read more

On Thursday, February 5, at 1:00 PM, Senators Bob Menendez (D-NJ), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), and Chris Murphy (D-CT) join Reps. Steny Hoyer (D-MD), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Ted Deutch (D-FL), and Elizabeth Esty (D-CT), and advocates from Newtown Action Alliance in holding a press conference calling attention to new gun violence prevention efforts in Congress. Families from Newtown, CT, will be on Capitol Hill this week meeting with new Members of Congress to discuss these reforms. Senator Menendez... Read more

Today, Congressman Ted Deutch joined Congressman Earl Blumenauer (OR-3) to introduce the Update, Promote, and Develop America's Transportation Essentials Act (UPDATE) of 2015. This legislation gradually phases in a fifteen cent gas tax over three years on gasoline and diesel fuels in order to boost funding for the Highway Trust Fund that finances critical road improvement and transportation projects across the country. The United States recently received a D+ grade from the American Society of C... Read more

Today, Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-21) sent a letter to Marilyn Tavenner, the outgoing Administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, urging that she make a plan for removing Social Security numbers from Medicare beneficiary cards a priority before she leaves office. The letter highlights the overwhelming consensus from privacy advocates, consumers, and Members of Congress in support of this change, which would better protect the more than 50 million Americans who rely on Medicar... Read more

Today, on the five-year anniversary of the Supreme Court’s 5-4 ruling in Citizens United v. FEC, U.S. Representative Ted Deutch (FL-21) was joined by Reps. Donna F. Edwards (MD-4), and Jim McGovern (MA-2) and over 80 of their House colleagues to introduce the Democracy for All Amendment. H.J. Res 22 is a proposed amendment to the U.S. Constitution that would reverse highly controversial Supreme Court decisions like Citizens United v. FEC and McCutcheon v. FEC, which have given corporations and A... Read more

"With the Great Recession behind us and robust growth ahead of us, tonight President Obama called on Congress to join him in support of an agenda that expands economic opportunity and enhances financial security for all. I agree the time is now to build an economy where the hard work of all Americans pays off and the rules are not rigged in favor of those already at the top. The people who stand to gain from guaranteed paid leave and affordable child care are not Republicans or Democrats, but Am... Read more

Today Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-21) joined his colleagues in the Florida Democratic delegation on a letter to Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell urging stringent federal oversight for Florida's Medicaid program after a U.S. Federal District Court ruling that held Florida in violation of federal law for failing to adequately provide health care to low-income children covered by Medicaid. The ruling, issued by Judge Adalberto Jordan of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of ... Read more

Today, Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-21) joined Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (IL-9) and 26 of their House colleagues to co-introduce the Public Option Deficit Reduction Act, legislation that would create a public health insurance option to compete with offerings sold by the private health insurance industry in the state-based marketplaces established by the Affordable Care Act. In November 2013, a policy brief issued by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office found that offering a public option... Read more

Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-21), a senior Member of the House Judiciary Committee, member of the House Democracy for All Task Force, and sponsor of the Democracy for All Amendment, recently joined Congressman Derek Kilmer (WA-6) to introduce the Close the Floodgates Act. This legislation would repeal a last-minute attack on our campaign finance laws that congressional Republicans privately snuck into last year's continuing omnibus spending bill, also known as the "cromnibus." Specifically, the Cl... Read more

U.S. Reps. Ted Deutch (FL-21), Alcee L. Hastings (FL-20), Donna Edwards (MD-4), Jim McGovern (MA-2), Jared Polis (CO-2), and John Sarbanes (MD-3) have submitted an amendment to the House Rules Committee striking language included in the Omnibus Appropriations bill that drastically increases how much money America’s wealthiest donors can give to political party committees. If Division N, Section 101 of H.R. 83 were to become law, a single individual could donate over $777,000 a year or $1.5 mill... Read more