Today, Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-21) joined Congressman Bobby Scott (VA-3) to introduce the Raise the Wage Act. This legislation will raise the minimum wage, currently set at $7.25, to $12.00 an hour by the year 2020. In addition, the Raise the Wage Act indexes the minimum wage to median wage growth beginning in 2021 so that low-income workers continue to share in America's economic success. "Strong economic growth, a soaring stock market, and huge corporate profits have failed to translate int... Read more

Today, Congressman Ted Deutch (D-FL) reintroduced the Marine and Hydrokinetic Renewable Energy Promotion Act of 2015, legislation to promote research and development into technologies that harness the energy generated by America's oceans. This legislation will support innovative research underway at places like the Southeast Marine Renewable Energy Center, Florida Atlantic University's nationally-renowned marine-energy research institute. Congressman Deutch's legislation, which has also been int... Read more

Today, Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-21) joined Congressman Scott Garrett (NJ-5) and Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney (NY-12) to introduce the Restoring Main Street Investor Protection and Confidence Act (H.R. 1982). This legislation will protect ordinary investors from the fraudulent and abusive schemes of securities brokers and investor advisers in addition to providing protections from further “clawbacks” to the innocent investors who were devastated by Ponzi schemes. After the hardships of the fin... Read more

Today, Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) and Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-21) introduced the Protecting and Preserving Social Security Act — a measure that strengthens Social Security for generations to come and improves benefits for all Americans by restoring fairness to Social Security contributions. Currently, most Americans contribute 6.2 percent of every paycheck they earn to Social Security, while a corporate lawyer earning $400,000 pays an annual rate of just 1.71 percent and a CEO earning $2 ... Read more

Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-21) issued the following statement after voting in favor of the bipartisan 'doc fix' deal included in H.R. 2, the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act, which passed the House of Representatives by a vote of 392-27: "Today I was pleased to vote for a bipartisan deal to permanently repeal the misguided Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) policy that jeopardizes doctors participating in Medicare, and to permanently extend assistance to low-income seniors struggling to p... Read more

Today, Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-21) joined Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) to introduce the Private Student Loan Bankruptcy Fairness Act. This legislation will change the federal bankruptcy code so that private student loans can be discharged in the case of bankruptcy. Differing from credit card debt, mortgages, and other forms of unsecured consumer debt, under current law, private student loan debt is not absolved when one files for bankruptcy. With private student loan debt exceeding $150 bil... Read more

Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-21) issued this statement on his vote against the House GOP’s budget plan: "The Republican budget is light on details because if those details were brought to light, they would be outright rejected by the American people. "Turning Medicaid into a block grant may sound compelling, until you realize it means blocking millions of low-income Americans from access to basic care. Broadening the base may sound like a good idea, until you realize it means burdening middle-inco... Read more

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