This week, Rep. Ted Deutch (D-FL) joined his colleagues Reps. Jared Polis (D-CO) and Tom Marino (R-PA) to introduce bipartisan legislation to tackle the growing problem of patent trolls. The Demand Letter Transparency Act will help businesses that increasingly find themselves on the receiving end of vague patent infringement demand letters that often make allegations that the use of everyday technology, such as wireless email, digital video streaming, and the interactive web, is in violation of ... Read more

This Friday at 11:00 am, U.S. Reps. Ted Deutch (FL-21), Lois Frankel (FL-22), and Patrick Murphy (FL-18) will hold a press conference on the urgent need for Congress to pass the Homeowner Insurance Affordability Act and protect Palm Beach County homeowners from outrageously high flood insurance premiums. Joining the three Members of Congress as they detail this new bipartisan legislation will be local realtors, county officials, and community leaders who understand the threat posed by huge flood... Read more

Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-21) released this statement today on the expiration of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act’s $5 billion boost to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP): “Today, the 3.52 million Floridians and 48 million Americans nationwide who rely on SNAP to avoid going hungry will see their benefits go down as $5 billion in cuts take effect. These cuts result from the expiration of anti-hunger funding included in the Recovery Act, but we cannot forget that for ... Read more

On Friday morning, Congresswoman Lois Frankel and Congressmen Ted Deutch and Patrick Murphy along with other Everglades advocates Erik Eikenberg and John A. Marshall will announce next steps for Everglades Restoration and talk about the local impact. The press conference is being held at Clear Lake because the lake reservoir supplies water to West Palm Beach from the Everglades ecosystem. After the recent passage of the bipartisan Water Resources Reform and Development Act (WRRDA), Everglades Re... Read more

Congressman Ted Deutch released this statement following the passage of a deal temporarily ending a Republican-forced shutdown of the federal government and preserving the United States Treasury’s ability to pay its bills: “Tonight, Congress may have prevented the United States from defaulting on its credit for the first time in history and brought an end to a reckless government shutdown, but to call this last-minute deal a victory for the American people would be shameful. Narrowly preventing ... Read more

​The following article on Rep. Ted Deutch's effort to end the immigrant detention bed mandate was published in the Palm Beach Post on October 4, 2013. U.S. Rep. Deutch urges end to policy of set number of immigration detentions By John Lantigua - Palm Beach Post Staff Writer U.S. Rep Ted Deutch wants the government to stop paying more than $5 million a day to imprison unauthorized immigrants, many of whom he says pose no danger to the public. Deutch, D-Boca-Raton, said the system, which mandates... Read more

Today, Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-21) released a recorded video message on the ongoing government shutdown. Earlier this week, the federal government shutdown when House Republicans refused to pass a temporary spending resolution unless Democrats agreed to delay and defund the Affordable Care Act - a health care reform law passed by Congress more than three years ago. Congressman Deutch is working with Democrats and a growing number of moderate Republicans to pressure Speaker John Boehner to all... Read more

(Washington, DC) Today, Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-21) and Congressman Bill Foster (IL-11) sent a letter signed by 63 of their colleagues to President Obama urging him to remove an FY15 budget request for the Department of Homeland Security that mandates Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have over thirty thousand immigrants in detention at all times. The letter emphasizes that in an era of fiscal restraint, this mandate undermines the ability of ICE to exercise discretion and embrace mor... Read more

Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-21) hailed a new report released by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today detailing how health coverage on Florida’s Marketplace at www.HealthCare.Gov will be even more affordable than originally anticipated. Premiums in Florida are lower than expected; and coverage is made even more affordable with new tax credits for middle class families. On October 1, the Marketplace at HealthCare.Gov will provide uninsured families, small business owners, and sel... Read more

Washington, D.C. – Today, Rep. Ted Deutch voted against the so-called “Nutrition Reform and Work Opportunity Act," legislation brought forward by the Republican majority that cuts basic food aid through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) by nearly $40 billion. The misguided measure, which is estimated to deprive nearly 4 million Americans of basic food assistance next year, passed the House by a vote of 217-210. Before the vote, Rep. Deutch delivered a speech on the floor of th... Read more