This Sunday, April 28th, Congressman Ted Deutch will host a free screening of the documentary film A Place at the Table. The film examines the issue of hunger in America by telling the story of three people struggling with food insecurity. In America fifty million people—including one in four children—don’t know where their next meal will come from, and when they do, it is often unhealthy and lacking in nutrition. Floridians experience food insecurity at a rate 16.2% higher than the national ave... Read more

Today, Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-21) co-introduced new bipartisan legislation with Congressman Matt Cartwright (PA-17) and forty-five of their House colleagues to improve mental health care access for veterans. Currently, veterans face a five-year window in which they must seek treatment for mental illnesses before losing their higher priority status. The Veterans Mental Health Accessibility Act would eliminate that five-year window and allow veterans to seek treatment for service-connected men... Read more

Today, Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-21) and Senator Mark Begich (D-AK) introduced the Protecting and Preserving Social Security Act, a bill to strengthen Social Security without privatizing the program, raising the retirement age, or decreasing already-meager cost of living adjustments. The legislation’s reintroduction into the 113th Congress comes just weeks after a study by the nonpartisan National Academy of Social Insurance confirmed that the overwhelming majority of Republicans and Democrats ... Read more

With more Americans calling out for improved access to mental health care in the wake of the horrific Newtown shootings, today Congressman Ted Deutch (D-FL) and Congressman Tim Ryan (D-OH) and thirty of their House colleagues sent a letter to Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis, and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner urging for final implementation rules for the Paul Wellstone and Pete Dominici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (M... Read more

Today, Congressman Ted Deutch (D-FL) and Congresswoman Sue Myrick (R-NC) introduced the Carcinogen-Free Label Act, legislation that will empower Americans to reduce their exposure to cancer-causing agents found in every day consumer products. The Carcinogen-Free Label Act will create a voluntary application process for manufacturers to verify their products are free of known carcinogens and market their goods to consumers with a certified “carcinogen-free” label. As opposed to imposing mandates ... Read more

(Delray Beach, FL) With lies and distortions about the Affordable Care Act's impact on Medicare bound to be repeated by Congressman Paul Ryan (R-WI) during the vice presidential debate, tomorrow morning Congressman Ted Deutch will host a forum entitled, "The True Savings for Medicare Under the Affordable Care Act," at the Weisman Center in Delray Beach. There, Congressman Deutch will detail to seniors exactly how health care reform works to strengthen Medicare by saving billions of dollars and i... Read more

(Boca Raton, FL) The recent discovery of $74 million in Medicare fraud orchestrated by home health providers in Miami has prompted Congressman Ted Deutch (D-FL) to join a new effort in Congress to target this rising threat to the Medicare system. Today, Rep. Deutch announced he is joining colleagues Reps. Jim McGovern (D-MA) and Walter Jones (R-NC) in calling for a temporary moratorium on new home health agencies until more aggressive anti-fraud protections are implemented. “I applaud Secretary ... Read more

Today, the House passed the Child and Elderly Missing Alert Program Act of 2012, legislation co-introduced by Rep. Ted Deutch (D-FL) and Rep. Steve Chabot (R-OH) to bolster the ability of federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies to find missing children and elderly persons in the critical first hours they go missing. H.R. 4305 makes nonprofits, including the Fort Lauderdale-based A Child is Missing, eligible for federal grants and cooperative agreements with law enforcement agencies na... Read more

Today, Rep. Ted Deutch (D-FL) introduced new legislation to empower Americans to reduce their exposure to cancer-causing agents found in every day consumer products. The Cancer-Free Label Act will create a voluntary application process for manufacturers to verify their products are free of known carcinogens and market their goods with a certified “cancer-free” label. “We all know that using sunscreen, quitting smoking, and steering clear of asbestos can reduce our risk to cancer, but when it com... Read more

Rep. Ted Deutch (D-FL) released this statement after attending the display of the AIDS Memorial Quilt on the National Mall in commemoration of the 25th anniversary of its creation: View a larger version of this photo. “The AIDS Memorial Quilt is a powerful reminder that behind the devastating statistics of AIDS-related deaths are the memories of real Americans -- loved by their families, partners, friends, and neighbors -- lost to this epidemic. Created 25 years ago, this living memorial implore... Read more