Today, U.S. Representative Ted Deutch (FL-22) issued this statement after Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced the designation of the Yemeni Houthi group as a Foreign Terrorist Organization: “I’m gravely concerned that the Trump Administration’s designation will severely limit the relief provided to millions of innocent Yemenis, who depend on international assistance for survival, while doing nothing to advance a political solution in Yemen. The Trump Administration has repeatedly ignored th... Read more

Rep. Ted Deutch released the following statement after his vote in support of COVID relief and government funding legislation. “Today I voted in favor of legislation to deliver desperately needed help to Americans struggling under the devastating COVID-19 pandemic. With the tragic number of infections, hospitalizations, and deaths rising across the nation, this legislation provides billions of dollars to help slow the spread of this virus and to accelerate equitable vaccine distribution that wil... Read more

Today, U.S. Representative Ted Deutch (FL-22) and U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD) introduced legislation requiring the Secretary of State, in coordination with the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), to report to Congress on efforts to address the global climate change crisis and improve the agency's energy and resource efficiency. Specifically, the legislation will require the Secretary to report to Congress on the Department’s plan underlining the st... Read more

Today, U.S. Representatives Ted Deutch (FL-22) and Ro Khanna (CA-17) led a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Kelly Craft calling for the administration to prioritize the worsening humanitarian crisis in Yemen and to support productive measures to expedite needed assistance to the Yemeni people. "Years of civil conflict, together with the devastation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, have greatly increased the risk of famine and starvation to Y... Read more

Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Libya Stabilization Act, a bipartisan bill introduced by Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-22), Chairman of the Subcommittee on the Middle East, North Africa, and International Terrorism, Ranking Member Joe Wilson (SC-02), Congressman Ted Lieu (CA-33), and Congressman Tom Malinowski (NJ-07). Since April 2019, Libya has increasingly endured foreign intervention in an escalating conflict that undermines U.S. interests and regional stability. The war has... Read more

U.S. Representative Ted Deutch (FL-22), founding co-chair of the House Bipartisan Task Force for Combating Antisemitism and a founding member of the Inter-Parliamentary Task Force to Combat Online Antisemitism, issued this statement on reports that the Trump Administration intends to label Amnesty International, OxFam, and Human Rights Watch as antisemitic organizations: "Reports that the State Department may cut off cooperation with Amnesty International, OxFam and Human Rights Watch are a cont... Read more

Today, House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Middle East, North Africa, and International Terrorism Chairman Ted Deutch (D-FL) and Ranking Member Joe Wilson (R-SC) led a bipartisan letter of 31 Members of Congress to U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Acting U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf urging greater action to protect Uyghurs at heightened risk from persecution by the government of China. Specifically, the Members call on the secretaries to expedite visa applications a... Read more

U.S. Representative Ted Deutch, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Middle East, North Africa, and International Terrorism, issued this statement following reports that the Trump Administration intends to unilaterally snapback United Nations sanctions on Iran: "I have seen reports that in the coming days the US will declare that all UN sanctions against Iran have been 'snapbacked.' The members of the UN Security Council have already determined that this move is not valid. T... Read more

Today, U.S. Representatives Ted Deutch (FL-22), Ro Khanna (CA-17), Ted Lieu (CA-33), Mark Pocan (WI-02),Tom Malinowski (NJ-07), and Eliot Engel (NY-16) led 49 of their colleagues in a letter to Secretary of State Michael Pompeo urging him to restore humanitarian aid to Yemen, enhance U.S. assistance to counter COVID-19, and bolster diplomacy to end the ongoing conflict. U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) led a parallel effort in the Senate signed by 19 Senators. The situation in Yemen is con... Read more

Congressman Ted Deutch, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Middle East, North Africa, and International Terrorism, issued this statement following the announcement of an agreement between Israel and Bahrain: "I welcome today’s announcement that Bahrain and Israel will normalize relations. The historic agreements between Israel and Bahrain and Israel and the UAE will usher in a new era of regional cooperation and help provide greater stability in the Gulf, which is in the U... Read more