Today, U.S. Representatives Ted Deutch (FL-22) and Max Rose (NY-11) and Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, introduced the Countering Global White Supremacist Terrorism Act, bicameral legislation to strengthen the U.S. government’s counter-terrorism efforts against transnational white supremacy and identity groups. As white identity and other far-right violent groups continue growing around the world, this new bicameral legislation is a recognit... Read more

Today, U.S. Representatives Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), Ted Deutch (FL-22), David Price (NC-04), and Brad Schneider (IL-10) led 187 of their House Democratic colleagues in a letter to the Israeli government expressing concern over potential efforts to unilaterally annex parts of the West Bank. The letter, addressed to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Alternate Prime Minister and Defense Minister Benny Gantz, and Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi, highlights the long-standing bipartisan support for t... Read more

Today, Chairman Ted Deutch (FL-22) convened a virtual briefing of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Middle East, North Africa, and International Terrorism to examine the crisis in Yemen. The Subcommittee members were joined by experts who provided first-hand accounts of the conditions in Yemen: Radhya Al-Mutawakel, Co-Founder and Chairperson of Mwatana for Human Rights; Abdulghani Al-Iryani, Senior Researcher at Sana'a Center For Strategic Studies; Daniel Schneiderman, Head of Advoca... Read more

This evening, Chairman Ted Deutch (FL-22) issued this statement to mark Yom Ha'atzmaut, Israel Independence Day: "Israel, like countries around the world, has been focused on responding to the coronavirus pandemic within its borders and keeping its people safe and healthy. Though virtual celebrations may not be the same, from a distance we honor Israel's storied past, her robust growth, and her strength today. "As a member of the United States Congress, I celebrate the values and priorities Isra... Read more

Congressman Ted Deutch, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Middle East, North Africa, and International Terrorism, led a bipartisan letter with U.S. Representatives Adam Kinzinger, Brendan Boyle, David Trone, Tom Malinowski, Colin Allred, David Cicilline, and William Keating calling on the Trump Administration to strengthen American diplomatic and foreign assistance to respond to the humanitarian situation in Idlib, Syria. In the letter to Secretary of State Michael Pompeo... Read more

Today, the House Foreign Affairs Committee unanimously passed two bills introduced by Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-22), Chairman of the Middle East, North Africa, and International Terrorism Subcommittee. Chairman Deutch's bipartisan ‘‘Robert Levinson Hostage Recovery and Hostage-Taking Accountability Act," introduced with Congressman Joe Wilson (R-SC), Congressman Ted Lieu (D-CA), and Congressman Michael Waltz (R-FL), would empower the President to impose sanctions on those who take American host... Read more

Today, U.S. Rep. Ted Deutch (D-FL), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Middle East, North Africa, and International Terrorism, introduced a resolution condemning Iran’s human rights violations, particularly its persecution of its Baha’i minority, and urging the Administration to impose sanctions against the Iranian regime for its human rights abuses. The resolution was introduced with U.S. Reps. Joe Wilson (R-SC), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Michael McCaul (R-TX), Jan Schakowsky (... Read more

Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-22), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Middle East, North Africa, and International Terrorism, issued this statement on the Trump Administration’s plan for peace between Israel and the Palestinians: “As a proud pro-Israel Member of Congress, I have consistently expressed my support for a two-state solution, to be negotiated directly between Israel and the Palestinians, that ensures Israel’s security and establishes a viable Palestinian state. "I... Read more

In advance of the White House's announcement of its peace plan between Israel and the Palestinians, Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-22), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Middle East, North Africa, and International Terrorism issued this statement: "Like the rest of the world, I have read with great interest speculative reports of what might be in the Trump Administration’s peace plan. As Chairman of the Middle East Subcommittee, I have been trying to get briefed on this plan ... Read more

Today, Representatives Nita Lowey (D-NY), Chris Smith (R-NJ), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Kay Granger (R-TX), Ted Deutch (D-FL), Randy Weber (R-TX), Marc Veasey (D-TX), and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), the Co-Chairs of the House of Representatives Bipartisan Task Force for Combating Anti-Semitism, joined Representatives Lee Zeldin (R-NY), David Cicilline (D-RI), Brian Mast (R-FL), and Brad Sherman (D-CA) in sending a letter, signed by 104 members, to Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nation... Read more